[Success] Cheapest (UK) Maverick build ever! £164/$269!

[johnroberts28]

Played about with a few builds in the past, but this one has to be the cheapest and easiest.

Build time including full OS X 10.9 Mavericks install in under an hour, with everything I have checked so far working!

MB: Asrock H67M-GE/HT £34
CPU: Intel Celeron G1620 Dual 2.69GHz £27
GPU: ATi Radeon HD 6450 1GB £18
RAM: Corsair XMS3 2x4GB Matched Pair £29
HDD: Samsung 120gb SSD: £42 (and a WD 1TB already owned!)
CASE: Fractal Design Core 1000 £14

Total Build cost £164!!!

Mavericks downloaded from the App Store and installed via UniBeast 3.0 USB.
Graphics card fully working, only Kext installed was via Multibeast for the soundcard (ALC892 & HDAudio).

Tested Working OOB:

Onboard LAN Realtek RTL8111E ✓
Sound ALC892 Line Out & SPDIF ✓
Graphics HDMI & DVI @1080p ✓
USB 3.0 ports ✓
App Store/iTunes/iMessage/iCloud ✓
Shutdown (Restart requires work!) ✓
Wireless Keyboard with Touchpad ✓
Wireless mouse ✓

Its not going to be the fastest Mac in the world, but a 32bit Geekbench score of 3695 isnt too bad!

 

[engkamal]

cool man very cool can u make video of it pls

 

[awraynor]

That is very impressive. Any pics of the build?

 

[rory4881]

Would be good to see some links for the components at that price.

interested in something this basic for a server build.

Did you have any issues with the graphics card when going through the first install?

 

[kenwsf]

Awesome.
can we know how you did it for multibeast?
show us your step by step of the mavericks installation.
Please list your multibest all kexts. Thanks.