hackintosh build
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- _niko0
- Don't really care...kalkal
- And in a lot of instances it drives a lot better than a Ferrari. It's like getting a more powerful kit car :Pkalkal
- Yeah, better doesn't always means faster, but when something breaks and you already know how to fix it, it is.kalkal
- are you honestly suggesting apple is anything like ferrariscarabin
- no, I'm saying Ferrari is like Apple :)_niko
- but seriously, is there another computer company that cares so much about form and design?_niko
- there are tons of companies that make faster, more powerful cars but how many look as nice as a ferrari? form and function._niko
- and you can argue that Ferrari has to compete with lambroghini, Porche, buggati, ect, who is apple's competition?_niko
- Dell? samsung? asus? they are as far from a ferrari as you can get.
Despite its shortcomings, apple stands alone i think._niko - ...stands alone I think.
Just my opinion, don't want to get into a mac vs debate. Plus I have a hacintosh as well._niko - i see your point but i do take pride in the form of my hackintosh :)scarabin
- its a computer; a tool — who gives a shit about ‘form and design’ in aesthetic terms?detritus
- comparing macs to ferrari...
fanboyism, not even onceGeorgesII
- kalkal0
Well, I now have a mackintosh.
Rather unwittingly really, just built a new AMD pc and wondered if it'd work. Never has before for me.
Works great though! Typing this on Mavericks now. Looking forward to upgrading to Yosemite.
NZXT case (Not bad for a PC case imo)
Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX
AMD 8350fx BE @ 4ghz 8 cores
8GB 1600mhz (will likely upgrade to 16GB)
AMD R9 270x 4GB
2x120gb Samsung EVO's
2x Samsung M8 1TB
- autoflavour0
next level
- oh snap.. you beat me monoautoflavour
- it's okay, you can have sloppy seconds busting a nutmonospaced
- utopian0
mono busts his nut all over this thread
- if by thread you mean your mom's fa... nah, too easymonospaced
- monospaced0
- > http://www.tonymacx8…monospaced
- the best thrash can mod everGeorgesIV
- animatedgif0
> 2014
> wireless keyboard and mouse donglesJesus christ...
- i'm using a keyboard actually made for a media center. it came with onescarabin
- ESKEMA0
yes, all the parts I listed came from tonymacx86. But because they seem really just the essential, I thought maybe people here could give examples of other parts that should be considered, like a FW card as you mentioned.
- section_0140
Maybe a firewire card ESKEMA? If the mother board and video card are on tonyx86's list as working, you're fine. Just do your homework as you may have to apply certain patches. The motherboard and video card I bought specifically because the are known to work out of the box.
Have you looked here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/405-bu…
As far as OS's, I'm running the latest version of Mavericks. I downloaded the installer from Apple and patched it (very easy process) and installed. Once installed, I ran the regular ass update from the App Store to upgrade.
- ESKEMA0
Seams to be a common thing here to stay on older versions of OS X with mackintoshes. How is the update process? like when a new OS gets out, I know you need to wait for others to make tests and all, but after that, when it's safe, how do you do it? just regular update from Apple or do you need to reinstall everything from scratch?
- ESKEMA0
^^Does that list seems OK to you people who already dived? what's critically missing?
- ESKEMA0
— Gigabyte Z87X-OC Motherboard
— Intel i5 4670K
— 16GB RAM
— Power Supply
— SSD 240GB
— Wifi Card
— GeForce GTX 760So this build would set me at 1110€ which is a great price. I'm not including a case because that's something to consider using spare shit. What am I missing in that list? What should I buy also? I have mouse and keyboard with cord and I want to keep it that way. Have a shitty cheap monitor but that is OK for now, maybe a later on upgrade on that front. What else?
- PS. I have externals for extra storage, so not included in list..ESKEMA
- is that even cheaper than just getting a mac?inteliboy
- get an I7 if you canGeorgesIV
- the i7 difference is very little as I see it in reviews. why should U pay +90€ in your opinion other than it's slightly better?ESKEMA
- Sick. Is this for a tower or notebook. Thanks for the specs!instrmntl
- Tower.ESKEMA
- ernexbcn0
I think this site is pretty good, these are the buying guides:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/sectio…
I was going to build one but ended up buying a used Mac Pro for a good price. I might eventually set up one of these.
- instrmntl0
I'd like to build a hackintosh notebook, but don't know where to start. i usually need liek step by step instructions w pictures.
- ESKEMA0
The hardware and building process does not scare me a bit, I'm used to fiddle with stuff. Things not working, that I don't like. I have no problems fixing it, just don't like to waste time. If the problems are just sleep mode, then I'm fine with that, if suddenly airplay doesn't work and I need 3 days to fix it, that's something I have a problem with...
- mine still works fine. i started this thread on it... and wrote this comment. still snow leopard though.johnny_wobble
- well, started the thread right before the build i guess, but you get the idea.johnny_wobble
- scarabin0
if the hardware bit scares you, you can always take the parts to a pc repair shop and they'll build it for you for like 100 bucks
- GeorgesIV-1
another thing that constantly blows my mind is when I run windows XP with virtualbox in my fake mac, always makes me smile :)
- GeorgesIV-1
seriously, no offense but it is really not difficult to put a computer together, you don't have to solder anything, you just have to read a manual and push things into slots, nothing really complicated,
for a hackintosh build as long as you buy the right hardware it should be a breeze (it's never that easy, but I consider messing around for hours getting everything to work a rite of passage)
once everything is setup right you shouldn't have any trouble, I didn't.. but I'm used to messing around with computers so I may not be the best person to judge the difficulty level
Good luck eskema
btw: an example of something that bugs sometime on mine is when I put it in sleepmode, how did I solve this problem???
>> I don't put it sleep mode
- noneck0
You'll have to be prepared to roll up your sleeves and do some work to get everything installed. Running a hackintosh is going to involve a lot more work than an iMac. It's not impossible, but you're going to have small problems now and again where shit just doesn't work, and it'll take some effort to sort it out.