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Cindori Custom: Building an i7 Hackintosh

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It's perfectly stable, but running quite hot. I'm preffering a quiet system so I have left 3 fan slots unused. I could probably hit 4.3GHz if noise wasn't a problem. I won't run 4GHz as an everyday clock, IVe made profiles in Bios instead. So when I boot, I can choose 2.66GHZ, 3.4GHz or 4GHz depending on what I want to do. I also have a fan controller on the back which I can crank up during games and such.
 
Looking around online you can't actually buy this case in the US, but I found a site in the UK that ships to the USA. Ironically your color of case is out of stock, but the other two are available. Shipping is incredibly expensive, though (almost as much as the case!).
 
rtrt said:
think the case is by a swedish company who probably don't have a usa distributor yet.

might be worth contacting them direct - they might have something in the works that will help in the short term.
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That is indeed the case. Thanks for the idea. :)
 
@Cindori:
This is awesome!
I'm thinking about setting up an HTHackintosh as soon as I'm done upgrading my Mac Pro. :) Whenever this will be... ;)

Does About This Mac make your processor recognized? The info window is saying 'unknown' in the above picture...
 
flatfoot said:
@Cindori:
This is awesome!
I'm thinking about setting up an HTHackintosh as soon as I'm done upgrading my Mac Pro. :) Whenever this will be... ;)

Does About This Mac make your processor recognized? The info window is saying 'unknown' in the above picture...
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The processor type needs to be added manually as apple doesn't use that one. It's very simple to do.
 
This is undoubtedly a stupid question, but you didn't have to reflash your 4890, did you?
 
I am a NOOB!!!

Just bought a iMac (i5) and naturally it has screen/graphics issues. I was very tempted to buy/build one that supported both.
 
If it's within two weeks you should be able to return it for a restocking fee. As a hackintosh is simply PC hardware it's easy to install Windows as well, I think the hardest part is setting up your bootloader to let you switch OSes. I could be wrong, though.
 
Nice case. Reminds me of the antec p182 silver edition.

I would have built a hackintosh if the MPs didn't go on sale last year. Nothing immoral or unintelligent about it and is loaded with common sense. :D
 
Transporteur said:
You should be that fair to post the 64bit Mac Pro benches, not the 32bit results. ;)
Geekbench Mac Pro Dual Quad 2.26GHz 64bit: 13286.
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that image is from primatelabs themselves.
http://www.primatelabs.ca/blog/2009/03/mac-pro-benchmarks-early-2009/

they collected several benches and listed the average score. if it was 64 bit or 32 bit, doesnt say. but id say the former, since here is a score
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/120728

that is in line with the one on the top of my image, and its 64bit.
 
300D said:
There is something wrong with having intelligence, common sense and morality?
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Finding or building a system that's both more powerful and less expensive than the MP is intelligent. Common sense means you see the cost savings.

As per morality, this has been gone over before.
1. EULA /= Law. It's a contract, and it may be preceeded by laws that could make either specific language or the entire agreement invalid.
2. US law does NOT apply to other countries, let alone contracts. Period. EULA's actually differ from country to country as a result.
 
Careful now Cindori or you'll find Psystar setting up shop in Sweden! :)

Very nice machine and great job! Not my cup of tea because I'd worry too much about the "hassle factor" for future OS upgrades. But you obviously have the technical abilities to deal with that.

As for the haters... please go back to your game of Doom and leave Cindori's topic alone. He's certainly EARNED everyone's respect with all of the help he has provided in this forum. I don't see any of you haters actually providing a service other than spewing hate.

Mark
 
as soon as macpro gets 5870/lightpeek/etc, hacks will have it too, with a simple upgrade, instead of buying $3000+ new machine

reply to smbdy on first page.
 
There is no reason why Gainestown shouldn't work on the stock "Nehalem" Mac Pro. Apple didn't do anything to block quad-core Xeons from working on the very first generation Mac Pro; and I don't see any reason why they would block the six-core chips from working on the current. (That was a similar upgrade; drop-in compatible with a BIOS update, which wasn't needed on the Mac Pro.)
 
ehurtley said:
There is no reason why Gainestown shouldn't work on the stock "Nehalem" Mac Pro. Apple didn't do anything to block quad-core Xeons from working on the very first generation Mac Pro; and I don't see any reason why they would block the six-core chips from working on the current. (That was a similar upgrade; drop-in compatible with a BIOS update, which wasn't needed on the Mac Pro.)
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It may, but it's more likely that the microcode will be needed. There's slight voltage differences here, as there's a die shrink involved.
 
Do you think I'd be able to get away with an Asus Rampage II motherboard? I'm told those are OSX friendly.

What about an Nvidia GTX 275?
 
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