- Joined
- Sep 26, 2012
- Messages
- 1,288
- Motherboard
- ASRock H67M-ITX/HT
- CPU
- i5 2500K
- Graphics
- HD3000
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
MiniITX's Build:
Pentium 2.9 GHz G2020 Processor - GA-H61M-S1 - GT210
ComponentsPentium 2.9 GHz G2020 Processor - GA-H61M-S1 - GT210
Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 LGA 1155 mATX
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CP87B20/
Intel Pentium G2020 2.9GHz 3MB LGA 1155 CPU Processor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B4G70RU/
Transcend Information 4 GB DDR3 1333
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00863R0TM/
ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce 210 Synergy Edition 1GB DDR3 PCI-Express Video Card
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HUFA332/
Seagate Barracuda 500GB Desktop SATA Internal Hard Drive
http://www.amazon.in/dp/B005OY5QY2/
INTEX mATX Cabinet Standard > IT-217
http://www.intextechnologies.com/webpages/productcomperi.aspx?category=Computer Peripherals&subcat=Cabinets&subcat1=Cabinet Standard&pro_name=IT-217
Already Owned
Apple OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 from App Store
Dell 19" monitor - Only VGA port
Basic USB Keyboard and Mouse - Got them free from the shop I brought all my parts
Atheros AR9285 Half mini wifi card
Mini PCI-E to PCI-E Wireless Card w/ 3 Antennas
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005Q751BA
Comments
This is 3rd hackintosh that I built. After using my hackintosh for a week my brother was impressed with it. He asked me if I can build a cheap one for him for his daily use. He wanted to use his 19’ Dell TFT monitor which had only VGA port. To make the build cheap I decided to buy low end processor and a decent graphics card which would support VGA output.
The Build
To get the hackintosh parts we went to this local place in our town (Bangalore) where PC parts are sold very cheap.
Motherboard > I asked the shop keeper to show me the cheapest Gigabyte motherboard with socket LGA1155, The shopkeeper showed me Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1, LGA 1155.
This motherboard had Realtek RTL8111F LAN port and Realtek ALC887 so this was shortlisted.
Processer > Cheapest available CPU was Celeron but I went with Pentium G2020 2.9GHz 3MB LGA 1155.
Graphics Card > I wanted a graphics card which would work OOB in OSX and has a VGA output so I went with ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce 210 Synergy Edition 1GB DDR3.
Rest of the stuff > 500GB desktop internal HD, mATX cabinet with 400W PSU and 4GB RAM.
BIOS settings > Set it to the factory settings, disabled the internal graphics and changed the SATA settings from IDE to ACHI.
Installation
OSX Installation > Installation was quite easy, prepared 10.9.3 Unibeat drive.
I was able to bootin using flags "GraphicsEnabler=Yes PCIRootUID=0”, Installation completed in 20min.
Post Installation
First boot with UniBeast using the same flags and I was on the OSX welcome screen.
These were the option i selected in MultiBeast.
That is all the hackintosh was ready.
Everything was working including sleep but the machine was taking long time to boot.
Fixed the long booting issue with the help of this thread > http://www.tonymacx86.com/audio/109902-usb-start-up-problem-aka-audio-problem.html
Wifi > Atheros AR9285 Half mini wifi card will not work OOB, refer to this thread to get it working > http://www.tonymacx86.com/network/104850-guide-airport-pcie-half-mini-v2.html