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And the blue LED indicating 'power on' is really bright.

Together, they combine to produce an ugly purple/violet hue inside the box, which escapes through the ventilation grilles. The antennas are removable one is reserved for the WiFi, the other for Bluetooth.ДЁ) The power brick is basic (and ugly), but it does the job.Д©) The makers seem to be enamored with LEDs - there are two blue LEDs near power button, and one very bright red LED on the motherboard.

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Plus the inevitable 'mic' and 'headphone' jacks. Luckily, I had a few spare cards available, so I replaced it with no trouble.Д§) There are four USB 3 ports on one side, two more USB 2.0 on another side, one VGA port, one Ethernet and one HDMI.

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The downside is that they're only for Windows 7 and 8.Д¦) My machine's Wifi+BT card was defective - it kept intermittently losing connection (as in no longer seeing any of the available networks in the area).

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This makes me think that the motherboard is a Chinese brand (probably a knock-off of something else).ДҐ) The drivers come on a CD-R, but they work and there's no problem with them. Although it displays an AMIBIOS logo during boot, I suspect it's a modified older version - not too many options, and I even spotted some mispelled words. This doesn't mean that the second port is disabled - I just suspect there's some weird setting somewhere in the BIOS.Д¤) The BIOS itself is nothing to write home about. Strangely enough, the machine didn't like to have the boot drive connected to SATA 2, but it worked perfectly on SATA 1.

So if you want to put two SSDs in there, you have plenty of space, but you'll need to get another adapter cable. Despite playing extensively with the machine, I didn't feel the case getting warmer than room temperature.ДЈ) There are two power ports (small size, two-pin each, similar to old audio headers) on the motherboard, but the package only comes with a single adapter from one of these ports to a regular SATA power. Once you remove the screws, you have access to the motherboard, which has two RAM slots (low-power laptop memory is perfect), two regular SATA ports and one empty mSATA slot (the other one is taken by a Wifi + BT card).Дў) I haven't tried to remove the motherboard, but it's rather clear that the CPU is using the entirety of the box as a heatsink. The four plastic feet are basic, but appear solid (not glued). Aside from having a few things popping out at work and cutting out into my spare time, I must also admit that I find the new AT look absolutely repulsive, so I haven't been tempted to spend time here.ДЎ) The machine is housed in a solid aluminium box, and has a bottom held together quite precisely with screws. Sorry for being MIA over the last couple of weeks. Sure, I could get various machines at fire sale price, including the Mac Mini. That's it.Д®dited for clarity: I'm asking to compare MSRP/suggested retail prices of machines, just for the sake of comparison.

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Or, if I would build from a Gigabyte barebone, which is the most solid brand for Hackintoshes, it would also cost me more.Д«ut the point of this thread is not that the machine has to be necessarily Hackintosh-compatible, just and decent mini PC with Core i or Core M with low power consumption, preferably fanless, better value and cost less than the 2014, $500 Mac Mini ($450 on Amazon), I don't want to spend more than $500, in fact, I would spend less than $500. I went on to the Dell home page (a decent PC brand, with also a reputation to possibly work as a Hackintosh) and I have found that a similar build to the $499 Mini actually costs more. If I can accomplish a fanless build, it's a plus, but it's not necessary.

I'm less looking for CPU performance, more on low power consumption, but it has to be an Intel Core i (minimum Core i3) or Core M (minimum Core m3), because of Hackintosh power. (Let's forget it only comes with 4 GB RAM, mentally replace it to 8 GB, like the base model 13' MacBook Air was upgraded to 8 GB this spring for the same price which previously gave you only 4 GB, a similar refresh is expected to come to the Mini some time later this year.) Here's the specs for the $499 Mac Mini from 2014: