MacSpaces Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Hello First off i want to say thank you to every person that contributed to making osx86 what it is today... without the help of this community thsi project would have never gotten off at all.. I was in the market for a new computer and looking towards mac hardware i was close to getting a mac mini but you know how computer shopping is you start comparing products to see wich one is the better deal. Well when i went to the apple store i had the mini on my hands but for some reason i had a second thought and decided to not buy it..went down to tiger direct and purchased a 20" viewsonic lcd monitor... after i had this installed i decided to build my own HACKINTOSH so istarted to look parts. $524.85 for the processor,memory,2 sata hard drives,Dual Layer Burner,motherboard,650 pci express/sli ready power supply & the cooler masters case. $345.89 for the viewsonic widescreen lcd display... total-869.98 THE HARDWARE ------------------ Pentium D 930 iNtel 945Gtp Motherboard (tpm module 64 bit etc..100% mac compatible) maxtor 250gb sata hardrive & hitachi 80gig both 7200rpm) Pioneer 110d 512 mb of ddr2 667mhz ram (stock cooling for now looking into liquid cooling i probably buy it this weekend) 20"lcd viewsonic widescreen lcd display. The Pictures ------------------- This setup runs everything out the box with 10.4.6 jas dvd i installed every pro app runs with no problems im in love with aperture look at my computer running it here... Im dual booting vista public release and mac os x 10.4.6 with this system im experiencing the future now and i spent less then 900 bucks for what i wanted thsi is probably the best purchase i ever made. I made sure this hardware could run both operating systems with no problems...of course in the future i will upgrade the vide ocard prooably and im waiting on 2gbs of ram i just ordered yesterday so this thing will be blazing... if only i could install and run front row i tried every hack out there and nothing ohh well... and ohh yeah photobooth works just like in a real mac with the picture glash and all... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Nice, but what do you need liquid cooling for? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-126753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberracus Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Do not go for liquid cooling, go for Zalman Cu9500 is better!, ad its silent, and its safer:D BTW front ROW rund perfect following NATIVE FRONTROW installation in the GENIUS BAR. Cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-126817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppcfreak Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Where did you get all the stuff? Ebay? Im looking to build one of my own. Thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-127381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboss Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Do not go for liquid cooling, go for Zalman Cu9500 is better!, ad its silent, and its safer:D BTW front ROW rund perfect following NATIVE FRONTROW installation in the GENIUS BAR. Cheers id second that, its about 3 times cheaper too!!! besides, why liquid cool a cpu to the point where it pulls 200 watts? plus by that point, your ram and graphics will be bottlenecks to performance and it would be more worthwhile to buy more ram and an x1800xt (which can use atindrv). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-127411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezoflip Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 very, very nce if i do say so my self. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-127420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaS Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Very nice Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-127422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboss Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Macspaces, if you dont mind my asking, where did you get such sweet hardware for such a good price? (im assuming newegg but im not sure) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-127905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacApprentice Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 as for cpu cooling I use the standard fan I got with my P4D and it's dead quiet (in silent mode) I even play HD videos on that setup and the fan never get noisy... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-127914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phi Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 I use a cheap Artic Cooling Freezer Cooler. On the Asus board is use it in Optimal Mode. The CPU still always under 50 degrees @3,82GHz. In idle mode you don't here it, and in full dual core load you hear it a bit. Its funny you hear the load. You don't need to go for water cooling except ypu want to overclock this nice processor over 4 GHz. Cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-127940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 really nice dude, but why only 512Mb RAM??? thats seriously going to be a bottleneck, especially if you're using Aperture... i'd say get a gig AT LEAST. preferably 2 DIMMS so you can run in dual-channel mode. cheers! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-128293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman78 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Hmmm 930 nice. Did you make a benchmark whit CineBench? Runs on Windows as on OSX. I would like to see what the preformence are on both OS. I'm up to buy myself also a D930 so i would like to know. www.cinebench.com 45 mb, download once, is one Zip file for both OS. Please Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-128296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacSpaces Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 Yeah still waiting for the ram even though aperture runs fine with 512 for some reason..also i was looking into liquid cooling to keep the computer running smooth but if i dotn need it then i wont get it and follow the advised some of you gave me... the parts i got from ebay a complete set heres the original link. