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- May 2, 2010
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- Motherboard
- Z390 AORUS Master / 32GB 3600 Ram /10.14.3
- CPU
- i9 9900k @ 5.0Ghz
- Graphics
- Dual AMD Vega64 (Gigabyte)
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
So I have been running OSX on PC hardware all the way back since the Tiger days on a variety of computers that I've owned. However this is the first time I built one into an OLD Mac case. It took some work but I had a blast doing it and it turned out great.
So here are the meat and potatoes of the system:
- Pentium G3258 Running @ 4.4Ghz
- GA-Z87MX-D3H
- 8GB Kingston HyperX Black 1600Mhz Kit
- Intel 530 240GB SSD
- 2x 500GB WD Black
- Sapphire HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Video card
- Generic 550w Dual Fan Power Supply
Note: I'm usually not a fan of generic power supplies but this one had an external fan pulling air into the power supply.
This external fan made it perfect for this build as it would be pulling in heat from the system through itself and out the exhaust. Since the power supply is one of the few parts that are designed to run constantly hot I decided to use it as part of my dissipation. To simulate max system load I ran FureMark CPU and GPU stress test, the power supply was running at about half it's maximum load capacity and did not heat up at all; the exhaust was nice and cool. I ran the the same stress test with the tower closed and the exhaust was warm but very acceptable.
- Generic Bluetooth USB Adaptor
- Monitors: 42" LG AQUOS TV and 17" HP 1740 LCD Screen With USB Hub
- Running OSX 10.8.5 (XCMP Free Kernel) / Windows 7/8.1/10 Developer Preview
(Built it mostly out of spare parts I had lying around, only bought the CPU, Main board and Power Supply)
Also for the mod:
- Laser Hive's G4 Mod Kit 1 and 2
- A couple of cans of Krylon Paint (black and satin black) and Paint Thinner
- 1 blue LED for HDD Activity Indicator which I placed behind the Apple Logo on the front. (I do not subscribe to Apple's stupid philosophy of not indicating if the hard drive is active or not)
- 1 Blue LED 120mm fan
- 1 regular 80mm fan plus hard drive bracket to mount it on one of the Hard drive trays at the bottom of the case.
- Wires from an old case's front panel. (wired the 3 buttons as power/reset/clear CMOS)
I've Attached pics of most of the project. (forgot to take some along the way)
Some Notes:
- I had to cut off about an inch and a half off the back part of the Optical Tray as well as a about half an inch off the 3.5" tray under it so the case would close as it got in the way of the RAM DIMMS; this also made it impossible to install a standard Optical Drive. I will be Installing a Slim Blue Ray Burner plus front USB 3.0 via a 5.25" Bay adapter for slim optical drive in the near future. (you'll noticed on the pics after assembly the part that's cut off)
- I currently only have 3 P-States 8/32/44, not the end of the world. More would be possible through setting up an SSDT file but I don't have the time for it right now. My Priority was to get it running as the machine it has replaced was old and time to be retired.
- OSX desktop pics are a different size as I use the Windows 7 side as HTPC (the 42" as primary monitor) and the OSX side for audio recordings and well as for work as a test bench; connecting audio interfaces/DJ controllers. (the 17" as primary monitor)
- You'll notice the picture with the rear view that there is a small gap (a couple of millimeters). During the project there are small clips that snapped during an opening or closing of the case. It is a very old tower and we all know how plastic can become brittle after many years. If I ever come across another case like that I will harvest it out and replace the broken part.
Hope you all find this cool and informative.
Thanks All,
M.
So here are the meat and potatoes of the system:
- Pentium G3258 Running @ 4.4Ghz
- GA-Z87MX-D3H
- 8GB Kingston HyperX Black 1600Mhz Kit
- Intel 530 240GB SSD
- 2x 500GB WD Black
- Sapphire HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Video card
- Generic 550w Dual Fan Power Supply
Note: I'm usually not a fan of generic power supplies but this one had an external fan pulling air into the power supply.
This external fan made it perfect for this build as it would be pulling in heat from the system through itself and out the exhaust. Since the power supply is one of the few parts that are designed to run constantly hot I decided to use it as part of my dissipation. To simulate max system load I ran FureMark CPU and GPU stress test, the power supply was running at about half it's maximum load capacity and did not heat up at all; the exhaust was nice and cool. I ran the the same stress test with the tower closed and the exhaust was warm but very acceptable.
- Generic Bluetooth USB Adaptor
- Monitors: 42" LG AQUOS TV and 17" HP 1740 LCD Screen With USB Hub
- Running OSX 10.8.5 (XCMP Free Kernel) / Windows 7/8.1/10 Developer Preview
(Built it mostly out of spare parts I had lying around, only bought the CPU, Main board and Power Supply)
Also for the mod:
- Laser Hive's G4 Mod Kit 1 and 2
- A couple of cans of Krylon Paint (black and satin black) and Paint Thinner
- 1 blue LED for HDD Activity Indicator which I placed behind the Apple Logo on the front. (I do not subscribe to Apple's stupid philosophy of not indicating if the hard drive is active or not)
- 1 Blue LED 120mm fan
- 1 regular 80mm fan plus hard drive bracket to mount it on one of the Hard drive trays at the bottom of the case.
- Wires from an old case's front panel. (wired the 3 buttons as power/reset/clear CMOS)
I've Attached pics of most of the project. (forgot to take some along the way)
Some Notes:
- I had to cut off about an inch and a half off the back part of the Optical Tray as well as a about half an inch off the 3.5" tray under it so the case would close as it got in the way of the RAM DIMMS; this also made it impossible to install a standard Optical Drive. I will be Installing a Slim Blue Ray Burner plus front USB 3.0 via a 5.25" Bay adapter for slim optical drive in the near future. (you'll noticed on the pics after assembly the part that's cut off)
- I currently only have 3 P-States 8/32/44, not the end of the world. More would be possible through setting up an SSDT file but I don't have the time for it right now. My Priority was to get it running as the machine it has replaced was old and time to be retired.
- OSX desktop pics are a different size as I use the Windows 7 side as HTPC (the 42" as primary monitor) and the OSX side for audio recordings and well as for work as a test bench; connecting audio interfaces/DJ controllers. (the 17" as primary monitor)
- You'll notice the picture with the rear view that there is a small gap (a couple of millimeters). During the project there are small clips that snapped during an opening or closing of the case. It is a very old tower and we all know how plastic can become brittle after many years. If I ever come across another case like that I will harvest it out and replace the broken part.
Hope you all find this cool and informative.
Thanks All,
M.
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