**Building a Hackintosh: A Step-by-Step Guide**

Hey guys, this is Austin and today my good buddy Matt is here to try and make a little bit of a different style of video. So, this right here is an Intel NUC. You may have caught a video we did recently talking about a very unusual Nuc, but this is a little bit more of a standard one, and at $400 you're getting a Core i5, your getting a thunderbolt port, there's a lot to like.

**The Plan**

Anyway so the plan is very simple. This NUC is actually pretty Hackintoshable, this is a quad-core Core i5 now with these Nucs they don't come completely ready to go out of the box, so we have everything we need except for the RAM as well as the SSD. Matt has already installed that but we have 16 Gigs of DDR4 RAM as well as we have a 500GB SSD.

**The Challenge**

As far as putting that stuff together it's really simple where it's gonna be a little bit more difficult most likely is you actually have to Hackintosh it. So with this particular model the Wi-Fi card and Bluetooth card are not compatible with Mac OS. That's pretty common for Hackintosh Most of the time that doesn't work. Unfortunately with this one, it's actually soldered to the motherboard.

**The Benefits**

That's the thing with Hackintosh is most of the time you can get like 80% data but usually your going to need like dongles or your going to need like a USB DAC or usually especially when it comes to Wi-Fi just plug in a USB Wi-Fi card, that's supported by MAC OS. But just to give a little bit of a context here right, compared to a Mac mini so if we got the Core i3 version which is quad-core so roughly equivalent 16 Gigs of RAM is which what we have in here and then 512 Gigs SSD the Mac mini would cost $1400 straight from Apple.

**The Cost**

This all in, is what $600? - $600, $650 tops for our configuration depending on the spec of you know the brand of RAM and SSD you went with. The important thing is we can actually hook up an external GPU to this guy so in theory we're getting iMac level performance for a third the price, I mean we don't have a monitor but yeah yeah.

**The Requirements**

So one of the things you do need unless things have changed you do need a Mac to do a lot of this setup right? Yeah, so you have to have an existing Mac which then you'll prep it with something called UniBeast which will create a bootable USB drive. Which is right there already have it installed as well as some configuration things.