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1 and because he made a mistake on shipping he sent me a 250gb sata harddrive & the pioneer d110 so i found a great deal on ebay... i will do the benchmark test and will post it later on today Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-128388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 doh! Just noticed you already said you were waiting on your 2Gb. if you get around to upgrading the graphics, i highly recommend an X1800XL PCI-E. mine works 100% - only flaw is no dual display support, otherwise its fully supported. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-128399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboss Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 doh! Just noticed you already said you were waiting on your 2Gb. if you get around to upgrading the graphics, i highly recommend an X1800XL PCI-E. mine works 100% - only flaw is no dual display support, otherwise its fully supported. You know, this thread prompted me to consider building an osx86 rig... i was planning to use the money to buy a laptop for university but i guess i could settle w/ full osx86 compatibility on a tower. my specs are: 2xSAMSUNG 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With LightScribe COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Samsung 250GB 7200RPM (SATA II), Western Digital 160GB (SATA I) Drive TV Tuner w/ Remote Audigy 2ZS (For windows) Aspire Dual 12v 500W PSU Logitech X-230 w/ headphones 1GB Patriot PC-5300 667mhz DDR2 Intel D945GTPLKR Mobo Pentium D930 Sapphire X1800XT 512MB Viewsonic 20.1 Inch display (1680x1050) Its come to 1539 including tax + sh but im not sure if i should buy it.. maybe i should just wait for an mb/mbp revision... any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-129514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacSpaces Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 You know, this thread prompted me to consider building an osx86 rig... i was planning to use the money to buy a laptop for university but i guess i could settle w/ full osx86 compatibility on a tower. my specs are: 2xSAMSUNG 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With LightScribe COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Samsung 250GB 7200RPM (SATA II), Western Digital 160GB (SATA I) Drive TV Tuner w/ Remote Audigy 2ZS (For windows) Aspire Dual 12v 500W PSU Logitech X-230 w/ headphones 1GB Patriot PC-5300 667mhz DDR2 Intel D945GTPLKR Mobo Pentium D930 Sapphire X1800XT 512MB Viewsonic 20.1 Inch display (1680x1050) Its come to 1539 including tax + sh but im not sure if i should buy it.. maybe i should just wait for an mb/mbp revision... any ideas? Thats not bad at all, high end stuff there... and 1 gb on any mac is very necessary. too bad that sound card your thinking about wont work on mac but overall the computer would be a good deal. If you decide to build your machine like alot of us did. I dont think you will regret it with everything supported osx86 runs like a real mac minus the shiny white box. By the end of the year i will have a real mac laptop will wait to see if apple releases something new with their laptops..i dont like first release machiens from apple i rather wait once all the issues are somewhat sorted out. p.s i just finaly got front row working on my machine installed sailing clicker using my cingular 8125 touch screen to control front row and the amazing music library program called cover flow check it out right here http://www.steelskies.com/coverflow/HomePage.html. im telling you build a fully compatible box and you will love it.. Anybody know if s-video out to a tv works if i buy a ati compatible card? i would love to have front row running to my t.v. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-130077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tha_toadman Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 wow. i can't believe how close to identical our rigs will be! i too purchased that case and have a 1 gb dual channel DDR ram kit waiting to be used. moneys a little tight now but in the next 60 days or less i plan to have the same type of setup (my newegg wishlist is sooo old now). for compatibility, i'm getting the asus micro-atx motherboard with GMA950, a 930 p4-D (3ghz), the already mentioned 1 GB of dual-channel ram, the sapphire x1600xt (using the boris method for the resolutions and such), probably a 320gb western dig hard drive, and this will all be displayed on my current samsung 213t (21" flat panel). damn...i can't wait!! nice rig macspaces Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-130711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacSpaces Posted June 17, 2006 Author Share Posted June 17, 2006 wow. i can't believe how close to identical our rigs will be! i too purchased that case and have a 1 gb dual channel DDR ram kit waiting to be used. moneys a little tight now but in the next 60 days or less i plan to have the same type of setup (my newegg wishlist is sooo old now). for compatibility, i'm getting the asus micro-atx motherboard with GMA950, a 930 p4-D (3ghz), the already mentioned 1 GB of dual-channel ram, the sapphire x1600xt (using the boris method for the resolutions and such), probably a 320gb western dig hard drive, and this will all be displayed on my current samsung 213t (21" flat panel). damn...i can't wait!! nice rig macspaces awesome dude im thinking about a dedicated pci-e card but dont know if it will show a huge diffrence performance wise. I read some post sayng that the diffrence is not major but for some reason i just want a dedicated card. I just recieved the ram and now this system flys.....i open every program on my dock and evrything loaded within seconds if not instantly. all i need is some wireless speakers to keep cluttler free and i am set-until leopard comes out lol hey when you have it fully built post pics i want to see the outcome Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-131193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amdprophet Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I think watercooling is a must have for the Pentium D series. With stock cooling, mine runs at 60C idle. A change of a heatsink and thermal paste isn't going to drop it 30 degrees either. The colder your cpu is, it will live longer and perform faster. Now, having watercooling on a socket 939 system I can see as being pointless because the majority of those processors run at 30C under full load. I've had mine run at 25C under full load @ 2.9 GHz, with my stock cooling. