The Merged Hackintosh Thread

[ease718]

mine sleeps fine, even deep hibernate type sleep. it all depends on the kernel that you use.

I thought all hackintosh have issues with sleep?

 

[JackButler]

ease718,

Hi... Your chip is a single qaud 2.4 over clocked to 3.6? can you really over clock it that much or should I just look for a faster chip? Also didn't your MB come with Firewire? I probably will be using a new ASUS mb.

Thanks,

I'm also looking to use an 8800GTS card since the prices are dropping.

 

[Firefly2002]

I... dual boot on my G3... Tiger and OS 9 =p

Tri if you count OS 9.2.2/10.4.9/10.4.0 as tri =p

Anndddd... Tri boot on my laptop with... XP SP2 Pro, Mac OS 8.6 [Sheepshaver] and Mac OS 7.6.1 [Basilisk].

Okay that doesn't count. So what

 

[cherry su]

You can get a Core 2 Quad Q6600 for $199 at Micro Center

Stuff is so cheap these days

 

[jons]

I think I may have to build a new system soon...

 

[JackButler]

You can get a Core 2 Quad Q6600 for $199 at Micro Center

Stuff is so cheap these days

Thanks for the heads up, I have to go look around there this weekend (if I have the time).

 

[YahonMaizosz]

This thread is making me more and more tempted to try and install Leopard in my Vista machine.

Just a quick question, with my hardware setup, do you think that the Hackintosh would work?

ASUS Maximus Formula
Intel Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz
OCZ 8GB DDR2 960
3x150GB RAPTOR (10K) RAID 0
EVGA 7950GX2
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty
Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W
2x30' DELL 3007WFP-HC

Thx for the help..

 

[ease718]

This thread is making me more and more tempted to try and install Leopard in my Vista machine.

Just a quick question, with my hardware setup, do you think that the Hackintosh would work?

ASUS Maximus Formula
Intel Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz
OCZ 8GB DDR2 960
3x150GB RAPTOR (10K) RAID 0
EVGA 7950GX2
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty
Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W
2x30' DELL 3007WFP-HC

Thx for the help..

you might want to try on a single hd rather than raid and same goes for the graphics cards but it looks like a compatible system. Asus boards work well.

also $199 is a great price on a quad if thats a G0 version thats a bargin.

 

[ease718]

ease718,

Hi... Your chip is a single qaud 2.4 over clocked to 3.6? can you really over clock it that much or should I just look for a faster chip? Also didn't your MB come with Firewire? I probably will be using a new ASUS mb.

Thanks,

I'm also looking to use an 8800GTS card since the prices are dropping.

yes single quad 2.4 overclocked to 3.6.
i use a cooler called a freezer pro 7 ac, $11 @ newegg

d3sl mb does NOT come with fw. i use a cheap 4x card. other versions of this mb do come with fw.

the faster chips do the same 3.6 ( or better ) for slightly less temp but more $$
the q6600 is a great price/performance balance for many people.

 

[benpatient]

I thought all hackintosh have issues with sleep?

You mean like Mac Pros and iMacs?

That's just more evidence that they are as good as the "real" thing...

 

[JackButler]

also $199 is a great price on a quad if thats a G0 version thats a bargin.

I read that on another site... but how do I tell, is it correct to assume the Retail package is the G0 model?

My understanding is that a G0 version is better for over clocking.

Thanks for your help btw. I want to build one of these primarily for running CS3 as an upgrade from my G4.

 

[dukebound85]

whats the safest to oc to on the q6600 with g0 with the stock fan?

 

[YahonMaizosz]

whats the safest to oc to on the q6600 with g0 with the stock fan?

The Q6600 is an OC BEAST! You can get it to 3.2Ghz with STOCK voltage and with STOCK heatsink..

Now, that is something to be proud of..

 

[LethalWolfe]

If I had the free time to build machines again I'd probably put together a Hackintosh (among other things) just for the hell of it. An old quote seems appropriate here, "Linux is only free if your time isn't worth anything."


Lethal

 

[sushi]

An old quote seems appropriate here, "Linux is only free if your time isn't worth anything."

There is a lot of truth in that quote.

 

[aaron.lee2006]

Recently made a hackintosh out of the PC in my sig. Runs better than my MacBook Pro Took a lot of work to get it going, it doesn't like my DVD drive so I have to use an external and it hated my original on board Ethernet port so I had to tear an old one out of another computer. I'm actually using it right now. So call it wrong if you want but I already own two Macs so whatever. It's just cause of my mobo I had some problems. nForce boards aren't that great for the hackintosh.

