Building my Windows Tower last year was fun, so I have been looking for another project. Then I found this page at Tony Mac’s on building a Hackintosh Mini.
What I’m looking for is a small system to hook up to the TV in the Den. The motherboard in the parts list has a HDMI port, and I already have a remote keyboard/trackball to use. There is an Ethernet switch where I want to put it so, no need for a WiFi card either. I figure I can build it for around $470. That includes $20 for a copy of Mountain Lion MacOS. Not bad considering low end Mac Minis start at $600, and that is with a 500 Gig HD and 4 Gig of RAM. I’m planning on a 2 TB HD and 8 Gig of Ram. The foot print is a little bigger than a Mac Mini, but I’m replacing a mini-tower, so the space isn’t a problem.
Here is the parts list I’m looking at:
- Intel Core i3-3225 Dual-Core Processor 3.3 GHz – $135
- Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI Motherboard – $114
- Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz RAM – $41
- MI-008 Tower Black P4 Chassis with 250W Itx Psu+sata Power Supply -$48
- Western Digital Green 2 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache – $110
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