Thin Mini ITX compatibility

[Barenhvrd]

Hello everybody,

For my next build (mod) I want to make an HTPC so I am wondering which thin mini ITX will be easely hackintoshed, if any of you have some infos about it, I'll appreciate it!


Thank you!


[EDIT: forgot to mention that i'm looking for Haswell mobo]

 

[Stork]

The CustoMac Mini build in the tonymacx86 Buyers Guide is a good place to start. But, since the ITX motherboard has only one PCIe slot, you have to trade off a graphics card or a wireless card. The on-board Intel Integrated Graphics HD4600 may not give you good enough picture through the on-board HDMI connector. So, you might need a graphics card. Either way, you'll need to modify the audio driver to get HDMI audio. See the HDMI Audio forum section for more information.

BTW, the GA-H87N's WIFI is not compatible with OS X. So, if you want to use Wifi for your HTPC, you'll need to use either a PCIe Wifi card like the TP-Link or a USB 3.0 Wife Adapter such as the Edimax Wireless AC1200 Dual Band USB 3.0 Adapter (EW-7822UAC). There are trade offs for all these ITX size motherboards. I use a mATX motherboard in a Silverstone GD06B HTPC Case which is about the size of my A/V receiver and looks like a power amp in my audio stand. So, I didn't have to make the trade offs which you'll have to do with an ITX motherboard.

 

[Barenhvrd]

Thanks Stork.

Of course I already checked the Buyer's guide advice, but these are Mini ITX, not Thin Mini ITX, and as I am looking for Thin Mini ITX for modding in some very little spaces (cube, iMac G4, for exemple) I'd like to have a Thin Mini ITX

For Audio & Graphics & WiFi & Bluetooth I already figured it out, using anothe mini Pcie WiFi, USB dongle for bluetooth, integrated graphics (4600 is enough for web browsing, mail, & mkv), USB audio card for the Audio or HDMI audio will also be taken in account

Thank you

 

[Going Bald]

Hello everybody,

For my next build (mod) I want to make an HTPC so I am wondering which thin mini ITX will be easely hackintoshed, if any of you have some infos about it, I'll appreciate it!


Thank you!

Didn't bother to use the forum search before you posted, did you?

http://www.tonymacx86.com/search.php?googleSearch=thin mini itx

 

[Barenhvrd]

Yes I already did, but there is only one true Thin Mini ITX board Haswell guide, so I wanted other advice/stories on other Haswell mobo

I'll try further investigation.