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- Jan 20, 2016
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- Motherboard
- ASRock Z97 Anniversary
- CPU
- i5-4690K
- Graphics
- GTX 970
- Mac
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@osirhc
You would want to keep it in the case it comes in, will not fit in the one you've linked to. It's a BTX form factor motherboard, they don't make those anymore so it's nearly impossible to find new cases that they will fit into. Also not that the Elite 8000 case needs to pull air in from the front to cool the CPU so you won't be able to put it in an enclosed cabinet with a glass front. Has to be open.
The BluRay drive should work but only if you find OS X software for playing BluRays. As you know Apple Macs have never been able to play BluRays, they never wanted to pay the licensing fees. So search the forums and the web for possible solutions. I've never heard of a CustoMac being able to burn a BluRay so you'll have to research that too. You could get the LG BD-ROM drive and save a little there.
If you don't already have a Mac or CustoMac you'll have to install Snow leopard first on the EZ 8000
and then purchase Mountain Lion from Apple. The link is in my user build. There is also a link to my post about how to install Snow Leopard on the EZ 8000. To use this primarily as a media center El Capitan really isn't necessary. Mountain Lion or Mavericks will work. If you have any more questions just let me know.
Thank you so much! I never even thought about Macs and BluRay before, wow lol. So I went ahead and bought an HP 8000 - someone on Craigslist was selling one and I got it for $50, not bad! Also I checked my purchase history in the Mac App Store and lucky me I was able to download Mavericks. The installation process was incredibly smooth until the very end. I deleted the two kexts you specified, emptied the trash and entered disk utility to repair permissions. Permissions were repaired and I rebooted just fine to the OSX login screen but none of my USB ports are functioning, so I can't log in or navigate with my USB keyboard and mouse. I may start over and try the process again, maybe repair permissions twice? I'm not sure. Do you know if there is another kext I should delete to get USB ports functional in Mavericks?