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-131274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacSpaces Posted June 18, 2006 Author Share Posted June 18, 2006 I think watercooling is a must have for the Pentium D series. With stock cooling, mine runs at 60C idle. A change of a heatsink and thermal paste isn't going to drop it 30 degrees either. The colder your cpu is, it will live longer and perform faster. Now, having watercooling on a socket 939 system I can see as being pointless because the majority of those processors run at 30C under full load. I've had mine run at 25C under full load @ 2.9 GHz, with my stock cooling. Im seriously looking around for the best cooling option my rig is basically complete all i need is the dedicated video card and a cooling system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-131449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
u1m2 Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Scythe Ninja is awesome along with Zalman 9500 and some Thermalright products... 9xx series are pretty cool compared to 8xx series as well so water cooling is not really necessary although there are many starters kits at really good prices these days. It will only set you back like 100$. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-131601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tha_toadman Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 awesome dude im thinking about a dedicated pci-e card but dont know if it will show a huge diffrence performance wise. I read some post sayng that the diffrence is not major but for some reason i just want a dedicated card. I just recieved the ram and now this system flys.....i open every program on my dockand evrything loaded within seconds if not instantly. all i need is some wireless speakers to keep cluttler free and i am set-until leopard comes out lol hey when you have it fully built post pics i want to see the outcome will do, man! sounds like your enjoying the rig! your making me jealous now! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-131714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppcfreak Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I have also been seduced by the great offerings of a x86 mac and said "fook it" Bought from ebay the Mobo, Processor, Ram and Video Card. Spent around $550 Intel D945GNT (comes with Sigmatel 9223) Intel Pentium D 930 3.0Ghz (Does it show up as a dual processor in OSX? Anyone?) 2GB Ram PC-5300 667Mhz ATI/Powercolor Radeon X1600 XT Bravo Edition 256MB GDDR3 I still have to get a SATA 2 HD and a ATX box. but I'll wait till I get my stuff first. I've downloaded Jas 10.4.6 and I'm anxious to see if everything works out OK. Will post again w/ pics when I have all the stuff together. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-132142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacSpaces Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 I have also been seduced by the great offerings of a x86 mac and said "fook it" Bought from ebay the Mobo, Processor, Ram and Video Card. Spent around $550 Intel D945GNT (comes with Sigmatel 9223) Intel Pentium D 930 3.0Ghz (Does it show up as a dual processor in OSX? Anyone?) 2GB Ram PC-5300 667Mhz ATI/Powercolor Radeon X1600 XT Bravo Edition 256MB GDDR3 I still have to get a SATA 2 HD and a ATX box. but I'll wait till I get my stuff first. I've downloaded Jas 10.4.6 and I'm anxious to see if everything works out OK. Will post again w/ pics when I have all the stuff together. dude whe nyou test the rig out-see how it performs with the built in video and the pcie x1600 i want to see the performance i am so close to going out to buy the x1600 pro 512mb ggdr3 from best buy for 200 bucks but if im no going to see a major performance boost i probably wont get it-we have the exact specs... im telling you this because we have the same specs everything works out of the box with jas 4.6 yes it does show as dual core...number of cpus 2 it will most likely show 4ghz on your mac info.. i amazed alot of people when i showed them the mac info windows and they saw 4ghz with 2.5gb of ram... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-132345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaasdj Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Hallo all, My first message in this exiting forum. I too took the decision to build a 'Mac' my own. By the way I also wanted to have a silent system, so my hardware might be a little expensive ;-( Further I build one system as close as the Intel Mac mini (my main system, most reliable) and one with better graphics (DVI, ASUS X1600 Silent) to test various options of kernel extensions (kext's) etc. My two systems are working like a charm with exeption of full finctioning of the ASUS X1600 XT on DVI. (Yes I checked the forum on this issue thouroughly, but no working solution for me so far) See my specs. below. Probably will add ideas in the feature. Regards. Klaas I Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19327-i-said-fook-it-and-built-me-a-mac-total-86998/#findComment-132410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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