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Building a Hackintosh...

Tonymac CustoMac Pro user here. Main components:

i7-930
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R v2
6GB Corsair XMS 1600
Sapphire Radeon 5770 Vapor-X 1GB
Mini PCI-e mounted Broadcom "Airport" card
2x 1TB Samsung F1 SATA
2x Sony Optiarc OEM DVD burners

No issues with update except to roll back the sound kext. Click of a button from the GUI. Best $1000 I've ever spent.

Chris
 
pastrychef said:
Personally, I think that's a waste of $240. As much as I loved OS 9, it's pretty useless nowadays. Most websites won't even load on OS 9.
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No, I'm getting all three of them for a total of 80$. I really like the G3 iMacs, so I'd buy them regardless. The Powerbook is just a bonus :)
 
Yeah. I think the cases are awesome. I've been researching some mods for it. I may give the Powerbook to my sister, and then do a hardware upgrade to one of the G3s. Then have some fun with the other :D
 
Dalton63841 said:
Same story here. And this is why hackintosh is actually good for apple sales; I'd have never spent this kind of money without experiencing it first.
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Same here. Messed around with Hackintosh and it didn't take long to fall in love with Apple and go buy a real Mac.
 
Zaap said:
If you want a very good experience, with minimum to no fuss, setup that's nearly as easy as a real Mac, and few problems, go to kakewalk.se, read the FAQ page and use ONLY one of the Gigabyte motherboards listed there. (Also use Kakewalk to set it up). Use an nVidia graphics card, IE: 9800GT (can't go wrong) or supported GT_2xx model.
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Phew. The mobo in my cheap PC (G41M-ES2L) is on the kakewalk list, just in case I ever decide to turn it into a Hackintosh myself. I'd just need to find the right cheap video card (the whole box cost me ~US$300 so far).

B
 
balamw said:
Phew. The mobo in my cheap PC (G41M-ES2L) is on the kakewalk list, just in case I ever decide to turn it into a Hackintosh myself. I'd just need to find the right cheap video card (the whole box cost me ~US$300 so far).

B
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Pick up a cheap 8400GS or 9400GT or 9500GT and you're good to go. I've got a G41M system myself... that's one of the most hackable boards. Easy to get Snow running on it using Kakewalk or mulitbeast and the retail OSX dvd.

If you already have Windows installed and want dual boot, I recommend getting a separate drive for OSX. The Chameleon bootloader will then boot either OS.
 
Zaap said:
Pick up a cheap 8400GS or 9400GT or 9500GT and you're good to go. I've got a G41M system myself... that's one of the most hackable boards. Easy to get Snow running on it using Kakewalk or mulitbeast and the retail OSX dvd.

If you already have Windows installed and want dual boot, I recommend getting a separate drive for OSX. The Chameleon bootloader will then boot either OS.
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I caved and picked up a $30 (after MIR) 9500GT from Newegg.

I actually had SL running on the box for fun when I bought it, but ran into trouble with the single drive triple boot, and really needed it to run W7/Ubuntu for now. Once I'm done with the project I built it for I can go back to SL.

I read the Lifehacker article on triple booting that made the same suggestion, so if I try again it'll be on separate drives.

B
 
Afflicted Max said:
If this is the wrong forum/against the rules, feel free to move/delete this thread.

So my sister wants to get a computer, and I'd really like to build one... So I thought why not build a Hackintosh.

Here is my current list of hard ware:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106333
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131634
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115220

Sorry for all the links :(

Is this all compatible? I've never built a computer before, but I wanted to make sure it would all work (in theory) before I started buying things...

Thanks :eek: <3:apple:
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Unless you can teach your sister how to apply kexts when doing point releases system updates (or don't mind doing all of that for her yourself), you should just either buy a used Mac and beef it up or build her a PC.

That said, the pro method of hackintoshing is all in the parts you pick. While AMD/ATI are a more inexpensive and better bang for the buck combo, you will have a harder time to get it working. If you're up for the challenge, I say do it. Otherwise, definitely stick with Intel and NVIDIA. NVIDIA cards are easier to patch, and with Intel, you have a decent shot at being able to use OS X's stock kernel without problems or extensive patching.

That said, if you're going for ease of set-up, don't buy the board and THEN try to Hackintosh with it. Go to InsanelyMac and the osx86project.org wiki and look up motherboards (as well as other components); shop for compatibility that way. Do the same for a video card. I've found that with the exception of the GeForce 7000 series a few years back, you are almost safe with any NVIDIA card and they're easy as all hell to get set up and working with Quartz Extreme and Core Image. You CAN use an ATI card, but only with a GPU that is currently present in either a currently shipping Mac or a previously shipping one (i.e. as of this posting, you can get an ATI Radeon HD 5770 card as it currently ships in the Mac Pro, but you can't get an AMD Radeon HD 6850 card as it is nowhere in Apple's line and therefore there isn't a known .kext file for it to patch). ATI cards are trickier to do, but it can be done. Drives are drives, RAM is RAM. You might want to make sure that your processor is supported, but if it bears the name "Core" and is either a "Core 2 Duo" or faster, that shouldn't be a problem. If you have problems, use the IRC channels.
 
jbstew32 said:
I just built a Hackintosh, and it works extremely well:

Intel Core i7-950 3.06GHz CPU
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R rev 2.0 motherboard
6 x 2GB Corsair XM3 DDR3 1600 memory
XFX ATi Radeon HD 5770 1GB
1TB SATA3.0 Seagate HD
D-Link DBT-120 USB 2.0 Bluetooth Adapter
Rosewill RNX-N1 802.11b/g/n USB dongle
Apple Keyboard + Mouse

I don't remember off-hand but it scored somewhere around 9500 on Geekbench.

I followed this guide: http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/iboot-multibeast-install-mac-os-x-on.html

I upgraded my BIOS to the latest version and used the DSDT for my motherboard/BIOS version here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/dsdt.php

Things that don't work:
Audio over HDMI (Video out works flawlessly)
USB3.0 ports on the back panel

That's a pretty short list of inconveniences for basically having a Mac Pro for about 60% less.
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Hi jbstew32,

I have the exact same build as yours, even the same manufacturers. However, my graphics card kicks in right after I selected the DVD install and the screen turned black. May I ask what versions of iboot+multibeast did you use? Thanks a lot.
 
annk said:
I hackintoshed an Asus 1000HE some months ago, just to have a netbook running the OS for light work on the go. I've been too scared that I'll break something if I update, so I just leave it at 10.5.7. :p It works fine for now as an extra (my iMac is what I do most of my work on).

I've got an unused SL retail license, so I may end up trying to put SL on it at some point, when 10.5.7 gets too old. But I'm happy for now.
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Getting 10.6.x on there and keeping it up to date is far less of a pain. I'd build a Hackintosh with it right now were it not for the fact that I don't want a Hackintosh as my main Mac and I don't really have room for another desktop. Though I think there are additional Netbook-ie things you'll have to do, but nothing too scary or complex; there's a thriving sub-community of those who want to Hackintosh their Netbook.
 
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