Upgrading to M1 Mac Mini set up with 49" Samsung CHG90 Odyssey gaming monitor
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Upgrading my set up from a 2013 iMac to a M1 Mac Mini. Includes unboxing of Mac Mini, Samsung CHG90 Odyssey 49 inch super ultra wide monitor and other accessories. Magic keyboard, Hagibis hub and Samsung SSD memory, Razer Kiyo webcam.
Includes wall mounting the monitor and hiding the cables to achieve a slick and organised set up.
Equipment description/links (not sponsored - feel free to have a look around for better deals!):
Mac Mini M1 (16Gb Ram) - www.apple.com/...
Web cam (Razer) - www.razer.com/...
Samsung CHG90 Odyssey - www.samsung.co...
Hagibis hub - www.amazon.co....
Samsung 2TB SSD - www.amazon.co....
Wall Bracket mount (Lindy) - www.lindy.co.u...
Wall fixings (Grip it) - www.screwfix.c... 
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Dude this is something. The cable management may be overkill but that level of obsession with detail is becoming a lost art. Thank you for taking the time to share. Thumbs up.
Thank you - I appreciate it.
I click this video for the M1 Mini but watching this man cutting his wall instead 😂
I was thinking the same exact thing!! Is this a video about the M1 Mac mini, or is it an old PBS "This Old House" show with Bob Vila??? (big thumbs down)
Shouldn’t have any issues if you enrol in Big Sur Beta program download that as well as SwitchResX and make sure you use a USB-C to display port either 4 or 8k cable.
Easily gets 5120x1440 32:9 using SeitchResX
Done this on my new M1 MacBook Pro with a G9 Odyssey. Works fine.
I’m yeah ,2 separate videos next time 🙄
Excellent set-up. Your level of detail in cable management can be likened to that of a heart surgeon 😄😄
I know here in Canada and the states we get what is called an old work box which is a frame with the wings but no pack panel. It's a bit easier to work with multiple cables as you don't have to worry about holes in the box or grommets to protect the cables from rubbing. You can also get a box that can let plastic conduits attach using fittings that snap in place if you want a conduit run between locations. Handy for the attic to basement chases providing you don't have to block across vertical struts for fire protection. In that case, you have to cut above or below the blocking drill a hole in the blocking run the conduit through the hole, and then place fire retardant foam around it on both sides of the blocking. Now the final exam. repeat your process for the other 300 rooms in the hotel and have it done in two days!
Great cable management!! Certainly worth the effort.
I am using the M1 Mac Mini and also have the exact same desk the Mickie from Ikea. My set up looks so cramped and squashed where as yours looks spacious. Great work.
I never heard of a "Samsung G9 Odyssey 49 inch super ultra wide monitor" until like 2 minutes ago, but now I know I need that! ;)
You won't regret it!
Cut two holes in the wall to make a 12 inch cable run. Gotta love that commitment to detail! My lazy ass would just throw some spiral cable wrap around it and call it a day. Great looking setup!
Thanks
Really enjoyed this video and loved how much of the process you shared. Bit of an odd one but I loved how you articulated yourself throughout which made it easy to watch and/or listen to as you were extremely descriptive regarding what you were doing and why. Thanks again
I had a mac mini for 6 yrs from 2011 to 2018 when I jumped to a 27 in imac. The mac mini was 100% flawless the entire time. :)
Still using mine and like you - its flawless
You'll need a USB-C to DP cable to get the 5K resolution on the LG monitor using the Mac Mini.
This is exactly the set up i want
Nice video. Very useful thanks 👍🕹️
Imagine a world where one thunderbolt cable can deliver video, power, and sound, and data (USB) all in one :)
take a look at the lg 5k ultra. with one usbc cable you can charge and send video+audio+cam+mic
Wow 🤩 LOVE this! Good job 👏🏻. Thanks for documenting this for us. I have been thinking about this same setup
Doing a very similar set up here in Cambodia (M1 Mac Mini, Magic extended keyboard, and a 32” curved 4K screen). Wish I’d seen this video a few weeks ago... the hub is a brilliant addition. Will order that this week.
I use my Mac Mini on my Panasonic 42 inch TV.
I am very satisfied with my picture quality.
John
I bouth this monitor about a year ago and im in love with it
Thats a extreme make over.
Great video, and I love the man way you cleaned your desk ;-)
Disturbing the whole wall for cables nobody is seeing behind the monitor :-D
satisfying peel you had there.
