hackintosh build
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- akrok0
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awesome.
- zoozoo0
not bad akrok, what about with a SSD?
- add 70 to 160 bucks for a 120GB SSD. >> http://eshop.macsale…akrok
- that if you remove the 1TB. which cost around 100 - 140.akrok
- brodster0
is it posible to upgrade iMacs g5? does newegg have parts for it?
- The hard drive and RAM only reallykalkal
- Actually, I'm not sure it was easy to update the HD on an older mackalkal
- Brodster I am about to do this. You can only upgrade the drive and max out the ram.VikingKingEleven
- scarabin0
they break out several super affordable builds here. just order the parts and follow the directions.
- vaxorcist0
I had to use a $5 USB soundcard on my hackintosh..... got it on ebay
- Hombre_Lobo0
what beast -
- What a loser, real Macs are soooooooo much better.kalkal
- holy crapmonospaced
- lol kalkal!
its not often monospaced is shocked. This must be serious business!Hombre_Lobo - how much work & effort goes into setting up something like that?tymeframe
- i'm about to find out, i'm building onescarabin
- eficks0
does anyone use xcode with their hackintosh?
- section_0140
I built a hackintosh nearly 3 years ago and it's rock solid still. I don't think it's ever crashed.
- monospaced0
- > http://www.tonymacx8…monospaced
- the best thrash can mod everGeorgesIV
- akrok0
Are most of the intel i5 or i7 cpu/processor - 64-bits? i looked at newegg and only 3 was listed as 64-bits.
- utopian0
mono busts his nut all over this thread
- if by thread you mean your mom's fa... nah, too easymonospaced
- noneck0
First off, I followed the tonymacx86 guide to building a hackintosh. It was pretty painless, and there's pretty good support for any hiccups you run into. Any problems I had were because I was stupid, not because it's that tricky. Here's the guide I used: http://tonymacx86.blogspot.ca/se… (I did the Ivy Bridge CustoMac Pro Build).
The cost of this set up is about $1710 + tax + shipping on Newegg.
Case - Corsair Obsidian Series 550D Black Aluminum
$159.99 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Pro…
A surprisingly nice case. Well thought out, good build, and looks decent.Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H
$186.99 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Pro…
You can get compatible motherboards that have thunderbolt built in, but based on what I've read about the technology and how it's being licensed, I really don't think it's going to go anywhere.CPU Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
$319.99 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Pro…Memory - CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
$79.49 (x2) http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Pro…Video - GIGABYTE GV-N670OC-2GD GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$419.99 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Pro…Hard Drive 1 - Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F240GBGT-BK 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive
$204.99 - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Pro…
SSDs are so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend one.Hard Drive 2 - Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
$154.99 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Pro…
Cause I need a place to store client files too.Power Supply - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80
$99.99 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Pro…
This was probably overkill. I don't know for sure though.- nice! thanks for the infoJulesvm
- No problem. Good luck!noneck
- but no display?monospaced
- Using a cinema display I bought with my old 17" powerbook.noneck
- nb0
Question:
MacBook Pro + External Thunderbolt SSD
or
Hackintosh w/ Internal SSDWhich is better? It seems to the MBP+Thunderbolt is as fast as an internal SSD. Am I wrong?
- hackintosh + internal, much cheaper.Hombre_Lobo
- hackintoshjohnny_wobble
- Hombre_Lobo0
Finally got mine working.
had trouble with trying to install 10.6 as it didn't like my somewhat unusual MSI GPU.But 10.8 had inbuilt support for it. Heres hoping it doesn't have any hiccups! :)
A somewhat conservative build but enough for video editing, light 3d and web development.
I could overclock the cpu to 3.6ghz but no need at the moment.
- good job,
I'll leave the CPU stock, just get more RAMGeorgesIV - yeah, some more RAM would looks good. like 16GB.akrok
- Hope that cost you less than $1000monospaced
- good job,
- autoflavour0
next level
- oh snap.. you beat me monoautoflavour
- it's okay, you can have sloppy seconds busting a nutmonospaced
- Hombre_Lobo0
^awwww mate! DO IT!!!!
That would be so cool. Would have the old school looks, but Modern power!!
- err0
anyone running 10.7?
- SteveJobs0
pretty soon this will be a common hack/build with all the wrinkles will have been ironed out of the process and you'll start seeing these popping up all over the place.
i think this is at the heart of what pc's have been about all along, but people have always associated them with the microsoft OS's and ugly cases, which shouldn't, or at least, doesn't have to be the case (NPI).
- you're ok with this steve? shouldn't you be resting?johnny_wobble
- moldero0
nice man, hope it holds up.
- utopian0
Congrats