**The Progress**

It's mostly working, okay, so we see a Core i5 we see our 16 Gigs of DDR4 we also see our iris plus graphics. So the cool thing is this Nuc does share the exact same processor from the mid spec Core i5.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Hey, guys, this is Austinand today my good buddy Matt is hereto try and make a little bitof a different style of video.So, this right here is an Intel NUC.You may of caught a video we did recentlytalking about a veryunusual Nuc, but this isa little bit more of a standard oneand at $400 your getting a core i5your getting a thunderboltport there's a lot to like.Anyway so the plan is verysimple this NUC is actuallypretty Hackintoshable thisis a quad-core Core i5now with these Nucs theydon't come completelyready to go out of thebox, so we have everythingwe need except for theRAM as well as the SSDMatt has already installed thatbut we have 16 Gigs of DDR4 RAMas well as we have a 500GB SSD, so.As far as putting that stuff togetherit's really simple, whereit's gonna' be a littlebit more difficult most likelyis you actually have to Hackintosh it.- So with this particularmodel the Wi-Fi cardand Bluetooth card are notcompatible with Mac OS.- That's pretty common for HackintoshMost of the time that doesn't work.- Unfortunately with this one,it's actually soldered to the motherboard.- That's the thing with Hackintosh ismost of the time you can get like 80% databut usually your goingto need like donglesor your going to need like a USB DACor usually especiallywhen it comes to Wi-Fijust plug in a USB Wi-Fi card,that's supported by MAC OS,but just to give a littlebit of a context here right,compared to a Mac miniso if we got the Core-i3version which is quad-coreso roughly equivalent 16 Gigs of RAMis which what we have inhere and then 512 Gigs SSDthe Mac mini would cost$1400 straight from Apple,this all in, is what $600?- $600, $650 tops for our configurationdepending on the spec of,you know the brand of RAMand SSD you went with.- The important thing iswe can actually hook upan external GPU to this guy so in theorywe're getting iMac level performancefor, a third the price, I meanwe don't have a monitor but- Yeah, yeah.- So one of the things you do needunless things havechanged you do need a Macto do a lot of this setup right?- Yeah, so you have tohave an existing Macwhich, have here then you'llprep it with somethingcalled UniBeast which willcreate a bootable USB drive- Which is righthere already have it installed- As well as some configuration things.- You're definitely losingsome things when you'regoing with the Hackintoshbut just consideringthat this is smaller thana Mac mini it should beroughly equivalent, andwe're talking about somethingthat costs less than half the priceI think it might be worth the gambleI'm just really curiousto see how it all works.First of all, shout-out to Quin, SnazzyQ.He had a great video on, was this ?- Exact model- The exact model of the NUC, so yeah.- His had less memory though.- Well yeah obviouslywe had to be superiorwe can't do a lamer version of a videosomeones already done we had todo a better version,otherwise it's stealing.So if I fire this up itshould start to boot right?- Yeah it will boot intothe Nucs splash screen firstand then it should go intothe clover boot screen,which is how we are tricking it.- Damn that's the thing man,I love doing Hackintosh stuffbut like it's such a headache right,like there are so many randomlittle issues that you run intoI mean it's cool and I thinkit's one of those thingswhere it's maybe not likea badge of honor for a nerdlike oh I built a computerI made a Hackintosh butit's one of those thingswhere you have to havesome patience you haveto kinda' sorta' learnhow to do it and be readyto tinker on things rightcause' it will break.So looks like we areinto the language setupthis is slow process over USB 2.0it literally took like 20 minutes to boot.(vocalizing)Oh here's a thing.- Reboot and selectproper media boot device.- So I'm actually going through herethis is recommending that we actuallyformat it as Mac OS extendedas apposed to Apple file.- Yeah- Is that something we want to do?- Let's try that again.Alright so we figuredout what the problem wasit was less the formattingthat was the problembut more that we didn't havethe APFS driver for the SSD.- So when we tried to bootit just didn't see it.- Because we're doing Mojaveit needed additional drivers.- Which was literally wejust had to drop it ontothe flash drive it saweverything it booted upand now we are actually properlyinstalling everything onto the SSD.- Correct.- So in theory in nineminutes we will havea working copy of Mojave.- We'll have a copy of Mojave,with almost no working drivers.- Okay it is day two and Ithink Matt has made progresswhile I was not here, what's up?- It's mostly working.- Okay, so we see a Core i5we see our 16 Gigs of DDR4we also see our iris plus graphics.So the cool thing is thisNuc does share the exactsame processor from the mid specCore i5 13" Macbook Pro.Mind you no battery no screen and stuffwe're looking at $2200 for thispretty much exact same performance,and yet we got it for $600and a couple sleepless nightsfor Matt, so what is not working?I see we're hooked up to ethernet,is the Wi-Fi not working?- We do have an external Wi-Fi adapterbut it's currently notworking, you can't actuallyrestart the computer right now.- So you have to turn it offand manually turn it back on?- Yeah, if you try andrestart it, actually go in themenu and restart it just freezesso you have to hard restart it currently.- Do we have Gigpesh installed?- We do.- Okay, cool let's give that a try.For the most part we now have a Macthat's up and running right now.- Yeah, you could I meanif you're doing light tasksyou could totally be using this system.- Oh wow that's really fast,5020 on the single coreand 17838 on multicore sothat's actually faster than the13" Macbook Pro about 400 points higheron the single thread andover 1000 points higheron multi thread whichkinda' makes sense becausethe 13" MacBook even thoughit has the same processorIt's a thin, small MacBook,so this has more cooling for sure.This is a Gigabyte RX 580,the 580 is one of the bettersupported cards on the Mac OS.This is the exact same GPUyou will find in for examplethe 5k iMac and generallyspeaking we've usedthis with Macs beforeand it works pretty well.- Natively the 580 works in Mojave.- It shows iris plus graphics,so let's switch the HDMI overand see if this actually works.- When I tried this beforeit did not show me thatuntil I plugged this in.- GPU is spinning, we haveLED's, oh! Immediately.- Immediately.- Okay let's make sure thisis actually showing up RX 580so we have external GPU wehave 16 Gigs of RAM 500 Gig SSDthis tiny little box,in the entire packageis less than a Mac miniby a lot right?- Yeah, yeah.- And we're looking at, howmuch is the 580 cost right now?It's like 400 bucks right?- I'm not sure off the top of my head,but it's a solid littlebox and it's cheap.- This is exactly $400and this is the higher endeight Gig SKU, so for almost exactly $1000we have the NUC, we have 16 Gigs of RAMa 500 Gig super fast PCISSD and we have a RX 580,dude.So that my friends isbuilding the Nucintosh,now really the only nextthing we have to do isput this side by sidewith an actual Mac miniwhich costs much more and we even have GPUand we will still becheaper than a Mac mini.Good job Matt, thanks fordoing all the hard workand letting me show up and what you doing?Oh no.