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Have tried a few times to figure this out on my own, but as soon as I wade in I get overwhelmed. Help, thread. I've wanted to do a Hackintosh build for a while (running an early 2011 MBP at the moment), but the last time I built a computer was in high school, and I'm finding it hard to figure out what sort of Gigabyte motherboard I want. I'd like something with more power to make photo editing in PS/Lightroom quicker, as well as try getting into video editing and some light gaming (both pretty dire on current rig). Budget is pretty central to my concerns, I'm not looking to play the latest games at max settings, and I'm also I'm in Australia, if that matters. Motherboard stumps me though, not sure what kind/type of expansion slots I'm looking for or should keep in mind for future upgrades. I know I'll need to add a video card (something midrange), would I also need to buy a wifi card for compatibility like the Lifehacker guide says? I'd also like the ability to add an extra 20" monitor later, could I plug that in to onboard and the 30" Cinema Display into the video card? Anything else I should be thinking of?
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Generic Monk posted:You'll probably need to add a separate card if you want wifi - while quite a few gigabyte motherboards come with wifi buit in I've never seen it supported by OSX. Since you're also adding an external graphics card, you'll need a motherboard with a PCI-Express x16 slot for the graphics and an x1 (I believe) for the add-in card. Seems like you're best off looking for a Micro-ATX board, which'll have both of those and a couple to spare, and isn't as pointlessly large as the full ATX boards. This is such a helpful post, thank you so much! Pricing those out it looks like I'd probably wind up spending an extra $100 or so on the OC-capable chip and mobo versus the standard versions, which is actually sorta tempting even though I'm trying to keep it as cheap as possible. I did some Googling and wanted to re-check: a TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 is still the go-to for inexpensive plug-and-play wifi, right?
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Internaut! posted:just throwing this out there for anyone who's interested That sounds pretty cool, what MB did you use?
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Just got a new (to me) computer secondhand on Gumtree. One of the selling points was the Gigabyte motherboard, planning on doing a hackintosh install in the near future. I need to get Bluetooth and wifi working on it, having a quick Google, would I be best off buying a Broadcom BCM94331CD-BCM4331 + this specialised PCI-E adapter for it? Am trying to keep things budget, and it seems like it'd be a rock-solid option. Also, would these work in Windows? About to head out to K-Mart to buy a 10m Ethernet cable because I was used to everything coming with built in wifi, this is my first desktop in like... 10 years. I might also look into replacing the video card in the future (1GB Radeon HD5450), what are some good bang-for-the-buck low to medium range cards with good OS X compatibility? Pompous Rhombus fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Sep 17, 2016 |
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Sep 17, 2016 05:14
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I remember when Mavericks dropped TWAIN and my scanner quit working. Rolled it back to Mountain Lion, which I still use today.
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Why on earth is the most recent Unibeast so picky about USBs? I have tried 3 (formatted on my MBP) and it won't recognise any of them. Googling seems to suggest this is not uncommon. edit: looks like a 32GB SanDisk SD card in an external reader wins it, motherboard doesn't seem to be recognising the USB properly though (shows up as 4 identical devices in BIOS/EUFI/whatever) Pompous Rhombus fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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