travis134 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Hey there; I just built a pretty good gaming rig for around $1,000. I believe that most of the parts should be compatible with Mac OSX, with the exception of the Video Card. Here are my machine's parts and links to where I purchased them. Case: Brand: Thermaltake Model/Description: V9 Black ATX Mid Tower Price: $79.90 PSU: Brand: OCZ Model/Description: StealthXStream OCZ700SXS 700W Price: $74.99 Motherboard: Brand: Gigabyte Model/Description: GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard Price: $188.99 CPU: Brand: Intel Model/Description: Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz (OC'd via BIOS to 3.80 GHz) Price: $288.99 RAM: Brand: OCZ Model/Description: Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Price: $153.99 GPU: Brand: ATI (Diamond) Model/Description: ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB Price: $289.99 HDD: Brand: Seagate Model/Description: Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache Price: $89.99 ODD: Brand: Sony Model/Description: Optiarc Black Price: $31.99 Card Reader: Brand: Nippon Model/Description: Internal All In One Card Reader/Writer with USB2.0 & eSATA Ports Price: $19.99 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/193722-gaming-rig-built-now-for-osx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis134 Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 I have tried installing OSX using both the iDeneb 1.7 distro and the iatkos distro; both of which booted into darwin, displayed the apple logo briefly (Less than a second), then power cycled. I assume something is wrong with either the method in which I am attempting to install OSX on my rig, or the video card in my rig. I am also using HDMI for video output, but I don't know if that would cause issues. Any help or advice would be appreciated greatly Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/193722-gaming-rig-built-now-for-osx/#findComment-1311221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir titan Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 From what I've read, OSX does support HDMI out, so that should not be the cause of the problem. I've been a long-time mac user and just recently built myself a gaming rig with a 5800 -series card. I've searched around but haven't found any kexts for it yet. So no dual booting for me yet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/193722-gaming-rig-built-now-for-osx/#findComment-1311628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis134 Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 From what I've read, OSX does support HDMI out, so that should not be the cause of the problem. I've been a long-time mac user and just recently built myself a gaming rig with a 5800 -series card. I've searched around but haven't found any kexts for it yet. So no dual booting for me yet. Actually; I got it working Unfortunately the maximum resolution supported is 800x600; so I am guessing that it's just running off of some generic driver. However audio doesn't work; I think this might be a problem with the generic drivers + my video card (Audio over HDMI) I have yet to try using the onboard audio, but as of now under System Profiler it shows that no audio devices have been connected. In order to fix the boot problem; I had to use the option busratio=20; it seemed to do the trick So right now here's what doesn't work: Audio, Hardware Video Acceleration Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/193722-gaming-rig-built-now-for-osx/#findComment-1312335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir titan Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 could you just use google the kexts and install them? I'm pretty new to this hackintosh idea, but i presume that all kexts are written to work with any installation method, be it via a distro or a vanilla install Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/193722-gaming-rig-built-now-for-osx/#findComment-1312385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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