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- Feb 9, 2017
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- Motherboard
- ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-7600
- Graphics
- Internal HD630
Hi everyone,
I'm new to this forum and will be building my first ever Hackintosh. Since I like a challenge, I'm going to dive straight into Kaby Lake for the internals. Since the new Sierra 10.12.4 beta is already referencing/supporting(???) the new Kaby Lake MacBook Pros (see this article), I'm hoping native support for the KL mobo and CPU will be just around the corner.
Build Purpose
My 2011 MacMini died (don't ask how) and I was using that as my HTPC in the living room. Mainly as the Plex Server and QBTorrent client. I had two 4TB external WD MyBook drives attached via USB for storage. It had a pretty weak CPU and only 4Gigs of ram, so running Sierra was really becoming a pain. Also, the fan of the MacMini would often be extremely noisy when playing HD movies or transcoding movies.
So, for this build, I want to accomplish the following:
I have already received the case and PSU and already have all drives too. Will post some pics below of my progress so far.
I really look forward to this build and getting everything to work. Hope to share my experience/findings and hope to get your kind support and advise.
EDIT 1:
Some initial progress pictures of the build. Put the PSU and drives in. More to come.
I'm new to this forum and will be building my first ever Hackintosh. Since I like a challenge, I'm going to dive straight into Kaby Lake for the internals. Since the new Sierra 10.12.4 beta is already referencing/supporting(???) the new Kaby Lake MacBook Pros (see this article), I'm hoping native support for the KL mobo and CPU will be just around the corner.
Build Purpose
My 2011 MacMini died (don't ask how) and I was using that as my HTPC in the living room. Mainly as the Plex Server and QBTorrent client. I had two 4TB external WD MyBook drives attached via USB for storage. It had a pretty weak CPU and only 4Gigs of ram, so running Sierra was really becoming a pain. Also, the fan of the MacMini would often be extremely noisy when playing HD movies or transcoding movies.
So, for this build, I want to accomplish the following:
- A small HTPC for my living room that doesn't look like a cheap PC
- Silent, or near silent
- No more external USB drives. All storage must fit inside the case.
- Functions mainly as a Plex Server/client and QBTorrent client, with web browsing.
- Modern internals with plenty of power and memory to get me through the next 4-5 years.
- I don't play games at all, so 3D stuff irrelevant to me.
- Will want to do a dual boot setup to either Linux or Windows 10.
- Case: Streacom DB4 Mini-ITX cube (fanless)
- PSU: Streacom ZF240 Fanless 240W ZeroFlex PSU
- Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming-ITX/ac
- CPU: Intel Core i5-7600
- RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT (16GB)
- GPU: will just stick to internal GPU (Intel HD Graphics 630)
- Wifi-BT: Dell DW1560 Broadcom BCM94352Z M.2/NGFF 802.11AC 867Mbps Bluetooth 4.0 WIFI Card
- Storage: 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB, 1x Plextor 250GB SSD (old one), 2x WD 4TB Green drives
- Fully functioning HDMI port with high quality sound (as this goes directly to my TV)
- Fully functioning Bluetooth 4 (as I use Apple's wireless keyboard and trackpad to control the computer from my sofa)
- Fast, stable and hassle free...as far as this is possible with Hackintosh
I have already received the case and PSU and already have all drives too. Will post some pics below of my progress so far.
I really look forward to this build and getting everything to work. Hope to share my experience/findings and hope to get your kind support and advise.
EDIT 1:
Some initial progress pictures of the build. Put the PSU and drives in. More to come.
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