[dvandriesen]

Well i finally made the plung and made my newest setup. And it also is running Mountain Lion so im loving it.

Build Specs:
MI-008 Tower Black P4 Chassis with 250W Itx Psu+sata Power Supply= http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001H0B...01_s00_i00

Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005SCYHV8/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00

G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333=
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006NXT...03_s00_i00

Intel Core i3-2105=
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819115090

Thing has been running way better then my Raspberry Pi and can do a hell of a lot more. Thought i would share my build. I can attach pics soon.

[bluray]

Congrat! You can't compare Pi to 2105, because it's in different league.

[UnderCoverUZI]

Congrat! You can't compare Pi to 2105, because it's in different league.

This.

Nice build, I've built two HTPC's with that case and love the price/design. That mobo only has 2 SATA ports though right? I hope your using an SSD also, SO much better for boot times and loading XBMC.

[cpmiller22]

Just curious, what did you use for a hard drive? Also what was your total build cost?

[fvtalon]

Hack mini, very cool. I also recently made a similar transition from ATV2 to an a6-5400k HTPC. The size of the ATV was great and playback was good but I love all the other stuff you can do with the more intensive skins and add-ons that the HTPC has the power to handle.

[dvandriesen]

Actually not using a SSD just got a 320GB Western Digitial Blue drive. 7200rpm with a 16MB Cache. Total build set me back around $340 which isnt too bad. I will look into a small SSD for OS and XBMC and use that hard drive for movies and what not. Its a start.

[rip_king]

interesting little hackintosh build. And everything works as it should? Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but can you just purchase the $30 OS X and install that? Did you follow any hardware compatibility guides?

[dvandriesen]

Purchased OSX from app store on my mac then created a bootable usb and ran it from there. Used Multibeast which has most drivers already in there. I just had to edit a few kext files to get hdmi audio to work. Its all new to me but runs flawlessly.

[rip_king]

very cool, thanks for that. I think I will definitely look into this for my next build, I prefer OS X over Windows but don't really care to pay the Apple premium

[dvandriesen]

Actually doin a little case Modding now. Was going to put a picopsu but for now just moving the psu to the front of the box below the harddrive. Cutting a hole so the psu fan can push the air out. Right now the psu is just touching the CPU fan. This should help with temps but they werent bad before just rather let it breath a little more.

[dvandriesen]

Cutting up the chassis.

Relocating the PSU to front of box and cutting exhaust hole.

Adding this fan as well

PSU placed in front

Under Shot

Fan Fits perfect here


Closed it up and testing.