So let met get that straight... you bought a 700$ Mac mini with no dedicated graphics and paired it with a 1K 49" *gaming* monitor just to have the widest view possible? You're a mad lad. I love it! Normally I wouldn't do anything to the wall but I guess you can't really upgrade a monitor like that.
I would just get a deeper table, lol...excellent wall job!
You have the CHG90, not a G9. The title/description is wrong.
slick set ups....cleeeean
Mechanical keyboard will make your set up look more cool. But nevetheless, very nice set up. I have ny LG 34inch ultrawide screen and im planning to buy myself a mac mini M1 so thanks for the idea 😊
I have a hard time using MacOS in ultrawide screens, it's very nice for a laptop but Windows feels quicker in Ultrawide
Was considering the exact same setup minus the hub but coming from 2015 iMac 27”
Nice video!
Instead of rods you can use gravity and drop them from the top. Add weight to it if needed. Such a small distance no need but for longer drops maybe.
inbuilt storage is faster than a sata ssd , i doubt you will feel it other than file transfers but in workload it useless to go even nvme over basic sdd :D people forget that because something is faster that does not mean it can be distingueshed amongst something slower
Thanks for sharing!
49inch with a 49ers helmet 👌
I have the same setup with an M1 Mac Mini and CRG9. It’s a very wide monitor, but really pleasant to work with, especially having tuned the sharpness. You do need quite a deep desk. I have mine mounted on a swing away arm, but the weight is right on the limit. Need a decent cable to make DisplayPort work.
I did look at the swing arm but wasn't confident enough in the weight limits so opted for the wall mount - it also worked out slightly better for me due to the space. Thanks for watching.
Do you think the m2 Mac mini can work with the Samsung crg 49 inch?
At least you hides the External Thunderbolt 4 drive for more space!
g9 is king!
Beautiful set up but I would be VERY worried on how you mounted your monitor to the wall. The grip-its are fine, but putting all that weight in one area can & will in time cause your wall to fail. You really should have used one of the larger rail mounts to spread the load. I pray it doesn't happen but as someone who regularly does this kind of thing, I feel like I should tell you. If your TV installers used a similar bracket with grip-its in your other room, I would be very concerned about that too. To use that type of mount correctly you would need to be attaching it to a concrete wall or directly on to a wall stud. Im sure you will say well it hasn't fallen off yet! And please God it doesn't, but I certainly would not be hanging any monitor directly on to plasterboard that weighs over 5KG. The mounts won't fail, the plasterboard will!
Thanks for the feedback - TV installers did use the rail mount. Following this comment I make sure to check regularly on any signs of fatigue or failure. No signs of movement at the moment!
Germans starring at US-Americans living in carton houses
Cool that you showed us what way you decided to wall mount your monitor but the cutting of the wall is just horrendous.
Looks like a great set-up, clean and uncluttered, just two problems with it. As I have a PLEX system with 4,200 Blue-Ray ripped 4K movies and the 1,032 iTunes purchased movies all stored on my WD My Cloud PR4100 24Tb I most likely would mount that on the side or underneath the desk. The other thing is I would never put a 49’ers helmet on my desk, it just seems to cheapen the whole set-up. I personally would have a Detroit Red Wings helmet, I know they are in a rebuilding stage right now but you can’t argue with the fact that since 1984 they have made the playoffs 30 times including 25 years in a row from 1991 to 2016. The really impressive thing is in the 93 years of the Red Wings they have made the playoffs 64 of those years. Anyway nice setup, just lose the 49’ers helmet 😜
The Niners Helmet does take away from the elegance and grace you've achieved by mounting the display so perfectly to the wall, floating with no cables to see. Kill all the nick nacks and watch the mind become more centered ;)
PS: Nobody cares about hockey, @infinityfields. Not a real sport.
Good luck getting the TV to stay up!!!! I can't believe you didn't anchor into a stud. That's gonna be a lot of money on the floor!!
Any 49er fan is a friend of mine!
you are a risky guy))) Hang such an expensive monitor on a plasterboard wall)))
Thanks for your review. I have the same table from IKEA and now I understand what size monitor to buy👍
Well done
"What's the point of having a nice setup if you haven't got a nice screen to put it onto."
These are words to live by. I had to plead with some of my friends, whom I helped put together their new gaming builds, so they would allocate the budget towards a new display as well. There's no point in getting a 6700 XT when you still use your old TN panel 60 Hz LCD. One of them even had a sub 1080p screen and he got that GPU to go with it.
Love the set up nice nice
That's one super clean and sleek setup! Any updates on how well or any issues with the new Mac Mini + 49" setup?
Posted a new update video yesterday showing how I’m getting on. Will post a link shortly!
