Almost a year ago, I was gifted some money. More money than I ever had before. It was not a lot, but it was enough that I could spend $1800 on my dream machine.
My goals:
- Small form factor/Portability for travel
- Triple boot OSes
- Future-proofed specs
- Decent enough GPU to game, but still work on recent macOS
I worked, studied, and researched for at least 3 months to find the parts, verify compatibility, check pricing, order them, and stack them up as they arrived - until I could finally build it. (This was before the Pandemic, when parts weren't so hard to come by).
I had it built in less than a day, but had 2 unexpected issues. Issue #1 was the 120mm fans that came with the AIO were too big, so I substituted them with the 2 super-thin Scythe's listed below. Issue #2, I had to replace the fan in the PSU with one from Noctua. The one it came with sounded like a revving jet engine. An item I knew would be an issue was Wifi/BT card. The board came with an incompatible card, so I bought a BCM94360NG.
This is my "forever" PC. I will likely not have the money to spend on something like this again in the near future. I wanted something that would last at least 5 years. So far, after year one, it's not slowed down or show signs of aging AT ALL.
What I use it for:
- Gaming (Minecraft, CS:GO, Cyberpunk)
- Audio/Video production (Final Cut Pro, Garageband, Audacity)
- Streaming (OBS)
- Media consumption (Spotify, Netflix, DisneyPlus, Amazon, YouTube, etc)
- Alarm Clocks
- Communication (Discord, Google Voice)
IMAGES
Front view: https://i.imgur.com/3ddiSje.jpg
Side view: https://i.imgur.com/eRL48ob.jpg
Full area: https://i.imgur.com/gvCN4ev.jpg
Full Area w/ table up: https://i.imgur.com/CefGY1F.jpg
My POV: https://i.imgur.com/3YPOqWj.jpg
NOTE: I am using Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-mojave-on-supported-pc.html'>Mojave because I have a ton of games and apps that are 32bit and I still use. So, I need the compatibility that Big Sur and Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina do not offer. (and no, I do not want to run a Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-mojave-on-supported-pc.html'>Mojave VM in Big Sur/Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-catalina-on-supported-pc.html'>Catalina because it defeats the purpose of having DIRECT ACCESS to the hardware I spent a lot of time/money putting together). Success' href='/2020/12/install-macos-mojave-on-supported-pc.html'>Mojave works great.
and now...
Full Specs:
I am fairly proud of it, hence the long post. Hope you all enjoyed, or it inspires someone else.
Cheers
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