![]() ![]() ![]() We discovered that the Antec EP-90 power supply which came in the Antec mini-skeleton case was not powerful enough to run this particular system, so we removed the stock 90W power supply and replaced it with a picoPSU-160-XT power supply from Mini-Box, which provides 200 peak Watts and powers the system just fine. These components cost about $500 total which is about half the price of a comparatively equipped, 2011 Intel-based Apple Mac Mini. The OSX Hardware Overview recognizes the system as a Mac Pro 3.1 which is pretty impressive for a mini-ITX sized board. WiFi: AirLink101 AWLL5088 Wireless N 150 Ultra Mini USB Adapter Power Supply: Mini-Box picoPSU-160-XT High Power 24 Pin Mini-ITX Power Supply with 12v 16A Switching Power Adapter 100/240V Model STD-12160 Graphics Processor: Sapphire Radeon HD 6450 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card Optical Drive: Sony Optiarc 24X SATA Internal DVD+/-RW Drive Hard Drive: Western Digital WD Scorpio Black 500 GB SATA II 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache ![]() The GA-H61N-USB3 has been great for general purpose personal computing for us and is still running strongly after more than 2 years of daily use in an open enclosure.ĬPU: Intel Core i3-2105 with Intel HD 3000 Graphics and the associated Intel CPU cooler This motherboard used to be the SandyBridge mini-hackintosh recommendation on LifeHacker and TonyMacx86 now they are suggesting the Gigabyte GA-H55N-US if you want to build an Ivy Bridge system they recommend the Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI or the GA-Z77N-WIFI model. ![]()
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