Good Looking Set-UP [] re: 2010 i Mac > If You Got 11 Years Out of Your i Mac, that's exceptionaL as I've never gotten more than 8 Years from an i Mac before they dyed. Nice Video !
Thanks - It was a 2013 iMac so was more like 9 years but was still going fairly well - I just wanted an upgrade!! Thanks for your support.
Oh Man! Love those wall fixings! Do they sell these in the USA?
Yes it looks like it. www.gripitfixings.com
@@cmfunboxing5309 Awesome! Thank you!
i used a tv mount for my phillips 49 inch (same as this but gave it to my wife as the resolution is kind of useless for my workload) nice choice of parts ;)
49’ is great 👍
Congrat for your video, hard job in fact ! :-)
Top wall hole should have been equally in height as the mounting plate for the monitor. You can clearly see the hole in the wall when you finished, nice try hiding it behind the snowball.
You rumbled me! - I really should have listened better when my Dad told me to measure twice and cut once. Still gives me something to fix later on.
OOH! That looks really nice mounted on the wall. I have a G9 with an M1 MacBook Pro, it's fantastic, isn't it? 😄 Best set up I've ever had!
I love it! Thanks for watching
This video should be titled as Installing Samsung 49" monitor
nice hub !! thanks
really nice setup well done!
Thanks!
This is my exact setup. I went from a 2013 MacPro to a 2020 Mac Mini and the same monitor.
I´m interested on getting this same upgrade .... 2013 macpro - mac mini M1 ... Hows been the performance so far compered with the mac pro 2013 ?
@@heliozstudio7056 I love it, I was surprised how good it’s been running. I’m not a big fan of the onboard video, so I’m running an external GPU with a Radeon RX580 8GB card. It does disconnect after post upgrade reboots sometimes and I just have to reseat the Thunderbolt cable. That’s been the only issue.
Great video, your new set up looks a lot better than the old ones.
Just wondering what kind of resolution and refresh rate can Mac mini produce?
The refresh rate is 120 Herts, Resolution is 3840 x 1080
That’s not the odyssey g9. The g9 has 1000r curve and is 240hz.
That 49ers helmet tho....😎
Nice
I dont understand why you make two holes un your wall
How did u manage to bolt up the monitor with hardly no room for screws?? 😅
To be honest, I used to do this until I realized...there's a much better option rather than destroying your wall.
Invest in a multi tool/oscillating saw for plasterboard next time
Or just wrap 32TPI hacksaw blade in a rag and do it by hand.
I tis against most codes in the US to use thought for power in the wall.
Wow fantastic video
One question do u think an arm mount would be better so that u have the option to move it up or down
It was bad enough to see a Forty Whiners helmet on the desk, but even worse when the video ended up being an Unboxing and nothing really about how the Mac Mini actually performs with it, whether or not you can setup individual spaces (full screen apps), etc.
did you go through the trouble of fishing cable thru the wall and have them come out underneath the monitor? talk about washing your car in the rain lol.
Yeah - some learning for me about measuring properly!
You should look into a pop filter
I have looked - I have ordered one! Thank you
Where did you get the round mount that goes to the monitor itself? I just bout the CHG90 and don't seem to have that piece. Thx for the vid, clean setup!
This is the mount I used, hope it helps:
Wall Bracket mount (Lindy) - www.lindy.co.uk/audio-video-c2/display-brackets-c195/led-lcd-tv-low-cost-adjustable-wall-mount-bracket-for-up-to-15kg-19-screens-black-p8926
Nice but what if you want to change your position if you desk one day… then you will have a hole in your wall.
Very true - But its easily fixable. And I also don't plan moving it any time in the next 3 decades after all that work!!
you did a wonderful job.
Thank you - I appreciate the feedback
OMG, the monitor is wider than my desk ;) Wow on that wall mounting sequence. Are you an electrician?
No I’m not - but I do have one on speed dial!!
Whats the distance between the back of the monitor and the wall?
Don't route power through the wall...(I mean - do whatever you'd like, but I would advise STRONGLY against it) you could have spent some more time to just add a proper insulated box for wall power that piggy backs off of an existing outlet on a power strip...or anything else. That would be the ONE cable I would pull back out and keep outside of the wall.
If you want a monitor arm fo with ergotron hx or human scale m10
@CMF unboxing I watched your video of this monitor because I purchased the Samsung - CRG9 Series Odyssey 49" LED Curved Dual QHD. But I am using a MacBook Pro 2020 to drive the monitor. I was just wondering what are you using for the display settings. Mine seem a bit to large and I do not know what to change. Any help you can offer up would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Just bought the G8 & M2. Which cable did you use to connect them? I can’t get the G8 to read the M2 using HDMI.
