![]() ![]() The first upgrades I plan to make to my build will be upgrading my startup disks from SATA SSDs to NVMe M.2 SSDs. It will be the first thing to go (along with the drive cage) when I upgrade my drives (see below). I'm a little surprised it's still running considering I originally had 2 of them, and the other one died after a few years. Everything else is an upgrade or replacement. I also realized that while I'm reusing many parts from my old build, my HDD is the only original part. I actually didn't think that the cage would fit with my PSU based on the specs for the case, but it did, albeit with cables crammed tightly between the cage and the PSU. The case has a removable drive cage that I needed for my HDD. One annoying thing that I realized while putting everything together is that my case has 3 fans, but my motherboard only has 2 headers, so I had to buy a Y splitter cable for the front fans. Noctua NA-SYC1 chromax.Black Splitter Cables In hindsight, I think I might've preferred the look of white memory sticks as well, but black was cheaper. Noctua NA-CH4 chromax.white Heatsink CoverĪfter setting everything up and looking at the components, though, I decided to get Notcua’s white CPU cooler heatsink cover to match the case. I've never cared about showing off my components with a window panel, but I liked the look of the white case, which only came with a window panel. I decided on the Meshify 2 Compact based on reviews and the quality of my old Fractal Design case. I wanted a case that was smaller than the huge Fractal Design Define R4 case I had for my old build. I probably would have been fine with an i5-10500 or i5-10600, but the i7-10700K was on sale for cheaper than I could find for the i5 CPUs, so I went with that. I chose this board because it’s popular for Hackintoshes, so it seemed like it would be easier to find solutions to issues than other motherboards. I went with a Z490 motherboard and a Comet Lake CPU because those are the last Intel chips that are natively supported by macOS. Sadly, a few months ago, the motherboard in my old Haswell build died after about 8 years, so I recently made a new Comet Lake build. Time Machine SSD Enclosure: UGREEN 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 (50743) Time Machine SSD: Crucial MX500 4TB (CT4000MX500SSD1) White Power Supply Extension Cables: CableMod 8+8 Series Classic ModFlex Sleeved Cable Extension Kit (White) (CM-CAB-CKIT-88KW-R) New Graphics Card: Sapphire Pulse RX 6600 8GB (1G) NVMe SSD for macOS: WD_BLACK SN850 2TB NVMe PCIe 3.0 Internal Gaming SSD without Heatsink (WDS200T1X0E) Note that the SN770 does not come with a heatsink, so you'd have to buy one separately if you want one. If the SN750 is sold out, you can get the SN770, which is the newer PCIe 4.0 version of the SN750 (see this post for more info).Upgrades Made after Original Build NVMe SSD for Windows: WD_BLACK SN750 1TB NVMe PCIe 3.0 Internal Gaming SSD with Heatsink (WDS100T3XHC)Īlternative NVMe SSD if SN750 is sold out: WD_BLACK 1TB SN770 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 Internal Gaming SSD (WDS100T3X0E) Note: I replaced this external HDD with a Crucial MX500 SSD and an SSD enclosure.Time Machine External HDD: WD 6TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive (WDBBGB0060HBK-NESN) Startup Disk Clone Enclosure: Inateck 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure USB 3.0 (FE2002) Startup Disk Clone SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 500GB (MZ-76E500B/AM) Note: After upgrading my macOS drive to an NVMe SSD (see Update 11), I started using one of my Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSDs for my clone.Startup Disk Clone HDD: Western Digital 2.5" Scorpio Black 500GB (WD5000BEKT) Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Adapter: YOUBO BCM94360CDĭisplayPort Cable: KabelDirekt DisplayPort 1.4 6ft See the Upgrades section below and Update 11. Note 2: I upgraded my macOS drive from the 860 EVO to a WD_BLACK SN850 2TB NVMe SSD.See the Upgrades section below and Update 7. Note: I upgraded my Windows drive from the 860 EVO to a WD_BLACK SN750 1TB NVMe SSD.See the Upgrades section below and Update 14. Note: I upgraded my graphics from the RX 580 to a Sapphire Pulse RX 6600.USB Drives for macOS and Windows Installers: 2x Samsung BAR Plus 32GB (MUF-32BE4/AM)Īlready Owned Graphics Card: Sapphire Pulse RX 580 8GB Splitter Cables for Case Fans: Noctua NA-SYC1 chromax.Black RAM: Crucial Ballistix 3200 MHz 16GB (8GBx2) BL2K8G32C16U4BĬase: Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact White (FD-C-MES2C-05) Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's GuideĬPU Cooler Heatsink Cover: Noctua NA-CH4 chromax.white ![]()
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