The EZ 8000 - Core 2 Duo E8400 - Affordable CustoMac Media Center

[VioletDragon]

I'd defiantly recommend holding off Sierra in general as it has issues.

 

[jacopers]

Why wouldn't the GT 610 work in Sierra

 

[VioletDragon]

Why wouldn't the gt 610 work in sierra

Some Graphics Cards in Sierra are completely broken. The 5450 is a bit funny in 10.12.

 

[jacopers]

Yah mine with the dual display issue

 

[VioletDragon]

Yah mine with the dual display issue

Not had that problem.

 

[Billy8cH]

The EZ 8000 > HP Elite 8000 - Core 2 Duo E8400 - Asus GeForce EN210 - HP 22bw Monitor - Affordable CustoMac Media Center



Glad to hear of your success. Mavericks is a great choice for the Elite 8000 hardware. I've looked at some of the refurb 8300s and there is one that comes with an I7-3770. The price is very reasonable for this Ivy Bridge system. So you can use the HD4000 igfx and not even need a graphics card like the GT610. That would be the most compatible with the latest El Capitan because it also has UEFI instead of legacy BIOS that the Elite 8000, 8100s both have. So over the next year or so there will be many of these available that have just come off their 3 year corporate lease. That would be a system ideal for a Yosemite or El Capitan install on an HP desktop.

One refurbisher on Newegg.com already has them for sale in the $350 price range. Pretty good deal
considering a used I7-3770 alone will cost you more than $250.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883283330

To use the onboard HD 4000 graphics with an HDMI monitor simply get a full size DP to HDMI adapter.
I've bought one for as little as 2 dollars on Ebay.com.

I don't know if this is the right place to post this...but would the 8200 Elite be as easy to make into a CustoMac?

 

[trs96]

I don't know if this is the right place to post this...but would the 8200 Elite be as easy to make into a CustoMac?

I think it's probably even easier to install El Capitan or Sierra on the 8200/8300. If you go with Sierra make sure to get the GT 710 graphics card instead of the GT 610 as that won't work with Sierra. Follow Pastrychef's test build for the 8300. Install is essentially the same.

 

[VioletDragon]

I don't know if this is the right place to post this...but would the 8200 Elite be as easy to make into a CustoMac?

You'd have more luck with the 8200 or 8300. Elite 8200 is Sandy Bridge & Elite 8300 is Ivybridge much new hardware and more native for implementing Powermanagement. The 8000 Elite is not very good for El Capitan or newer.

 

[Billy8cH]

You'd have more luck with the 8200 or 8300. Elite 8200 is Sandy Bridge & Elite 8300 is Ivy Bridge much new hardware and more native for implementing Powermanagement. The 8000 Elite is not very good for El Capitan or newer.

Thanks for the info...guess Ill be saving up for a GT 7300. Right now I'm running an ATI HD4350 in Windoze 7

 

[VioletDragon]

Thanks for the info...guess Ill be saving up for a gt7300. Right now I'm running an ati hd4350 in windoze 7

Not sure if the ATI 4350 works in OS X or macOS have no experience with such old GPU. Would be better to go with the ATI 5450 they're pretty cheap now.