hackintosh build
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- johnny_wobble
Parts for my hackintosh build should arrive today. I might not get to it until the weekend, but here's the parts list.
note, this isn't being built to do much work on, a little photoshop and web work on occasion. it's replacing a pc I built about 10 years ago. to be used mostly for the wife's school work, web, email, music and netflix streaming. I like macs but don't want to drop the cash on one... and just to say I did it.
used case: $0
GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$139.99Intel Core i3-540 Clarkdale 3.06GHz LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor
$114.99Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$49.99Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Black SATA - OEM
$19.99G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
$42.99Thermaltake TR2 W0379RU 500W ATX 12V v2.2 Power Supply
$54.99EVGA 01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$69.99Acer G215HAbd-1 Black 21.5" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
$129.99i also ordered a few new case fans, sata cables and a cheap external enclosure for my old IDE hard drive.
total from newegg $665.49still need to get a mac keyboard and a snow leopard upgrade cd, so the total will be about $750 total.
I'll let you all know how it goes soon. I'll be using this install method - http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2…
- kalkal0
Not bad, the only part that's a bit shitty is the DVD burner, the optiarc drives aren't actually made by sony, only branded and tend to be unreliable, breaking quite frequently.
If that happens, get a decent panasonic. The screen won't be too hot either.
- the forums I've read said to use the sony optiarc because some burners cause sleep issues somehowjohnny_wobble
- and the optiarc doesn'tjohnny_wobble
- I dropped this thing on the concrete floor with only a thin layer of bubble wrap on it and it still worked fine. :)johnny_wobble
- pop in a sony blue-ray. ;-)akrok
- fadein110
yeah was gonna say i would have spent some of the dosh I saved on a decent screen
- doesn't need to be great. it's replacing an old CRTjohnny_wobble
- Colour reproduction on the CRT will be much better than on the new TFTkalkal
- CRT for the win tbh.
0ms response time, and the best colours you can get!
wish they made thin CRTs!Hombre_Lobo - (like kalkal said :))Hombre_Lobo
- scarabin0
keep us updated, i'd love to see how this turns out so i can do it myself
- dirtydesign0
more importantly....what will it look like?
- like the first alienware computers that came out. :)
a big blue box.johnny_wobble
- like the first alienware computers that came out. :)
- georgesIII0
I may try this too,
- monospaced0
Do hackintoshes fare well with Software Updates?
- its irrelevantfadein11
- how is that irrelevant?monospaced
- this method installs 10.6.5
updating to 10.6.6 sounds like it's having a lot of success so far, some have issues.johnny_wobble
- Hombre_Lobo0
Id suggest posting this on the hackintosh forums before buying it, they can tell you which motherboards are problematic.
The main issues with hackintosh being wireless and audio, but i think most desktops are fine.
- Funny, I've only ever had issues with my GPU! If it weren't for that, I'd be running a hackintosh now.kalkal
- ATI HD 4850kalkal
- Well, actually I've got all AMD stuff now which is even worse :Pkalkal
- really?
that sucks dude. Did you want to game on the mac?Hombre_Lobo - ha, what AMD set up you got? x4? x6 maybe??
Hombre_Lobo - phenom x2 555 BE OC'd to 3.6ghz. Couldn't unlock the extra cores :/ still does it's jobkalkal
- Not bothered about gaming, but none of the UI is accelerated with out GPU thus openCL and quartzkalkal
- all parts have been researchedjohnny_wobble
- johnny wobble = machine?
lol at that cold reply! :DHombre_Lobo - :) hehe. just sayin' I checked all the parts for compatibility.johnny_wobble
- cool dude! enjoy! :DHombre_Lobo
- Hombre_Lobo0
nice looking spec.
gigabyte motherboards are solid and as a company they are pretty good. that mobo seems a bit expensive, but maybe thats the currency difference (im in the UK).
The I3 is a decent chip, pretty underrated and it can overclock (like the i series chips, very well.
Saying that i would have paid the difference and got an i5 760 - its the best value for money chip, i dont think it costs much more than that i3 and is an excellent performer. But if you dont need the extra performance no worries :)
Enjoy your getting your favorite OS at a decent price! :)
HURRAH!!!!!
