Hackintosh - i5-2500k

[Carnage]

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

[Carnage]

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

[BoyfromMars]

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

[Carnage]

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

[Carnage]

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.

[Nick D]

Good choice on getting a solid state drive. Those things
loads an OS in like a couple of seconds.

[BoyfromMars]

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

[Carnage]

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.

[Carnage]

success!

[Nick D]

Congrats, so I'm guessing the Hackintosh is working and no problems.

[Carnage]

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.

[Carnage]

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

[Carnage]

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

[Carnage]

[Carnage]

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

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