need help to choose the right motherboard

[Renard45]

hi all, i have an old i5 socket 1155 and i want to know if this motherboard can be used inside imac g4 and intel graphic compatible for osx?

 

http://www.ebay.com/...hYAAOSw32lYm90l

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASRock-B75M-ITX-LGA-1155-Sockel-H2-Intel-90-MXGLT0-A0UAYZ-Motherboard/322599705334?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D41375%26meid%3Dce538b880eec430981c3a377c0396594%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D322599642292

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASRock-H77M-ITX-LGA-1155-Socket-H2-Intel-90-MXGL20-A0UAYZ-Motherboard-/322599642292?epid=115914668&hash=item4b1c6fe4b4:g:EqkAAOSwrDBZbl3n

 

thanks

if not someone can tell me what model i must buy to have intel graphics compatible

[nawcom]

Since Intel moved their GPU on to their CPUs instead of on the motherboard, Intel graphics support comes down to the CPU you use, not the motherboard you put your CPU in. Since you have an i5 it will work fine. You didn't mention if it is Sandy Bridge i5 (HD3000) or Ivy Bridge i5 (HD4000) but you should be able to get either of those to work.

 

I looked at the 3 links you gave and I am not sure if I would recommend any of them. The Zotac model looks like it was probably pulled from an existing machine or something because I can't find that specific motherboard model anywhere. Zotac does sell a a couple different H61 ITX boards but none of those match this one at all, so I can't look up whether you will have good driver support for LAN and audio.

 

The 2 different Asrock motherboards both have Realtek gigabit LAN and ALC892 for audio which you can easily get working in OS X, which is a really good thing. The problem is they might not come with their own I/O shield, which you should always use with motherboards. The H77 one says "Package contains motherboard only" and the B75M one says "Das Motherboard ist ohne Zubehör, so dass keine Blende". You didn't mention how you plan on handling these with an iMac G4 case so I can't really help you with that. If you are planning to cut out a space in the back and place the I/O shield there then I can see that working. You will just either have to buy a version of either of these 2 motherboards that come with an I/O shield, or buy an I/O shield separately, like for example: http://io-shield.de/en/atx-blende-i-o-shield-asrock-b75m-itx-564-io-schield-neu-ovp-h77m-itx-bracket

[Renard45]

thanks for reply nawcom.

 

ok do you think both motherboard can be used? i don't need any i/o shield because i want to make an imac g4 similar like this but not with the old motherboard i will use cables for usb;audio ethernet etc...

 

 

i will change the monitor too and make mod to use a pc monitor

[Renard45]

i find this one
http://www.dx.com/fr/p/onda-h61c-i3-i5-i7-series-intel-lga-1155-h61-hd-hdmi-motherboard-379034

[Renard45]

what about this one:

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/ASRock-H61TM-ITX-LGA-1155-Sockel-H2-THIN-Mini-ITX-Motherboard/322698598530?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20170831090034%26meid%3D179e2a60e98c463ea4765387015077c9%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D322599641806&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

 

please help i can buy one now thanks

[sailor25462]

Why trying to put in a m/µATX board?

 

I'm using z68 chipset (GA-z68AP-D3), works nicely with 10.13.

There's UEFI bios available for both, rev.1 and rev.2 boards. But I haven't updated rev.1, yet from 10.12.

[Renard45]

it is a mini itx motherboard, micro atx motherboard does not fit inside imac G4