hackintosh build
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- scarabin0
so here's my setup.
i had some hardware troubles (i received a defective motherboard which blew out my CPU, had to replace those) which put the project on hold for a while, but once i got the beast up and running installing OS X was a simple thing. my entire build was compatible with kakewalk http://kakewalk.se so i went that direction instead of iboot like i had planned. i bought a hard copy of snow leopard but ended up using a pirated version of lion and installed everything off a thumbdrive.
right now everything is running smoothly except when i first boot up i have wacom driver problems and sometimes have to reinstall them. graphics look good, haven't tested sound yet.
- oh yeah, and opted to not overclock as i don't really need itscarabin
- also there are some builds on that kakewalk site that are pre-vetted and are super cheap to put together. definitely worth checking out if you're at all interested in a new macscarabin
- checking out if you're interested in a new macscarabin
- Sweet. Mine's still running fine. Gonna try updating it soon.johnny_wobble
- holy shit. 32GB ram. lol.akrok
- akrok0
^
awesome.
- vaxorcist0
I had to use a $5 USB soundcard on my hackintosh..... got it on ebay
- akrok0
how's it going with the hackintoooosh!
- mine's still fine.johnny_wobble
- good to hear.akrok
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- section_0140
I've had the same one for 4 years and it still runs like a champ. Using it strictly for music production.
- scarabin0
i can't complain. i ended up getting a hacked wireless card off ebay
- dorkKn1ght0
Did this for my airport card, works flawlessly.
http://bit.ly/tpDYxX
- ********0
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
- scarabin0
they break out several super affordable builds here. just order the parts and follow the directions.
- akrok0
WD - Caviar Green vs. Caviar Black.
thoughts?
- Why would you want the slower one?detritus
- http://www.techpower…albums
- bingo! make sense.akrok
- akrok0
woop, woop. status updates? any new builders. etc.
- orrinward20
Nothing fancy here. I've converted a bunch of Dell D630's into Hackbooks.
I got a lot of 4 recently for £200. They were all 4GB RAM, 320GB 7200 HDDs running the Intel (not faulty NVIDIAs) chipset with 2.2GHz Core 2 Duos. Using MyHack and the EDPs from MyHack they're a straight install for everything running (including QE and CI) with the exception of hibernate-on-lid close. Flipped them on Gumtree for £290 each.
No hardware changes. No BIOS changes. £800 profit for just installing an OS on 4 machines :D
- Sadly the 2 I already had and ran were NVIDIA's, and 1 of them has gone kaputt.orrinward2
- nice!scarabin
- noneck0
Just built my first one a couple of months ago. Crazy Fast.
I also have a nice little 240GB SSD in it.
Thanks to Apple for all those extra stickers over the years.
- 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.
- Julesvm0
@noneck - your setup looks very sweet, and has got me thinking of replacing my 5 year old mac pro. Do you have a parts list, and would you be willing to share?
- ideaist0
I'm just chiming in to say my 12-core Mac Pro is astoundingly fast and as it was a business expense it was quite affordable considering my increase in productivity.
These are the only tools we need to create, edit, etc. so spoil yourselves; hackintosh or Macintosh...
- animatedgif0
^ Even if you can afford it Mac Pros are currently a terrible deal. The last speed bump was only because intel no longer made the processors for the previous version.
- I'm not looking for a "deal"; this isn't Walmart. I need a functional machine to produce on.ideaist
- Quality > value...ideaist
- I agree with that, but the Mac Pro is such woefully bad value it isn't worth buying at all for now.animatedgif
- This is coming from someone who hasn't bought or considered buying a PC for 14 yearsanimatedgif
- Better off spending the money on a top end iMacanimatedgif
- 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