 

[M-apple-T]

Are there hardware limitations for the hackintosh?
Like if I wanted, could I maybe have a geforce 9800gx2 in it?

 

[aaron.lee2006]

Are there hardware limitations for the hackintosh?
Like if I wanted, could I maybe have a geforce 9800gx2 in it?

There are some reports of SLi boards working but some also say they had to take out one of their GFX cards for OS X to boot. I don't have an SLi board so it wasn't a problem with me. 1x 8600 GT OC here

 

[GFLPraxis]

So I decided a couple of days ago to build a Hackintosh and just spotted this thread, giving me a bit more confidence I ordered a motherboard already that several guides had used and that the OSx86 community had used for testing so it works perfectly out of the box without any special driver hacks.

Hardware should be here by wednesday. I'm excited!

I fully realize I'm sacrificing a certain measure of Apple's traditional ease of use (namely, I have to be careful about how I install updates and keep track of driver issues whereas on Macs you never worry about drivers) for customizability and lower price- but frankly, I actually consider a project like this to be fun.

And I'm building a PC for $900 that outstrips a $2300 Mac Pro.
Mac Pro @ $2299:
Quad-core 2.8 GHz Xeon
2 GB of RAM
320 GB hard drive
Radeon HD 2600


My machine @ $900:
Quad-core 2.4 GHz Core 2 Quad (slower than the Xeon)
4 GB of RAM
660 GB of hard drive space
Geforce 8800 GT ($150 extra on the Mac Pro)
built in WiFi


Weaker processor, better video card, more RAM, more hard drive space. Screaming deal. Though it'd never touch an octo-core Mac Pro

I own a MacBook, and I've purchased a licensed copy of Leopard. I can't afford the desktop Mac I'd like (heck, the lowest-end iMac is too expensive at the moment). $900 is about the best I can spare, and any Mac in that range won't have anywhere near the performance I'd like. My options are to either wait a year and buy a Mac Pro, or I can build this machine.

 

[Wild-Bill]

Overclock that puppy to 3.0 Ghz. I think that chip will be more than capable of hitting 3 gigs.

 

[dukebound85]

Overclock that puppy to 3.0 Ghz. I think that chip will be more than capable of hitting 3 gigs.

with stock cooling? you think 8 x 400 will be ok? it is 9 x 266 stock

 

[Wild-Bill]

with stock cooling? you think 8 x 400 will be ok? it is 9 x 266 stock

I'd say 10 x 300, if the multi goes up to 10. Aftermarket air cooling, probably to be on the safe side with a 120mm fan preferably to keep the noise level down.

 

[dukebound85]

I'd say 10 x 300, if the multi goes up to 10. Aftermarket air cooling, probably to be on the safe side with a 120mm fan preferably to keep the noise level down.

the q6600 is limited to 9

i do have 2 120mm case fans in addition to the stock cpu fan

kinda dont want to f up my system but i would think that 8 x 400 or even 9 x 300 would be safe as i wouldnt be raising the voltages at all

what are your thoughts?

 

[krye]

I'm with you. Use to like tinkering with that stuff. Call it age, laziness, all of the above...but I like going to the Apple store or online. Buy it, take it home, unbox a few things, plug it in and wala! The idea of having to go to a web site, download this and that, untar this/that, recompile, blah blah....eck!

I used to be the same too. I used to hack it, and rip it, and download it, etc. Once you have bills to pay, rent/mortgage, kids and a wife to take care of, things like this and stuff like downloading .mp3s and pirating software seem so past tense and childish. I'm too old to be going down for that stuff. I have responsibilities now. I guess some of us get smarter as we get older. Back in the day I used to spend more time getting my PC/Linux boxes running right, that there was no time to actually do anything with them. My Dad would ask me, "You're always messing with those things. What do you actually use them for?" As I think back on it, "Not much" would have been a good answer.

Now, I'm all about things working right out of the box. Since I've gotten my Mac Pro, I've never been happier. And my productively has gone through the roof. I get more done in a day than I used to in a week. I spend zero time hacking and tweaking and everything works just like it should. I think putting OS X on your own PC build will be no different than any other run of the mill PC, and I bet you'll have to same config/stability/compatibility/performance issues to boot.

Anyway, not that I agree with you violating the EULA (along with those iPhone hackers gosh darn-it!) but, good luck, and let us know when you "come around".

 

[GFLPraxis]

Overclock that puppy to 3.0 Ghz. I think that chip will be more than capable of hitting 3 gigs.

Won't I need special cooling?