How to Build a Hackintosh Mini for Less Than $600

We've build a few Hackintoshes at Lifehacker, but we generally go for the more powerful, Mac Pro-esque builds. This time we've decided to build a smaller, cheaper Hackintosh that's about the size of a NAS and costs less than $600. This video is part of a larger article that will walk you through the full process, which you can find here: http://lifehacker.com/5815715

This system configuration is based on one by tonymacx86 (visit tonymacx86.com), and the ease of creating a Hackintosh these days is very much due to his efforts. Thanks tonymacx86!

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[zero80472]

question im going to do this but i want to put more memory and a better graphics card in (580 GTX) and a core i5 processer (shadybridge) would that be posstable ?

[sustine1]

Hi, which Keyboard is displayed at 0.57 min.?

Thanks

[culljosh]

Anyone know where one can find this motherboard? It seems that amazon and New Egg are out.

Thanks

[lilBproductions98]

seriously...why is youtube advertising condoms to me?

its like they know im a virgin

[aulum987]

@zero80472 you'll probably need a bigger case and a more powerfull power supply for the gtx 580 :D

[girlsdrinkfeck]

TBH for $600/£450 ,u can buy a mid spec laptop and just use that as the macmini,then at least its portable ,and made of same laptop style componants in the minis

[paulomoura2]

@hptpcl1 no

[956Joeboy]

were can i get that iboot cd you was talking about or is it a iso cuzz i really want to put snow leopard on my pc could sent me link or what and can i use a standard 700mb cd-r

[ciaransheil]

don't you have to change the sata options in the bios but nice video

[hptpcl1]

Will it also run on amd fx 4100+gigabyte 760g chipset mobo or intel celeron g530+ecs h61 mobo?

[hptpcl1]

I have i5 750, gigabyte ga-h55m-s2v, g.skill 2x4gb ddr3, ssd, seagate hdd, and pny gts 250. Will it run hackintosh?

[trashypickles]

@zero80472 just to be safe get a corsair 850w fully modular power supply