Great guide, but why did he suggest a DDR2 build?
Is there a MB, CPU & DDR3 RAM combo that works out of the box with snow leopard?
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Great guide, but why did he suggest a DDR2 build?
Is there a MB, CPU & DDR3 RAM combo that works out of the box with snow leopard?
Look at the Core i7 Gigabyte boards that are compatible with EFI-x. Those will work for sure
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While it is great that people here have systems that are working, is there a way to find a site or sticky that has working systems listed?
I know enough about how to build computers, but i would like to see who has what system and how it's working for them.
While it is great that people here have systems that are working, is there a way to find a site or sticky that has working systems listed?
I know enough about how to build computers, but i would like to see who has what system and how it's working for them.
insanelymac.com and their IRC, for one. Also, check the HCL. Google OSX86 HCL. You'll find it. HCL is a good place to start, but generally speaking, go with what people have the most and you should be pretty failproof.
it would be great if newegg.com made hackintosh packages that you could build yourself that are sure to work...
wishful thinking?
wishful thinking?
legally speaking though...
would they really?
I mean, if they didn't sell the OS, it would be just "OSX compatible"
i was curious if any of these would work as hackintoshes:
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/10006153
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/9996571
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/9962111
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/9920078
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/9866227
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/9935336
would they really?
I mean, if they didn't sell the OS, it would be just "OSX compatible"
i was curious if any of these would work as hackintoshes:
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/10006153
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/9996571
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/9962111
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/9920078
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/9866227
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/9935336
when you actually get specs like what chipset it runs and what sata chip it has, audio, graphics, etc., then come back. just posting 2gb ram 320gb hd, q6600, does nothing to help.
Not true. If it was actually listed on their product pages, not put there by customers, etc, then yes they'd be right in line with Psystar, but right now users post on "hackintosh-approved" parts all the time and a lot of wish lists are made public that have hackintosh stuff in them. Hackintosh user made content wont get them in trouble, but company made content will
sorry, mind explaining that a little more? doesn't the MOBO explain all of the above? (I know that I didn't post those, and i will get back to you on that)
thank you
Not true. If it was actually listed on their product pages, not put there by customers, etc, then yes they'd be right in line with Psystar, but right now users post on "hackintosh-approved" parts all the time and a lot of wish lists are made public that have hackintosh stuff in them. Hackintosh user made content wont get them in trouble, but company made content will
He was clearly proposing that the company post the packages, not the users.
Also, it is not clear that a retailer meets the dmca safe harbor provisions.
If they install no software only list parts the DMCA has nothing to do with it as well by listing the parts only Apple could have no complaints either.
That is what I thought you meant, out of your systems you listed for sale this one here would probably be your best bet.
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/9920078
But you may have some problems with the integrated Intel video. You would most likely be better off just building your own machine based on the P35 or preferably P45 chipset others including me have had good success with Gigabyte boards. I am thinking you should be able to build a good enough system for under $500 depending on what you want for the processor in it of course. Since it looks like you are located in BC I would hit up ncix.com for the parts having gone to pricebat.ca to put in the individual parts to find the lowest price on offer and getting ncix.com price match (which I have never had them refuse to do on numerous occasions) saving yourself some extra cash. So what are you looking to spend/parts wanted in a system? Is the question I would say you need to figure out and if you already have a Mac and external USB drive then the install can be much easier to do you can use the Mac to put OS X on the external put a boot loader on the drive make whatever patches would be needed then boot the drive on your Hack and restore the install to its internal drive if there are no problems.
I just want a hackintosh...
MacUser2525 - YOU DA MAN (or woman if the case applies)
I am looking to assemble a quad core system to edit video on using Final Cut. I am just getting into Motion, so the GPU is a pretty big deal too. In the past, my imac CPU's have been at 100%, so Quad is what i am aiming for.
In the here and now, I have about 500 to spend, but at the same time, I think I should just buck up a chunk of change (about 1000) and get something that will devour video. BUT, with SL coming out, I am wondering if I should wait.
Sorry to sound like a NooB, but a computer case is universal right? The usedvictoria site has tonnes of cases. I know the power will have to be replaced.
I like the idea of using a USB key to boot with as I do already have a mac.
So what would you reccomend that I can get off NCIX or newegg?
I notice newegg has package deals often that save a couple hundred bucks.
P.S- I wouldn't mind using the hackintosh as part of a render farm either....
MacUser2525 - YOU DA MAN (or woman if the case applies)
I am looking to assemble a quad core system to edit video on using Final Cut. I am just getting into Motion, so the GPU is a pretty big deal too. In the past, my imac CPU's have been at 100%, so Quad is what i am aiming for.
