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    Hackintosh - i5-2500k

    So I am building a Hackintosh running snow leopard. Not going too crazy on the video card but here are the specs. Id like to see of anyone else here has built one and what their experience was, this will be my first hackintosh. Total Cost: $1288.86 a far cry from $3,974.00 for a MAC pro from Apple.

    Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T -169.99
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811139005


    GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 -143.99
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128498


    Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz -229.99
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115072


    PNY XLR8 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM -83.98
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820178382


    CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V -79.99
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139020


    MSI R6450-MD1GD3/LP Radeon HD 6450 1GB 64-bit DDR3-42.99
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127584


    Crucial CT128M4SSD2 m4 2.5" Solid State Drive - 128GB, SATA III 6Gb/s-149.99
    http://www.compusa.com/applications/...p?EdpNo=365475


    Sony Optiarc AD7280S-OB 24x DVDRW Drive - 24x, SATA -17.99
    http://www.compusa.com/applications/...?EdpNo=1387814


    (2)WD Caviar Green WD10EARX 3.5" Hard Drive - 1TB, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB, 3.5" -219.98
    http://www.compusa.com/applications/...254&CatId=2459
    Last edited by Carnage; February 15, 2012, 12:52 PM.
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    Apple Stuff

    Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad - English (USA) 49.99
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB...ode=MTY1NDA1Mg


    Apple Magic Mouse -69.99
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB...ode=MTY1NDA1Mg


    OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard -29.99
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC...ode=MTY1NDAzOA
    Last edited by Carnage; February 15, 2012, 12:48 PM.

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    • #3
      Hey bro what do u need such a bad ass machine for you play games?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by BoyfromMars View Post
        Hey bro what do u need such a bad ass machine for you play games?
        no games at all actually (on computer, im a console player). Light video editing and for the hell of it. I always wanted a mac but i didnt want a mediocre one and i didnt want to pay fucktons for a good one. This is my solution

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          Oh, an i want to run a linux based apache webserver off it so, instead of using red had linux, i decided to go with a mac to accomplish my video editing interest as well.

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          • #6
            Good choice on getting a solid state drive. Those things
            loads an OS in like a couple of seconds.
            Ah shucks BK is fine wit me. I'm low maintenance" Beni Mama

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Carnage View Post
              no games at all actually (on computer, im a console player). Light video editing and for the hell of it. I always wanted a mac but i didnt want a mediocre one and i didnt want to pay fucktons for a good one. This is my solution

              Nice!, thats some serious hardware for video editing. I cant even imagine what I would use something like that for :P Good luck

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              • #8
                so i got it up and running after about 30 installs, then i decided i wantee better graphics so...after 5 more installs, i might have it working...this is some fustrating shit if you done know what you are doing.

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                • #9
                  success!

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                  • #10
                    Congrats, so I'm guessing the Hackintosh is working and no problems.
                    Ah shucks BK is fine wit me. I'm low maintenance" Beni Mama

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Nick D View Post
                      Congrats, so I'm guessing the Hackintosh is working and no problems.
                      Hell yes, the kernel extensions were beyond frustrating...as well as patching the os to work with the sandy bridge processor but if you are in the market for a high performance Mac and can stand frustration for a few nights...by all means build one. Way way cheaper than a Mac pro! This cost me around 1k


                      The real issue was the video card.
                      Last edited by Carnage; February 20, 2012, 03:53 PM.

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                        upgraded to lion today with a few issues.....

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                          Final, Running OSX Lion 10.7.3 with Audio, Graphics... (might overclock this bad boy)









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                              GeekBench: http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/564221

                              this is my first mac and i fucking love it, im mad i never had one before..

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