I was scared that the wall will fall off, but hopefully it didn't happen.
Nope, its still very much attached!
What cable did you use to connect the Mac Mini M1 to the monitor? HDMI or USB-C to Display Port?
Hi I have tried with both. Started with HDMI which worked fine but to get the higher refresh (144) rate I had to use USB-c to Display Port, which is what I still use.
Same with mine. I also ended up using a USB-C to DP cable for the 144hz compatibility.
i like this video
When you say "plaster board", is that the same as drywall?
Yes. Plaster board, drywall, gypsum board... all the same thing.
Nice video. How do you like the monitor?
I really like it for the sheer amount of real estate you have to work with. Its not perfect and the lack of speakers is a bit of a bummer considering the price I paid. Probably should have done my home work a little more!
Great video and exactly what I needed as I am looking to upgrade, you say you went for the 16GB mini but what storage did you go for?
Hi - i went for the 256GB inbuilt storage version. However, I also have a hub connected that has a changeable SSD storage on it which I currently have a 2TB SSD connected
@@cmfunboxing5309 Many thank mate, i really appreciate that. Great videos and helped me a lot.
Nice setup, but uh why did you do the whole in-wall cable management if in the end we can still see the opening in the wall behind what I assume is a mic ( the spherical white thing on a tripod)? Wasn't it supposed to be higher up on the wall so it's behind the monitor?
Yeah - I've learnt my lesson, measure twice and cut once not the other way around!
can anyone please tell me how can I connect Speakers to the monitor ? what is the usb Port is used for ? I have PC & Nintendo switch & PS5 connected I want speakers that works with all of them please help !!!!
Not to pick a nit, but SSDs are storage not memory. Huge difference.
SSDs are NAND FLASH Memory..
Good video thank you. Just one question: how did you connect your samsung monitor to your Mac Mini M1 (thru the HDMI cable) ? Have a nice day :)
Originally through HDMI, but got better results using the Thunderbolt to Display Port cable. That improved the refresh rate.
Hey mate, amazing setup and neat cable management. I’ve got the same monitor connected to me MacBook but the colours in it are terrible. Especially the blacks in movies can make the whole seen look dark. Do you have the same problem? Did you use a colour calibrator?
Hi - I haven't had any issues like that. I haven't used any colour calibration or anything, it just worked from the start. Sorry, I know that won't help you with your issues but I can't offer much more really.
This was a great video! I’m about to go thru the exact same thing myself. What was the migration process like?
It was super easy - but did take a bit of time (3 - 4 Hours). Powered up both macs, found the migration system on both and turned it on. They found each other by bluetooth, conformation password/code and the exchange took place. It took a while, but was really easy and seamless. My only advice is to clean your old device up and delete any files you don't need, just to shorten the transfer process. Sorry I didn't film it! Thanks for watching
Thank you and well done! Without a USB C port available on the Samsung monitor, how do you connect the Mac Mini to the monitor and what refresh rate were you able to achieve?
I am using HDMI and am getting a refresh rate of 120Hz - that's the max the Mini will allow.
@@cmfunboxing5309 I have the exact same setup but I cannot get more than 60HZ and 1080) on HDMI. Any suggestions?
This monitor is not a good purchase if you have a Macbook pro, I have 2018 MBP 13 inch and I ended up returning the monitor. The text was blurry and hurt my eyes to read.
Great video, just wanted to know how the monitor is going after all this time? anything you don't like? im thinking of buying one to use with MacBook Pro M1.. and will soon get a Mac mini M1. wondering what the screen is like. not sure if I go this big or just stick with a 34" Ultrawide. have you played any games on it? how is it for video editing? thanks! cheers!
Its still going really well. I have not had any issues with it at all, its reliable, no pixels have dropped out etc. I don't use it all day every day but I am happy with it.
In Germany walls are solid and can't be cut with a knife...
Selber Gedanke…
Nice.
So when you want to close a program completely, you'll have to drag your mouse across the wide screen to close it on the far left, no? Or is there a shortcut key for that?
Thats the sacrifice of a ultra wide monitor :) I just might need some spare batteries for the mouse!
Looks like you had to remount monitor at the end of video. You can see the height has changed and your cable hiding solution is visible. But nice setup none the less
I really should have listened to my dad more when he kept telling me "measure twice, cut once"!
@@cmfunboxing5309 great setup. And you really deserve more subscribers