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- Nov 27, 2013
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- Motherboard
- GA-H97M-D3H 9 series
- CPU
- i5-4670
- Graphics
- Saphire Radeon R9 270X Dual-X OC 2GB
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Hello,
Please forgive my English - I am not native speaker.
Two weeks ago my Haswell Hackintosh decided to commit suicide by burning CPU and mobo. I found I had a lot of spare time having no computer at home, so I decided to rebuild my Hackintosh with brand new look. I decided as well to change some ideas compared to my original build (Z87N-WIFI mITX). In general new build should sort out two main problems - lack of PCI/PCIe slots, as I had to swap my Firewire card with GeForce to play games/record music using audio iface, and the second - loud vibrations caused by cooling pump as Zalman LQ-310 was too "loud" when recording guitars .
I decided to go with PowerMac G5 case as it looks ... just great.
Spec:
Motherboard:
Gigabyte H97M-D3H MicroATX
(I bought 9 series as ... I could not find any Z87/H87 in Ireland anymore. I am not sure if it was good decision yet .... I will see after buying CPU that can run 10.9.x)
CPU:
Intel Celeron G1820 .... yeahh I know... speed demon and yeahhh ... not compatible with 10.9.x - it will be replaced soon to Intel Core i5-4670 as on my original build was.
RAM:
Corsair Vegenance LP 2x 8GB
GFX:
Gainward Geforce GT640 1GB DDR5
HDD:
1. Seagate Barracuda 2TB (for data only HFS+)
2. WD Caviar 500GB (NTFS for Windoze)
SSD:
Samsung 840 Evo - 240GB (for OSX)
PSU:
XFX XTR 550W ( it is rebranded Seasonic G as far I know - 80+ gold with hybrid mode )
Cooling:
Case - 120mm fans from my old case (Scythe Glidestream and some CoolerMaster)
CPU - Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 rev2 (will install it after buying i5 - no point to use it for Celeron)
Optical drive:
None yet - I had slot loading slim type drive in old build, but as I want to leave original G5 bay cover I will need to buy "normal" dvd writter .
No sponsors, No links to amazon etc..... the only cause of this build is Intel as they sold me my original faulty CPU and online computer part shops in Ireland that do not have H87N-WIFI in stock anymore.
HDD,SSD, GFX , RAM and PSU are from previous build. Only new parts are CPU , mobo and G5 case.
I am going to put photos of new build very soon....
Day 1. "Shopping" - I found two guys in Ireland selling broken G5s. I decided to buy both and use the case that will be in better condition. One is after cooling system leak and second one after flood (both damaged by liquids) Cost of both .. 45 euro (about $60)
Please forgive my English - I am not native speaker.
Two weeks ago my Haswell Hackintosh decided to commit suicide by burning CPU and mobo. I found I had a lot of spare time having no computer at home, so I decided to rebuild my Hackintosh with brand new look. I decided as well to change some ideas compared to my original build (Z87N-WIFI mITX). In general new build should sort out two main problems - lack of PCI/PCIe slots, as I had to swap my Firewire card with GeForce to play games/record music using audio iface, and the second - loud vibrations caused by cooling pump as Zalman LQ-310 was too "loud" when recording guitars .
I decided to go with PowerMac G5 case as it looks ... just great.
Spec:
Motherboard:
Gigabyte H97M-D3H MicroATX
(I bought 9 series as ... I could not find any Z87/H87 in Ireland anymore. I am not sure if it was good decision yet .... I will see after buying CPU that can run 10.9.x)
CPU:
Intel Celeron G1820 .... yeahh I know... speed demon and yeahhh ... not compatible with 10.9.x - it will be replaced soon to Intel Core i5-4670 as on my original build was.
RAM:
Corsair Vegenance LP 2x 8GB
GFX:
Gainward Geforce GT640 1GB DDR5
HDD:
1. Seagate Barracuda 2TB (for data only HFS+)
2. WD Caviar 500GB (NTFS for Windoze)
SSD:
Samsung 840 Evo - 240GB (for OSX)
PSU:
XFX XTR 550W ( it is rebranded Seasonic G as far I know - 80+ gold with hybrid mode )
Cooling:
Case - 120mm fans from my old case (Scythe Glidestream and some CoolerMaster)
CPU - Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 rev2 (will install it after buying i5 - no point to use it for Celeron)
Optical drive:
None yet - I had slot loading slim type drive in old build, but as I want to leave original G5 bay cover I will need to buy "normal" dvd writter .
No sponsors, No links to amazon etc..... the only cause of this build is Intel as they sold me my original faulty CPU and online computer part shops in Ireland that do not have H87N-WIFI in stock anymore.
HDD,SSD, GFX , RAM and PSU are from previous build. Only new parts are CPU , mobo and G5 case.
I am going to put photos of new build very soon....
Day 1. "Shopping" - I found two guys in Ireland selling broken G5s. I decided to buy both and use the case that will be in better condition. One is after cooling system leak and second one after flood (both damaged by liquids) Cost of both .. 45 euro (about $60)