Cabocorso Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Hey guys, I would like to build a hackintosh which is then primarily used as a home server. It should be ready for the following tasks - Play my music with Spotify - Provide a wireless backup solution - Run Mac OS X Lion - Work as a wireless router The question is now, which hardware would you recommend to buy? As I am a student, the cheaper the better Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266101-cheap-hackintosh-as-home-server/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdask Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 The main question is : will it be on 24/7 or do you want it to sleep-autosleep. If you like the second option you have to find some board that will be reliably put to sleep. If you dont care about sleep its alot easier to find something compatible. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266101-cheap-hackintosh-as-home-server/#findComment-1738459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabocorso Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 It would be good to have the possibility of putting the device to sleep. However, if it is not feasible then I could also do without. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266101-cheap-hackintosh-as-home-server/#findComment-1738468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdask Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 the cheapest option would be 775 socket with a G31 chipset motherboard (or if you can find some gigabyte motherboard with p45 chipset that would be sleep-able easily) and a celeron cpu (eg e3200) with 2 or 4GB of ram. that build is more that enough for a server if you want something more modern but also more expensive check out some of those builds : http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/search/label/CustoMac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266101-cheap-hackintosh-as-home-server/#findComment-1738478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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