- fuck my grammar! lolHombre_Lobo
- i5-760 is $205 vs i3-540 for $115johnny_wobble
- YOU COLD MOTHER!
that is a fair bit cheaper! righto chappy! :DHombre_Lobo
- johnny_wobble1
I'm posting this from my shiny new hackintosh! it was a bit dodgy getting everything running right, but I've got it now. just one little bug to work out still. getting audio and network took some trial and error, but I know the right combo if anybody uses this motherboard. :) I had a power supply problem at first. the 500W either wasn't good or not enough power. it would run the system with 1 sata drive, but not both hd and dvd. replaced it with a 700W and all is well.
I'll report back after living with it for a few days, but at this point, it's been a fun challenge and well worth the effort. total spent was under $800.
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- +1akrok
- did you hook up all the power molex connectors from the power supply? you should have 2 that go to the mobozarkonite
- yeah, everything was hooked up right.johnny_wobble
- moldero0
nice man, hope it holds up.
- utopian0
Congrats
- prophetone0
This is cool, good work.
- Hombre_Lobo0
Sweeeeeet!
Nice work dude :)
did you have to do bios changes before install?
- yeah, it's mostly spelled out in those directions above. not too much to that. mb had latest bios already.johnny_wobble
- most tweaking and experimenting was in multibeast after install. there a few hangups along the way.johnny_wobble
- Boz0
damn abettertomorrow is gonna lose it :)
- moldero0
here's some stickers:
- johnny_wobble0
it wasn't a perfectly smooth install. it froze a couple of times, it rebooted when it wasn't supposed to once and caused problems, a couple of times it's had no keyboard or mouse control after rebooting...
the power supply problem was like this:
I put everything together, plugged it in and pushed the power button. the lights on the motherboard flashed and then nothing. so I start unplugging things and seeing if it'll run. first with no sata drives hooked up and only 1 stick of ram and it runs fine, got video, bios screens, keyboard, etc. hooked them both back, nothing. hooked only the sata dvd drive up and turned it on, it runs and is ready to boot from my iboot boot disc, but no hd to install to. hooked up just the sata hd, runs fine and sees the hd, but no OS. so it's gotta be the power supply, but is it bad or too small? according to research, it's big enough. I unplug everything, plug it all back in and the fuckin' thing runs! both drives. ok, boot from iboot, swap out for retail cd, it's starting to install... then I get the gray screen that says "you must turn your computer off" or whatever. I'm still thinking it's gotta be the power supply, so I go buy a bigger one today, plug it in and everything powers up. it didn't take long to install after that.i'm not sure if sleep is working or if the mouse and keyboard problem is gone yet or if it's only after restarting or powering down or a hard reset with the power button? I only have the power button hooked up right now, so I need to hook up the rest of the front panel wiring before closing it up, hopefully the front usb ports work. I need to research opening up stuff on the motherboard like usb3 and sata 6gig ports for the future.
if this thing stays stable, I can always stick an i5 or i7 cpu in it and some more ram.
apparently the way to see if you have full video acceleration is by adding a new widget in dashboard, if you get trippy wripples around it when adding, your video is good. mine does that, so I guess video is all good. looks good to me.
- and that's why it's so cheap...********
- and the cheap part makes it worth the trouble to me. *shrug*johnny_wobble
- Not cheap. But smart In the future will by the blueprint and build it themselves.********
- Sounds like a pain in the arse. Alright though if your time isn't worth muchanimatedgif
- and that's why it's so cheap...
- vaxorcist0
For my hackintosh (Q6600, made almost 2 years ago)
I have found that I had to get a USB sound stick on ebay for $5
and a USB wifi reciever, both worked once I got the right drivers for the wifi reciever...
- akrok0
i remember i heard something about that i5 was faster then a i7, which is funny cause it's cheaper too. it that right? Hombre_Lobo.
- That's right dude!
The generation i5 2500 is faster than the old i7's and as you said is cheaper!Hombre_Lobo - The new gen i5 is a different socket (1155) so it uses differen. Motherboards which cost a bit more than old gen CPU moboHombre_Lobo
- thank you. :-)akrok
- ...good info.akrok
- That's right dude!
- ********0
I want to upgrade my imac 2ghz intel core to duo drive to 1 or 2 TB.
Is western digital the model of the drive?
Where can I find this information? I read somewhere if you upgrade the drive you should stick with the same brand because of the cooling sensors?
What drives do you guys suggest?
- ST3250820AS Q - I guess its a seagate?********
- yeah, western digital is the brand of hard drive I used, if that's what you're asking.johnny_wobble
- ST3250820AS Q - I guess its a seagate?