In the here and now, I have about 500 to spend, but at the same time, I think I should just buck up a chunk of change (about 1000) and get something that will devour video. BUT, with SL coming out, I am wondering if I should wait.
Sorry to sound like a NooB, but a computer case is universal right? The usedvictoria site has tonnes of cases. I know the power will have to be replaced.
I like the idea of using a USB key to boot with as I do already have a mac.
So what would you reccomend that I can get off NCIX or newegg?
I notice newegg has package deals often that save a couple hundred bucks.
P.S- I wouldn't mind using the hackintosh as part of a render farm either....
Mini systems = cheap render farm?
This might sound really stupid BUT...
I noticed that newegg has some "mini" systems that sell for $200 that get great reviews. Could you hack these and create a renderfarm for a fraction of the price?
This might sound really stupid BUT...
I noticed that newegg has some "mini" systems that sell for $200 that get great reviews. Could you hack these and create a renderfarm for a fraction of the price?
you dont need OS X to create a render farm. i mean, after setting it up how often are you going to use the UI? theres no point its a waste, just use a BSD Linux which forms the basis of OS X.
BSD and linux are two different things. Both are unix-type OS's, but BSD has a different license and history than does linux.
thankyou for the correction. i meant BSD Unix then. slight error, didnt really change the context of the post.
Man.
Seems like a sensible plan although even with a quad core you can still peg the CPUs at 100%, anytime I encode to H.264 my machine does that it is still usable when doing it.
SL is already out I have my family pack on the desk beside me not installed it yet though. For what you are looking for you going to be going over the $500 mark, the processor and higher end video card will probably do that alone then you need to add in ram, case and power supply plus anything else you need. Now you could go used for some of your parts on redflagdeals.com I have seen Q6600 processors for around $150 pretty regularly so there are deals to be had.
Well that depends on the form factor of the motherboard you will be using as there are different sizes and depending on the case it may or may not fit. Generally though a standard ATX case should work for you unless you get some big ass video card that is too long for a standard case. The case for my spare computer (Cooler Master CM690) was like $60 on sale when I got it (~80 at Newegg.ca now) it is a little larger than your normal case but that gives you more room to work in plus you get two 120mm fans included you may want to look for something similar for your build to keep the machine cool and quiet. You definitely want a good quality power supply from someone like Corsair, Enermax, Seasonic, Thermaltake probably at least 600w preferably one 12v rail with a high amp rating 80 plus certified Active PFC in my main machine (Q6600, 5xHD, 8800gt plus other peripherals) I have Corsair TX650 it works well and has all the connectors you should ever need on it.
I was mainly talking about external drives as they are faster/larger but a key should work as long it is 8gb or bigger, with the 8gb you are probably going to need to deselect the printer drivers and additional languages installed by default to fit it on.
Already made a couple above for the motherboard something like the Gigabyte EP45-UD3R or Gigabyte EP45-UD3L the former going for ~$113 on pricebat.ca the latter ~$88. The 4gb DDR2 800 kits still go for around $50-60 so grab a couple of them if you have the cash as the more ram the better for editing/rendering if the 8gb kits were not so expensive I would say go for 16gb total. Hard drive the 1tb drives are dirt cheap at the moment so at least one of them maybe even a 1.5tb as they seem to be at the $120-130 range when on sale now ~$150-160 when not. For the sound as it can be a little tricky on a Hack just to not have to screw with it I would go with a Griffin iMic (got mine for $15 on Ebay) or a FireWave for 5.1 audio which would work with the expensive motherboard above and if you were going to stay with Leopard you could go with a SB Audigy which works with the nX audio driver unfortunately no SL driver yet although I have seen reports it works with the 32bit kernel on it.
As long as they are compatible parts then that would be a good way to save some cash.
P.S- I wouldn't mind using the hackintosh as part of a render farm either....
No clue how to set one of them up but as long as it is a matter of a running a program on the hack to help the other machines then it should work I would think.
If the hardware in them is supported I don't see why not, now depending on the processors in them you may not be looking at the best performance and it may be the case that one powerful machine does the work of 3 or 4 of them.. Then you would need to consider the need for extra peripherals to run them unless you have a KVM switch to use the one monitor, keyboard and mouse shared among them.
An 8GB usb drive will fit a complete Snow Leopard image with more then enough room to spare. That's what I used on my install.
Thanks, but it didn't. I ended up having to edit my dsdt.aml file, and add two different kext files, but it's working now.
An 8GB usb drive will fit a complete Snow Leopard image with more then enough room to spare. That's what I used on my install.
I know that but it is not what you quoted/I was talking about namely installing onto USB drive/stick then boot the patched fully working (hopefully anyways) install from it not the installer being booted from stick.