neilhart
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- Motherboard
- ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming - ITX/ac
- CPU
- i7-7700T
- Graphics
- GTX960
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
This is a rewrite of the original post:
ASRock M8 Barebones Z87-M8 Mini ITX Gaming PC into a full blown OS X system dual booting Win 8 Pro
I found this machine on Newegg listed for $ 249.99 and could not resist. Later I found that Newegg had reduced the price even more to $ 199.99. I assume the price reduction is because of old inventory and ASRock released a Z97 version of the same machine. I have price protection on my CC and have applied for the $ 50 refund.
In my humble opinion (have I ever been humble?) this is a great value; a unique case, motherboard, slot loading DVD drive, PSU, GPU riser card, 4 70mm fans, case LEDs, etc.
I have purchased an i3-4170 that Fry's had on sale this week and will swap this CPU into the Doodle so that I can free up the i7-4770T for use in the M8.
All of the other parts used in this build are already owned and laying in my inventory of used parts. The one exception is that I borrowed the SoDIMM memory from my G4 Cube project machine.
The mods to the ASRock design are fairly small and you will find the detail if you have the patience to read through the following posts. The photo above is of the modded left side.
More to follow,
neil
ASRock M8 Barebones Z87-M8 Mini ITX Gaming PC into a full blown OS X system dual booting Win 8 Pro
I found this machine on Newegg listed for $ 249.99 and could not resist. Later I found that Newegg had reduced the price even more to $ 199.99. I assume the price reduction is because of old inventory and ASRock released a Z97 version of the same machine. I have price protection on my CC and have applied for the $ 50 refund.
In my humble opinion (have I ever been humble?) this is a great value; a unique case, motherboard, slot loading DVD drive, PSU, GPU riser card, 4 70mm fans, case LEDs, etc.
I have purchased an i3-4170 that Fry's had on sale this week and will swap this CPU into the Doodle so that I can free up the i7-4770T for use in the M8.
All of the other parts used in this build are already owned and laying in my inventory of used parts. The one exception is that I borrowed the SoDIMM memory from my G4 Cube project machine.
The mods to the ASRock design are fairly small and you will find the detail if you have the patience to read through the following posts. The photo above is of the modded left side.
More to follow,
neil