M670 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Hi, im buying the parts for a i7 machine which is going to be used for music production, was wondering if these parts will work and how i go about install osx, sorry im completely new to this but would appreciate any help. CPU: Intel Nehalem i7 920 S1366 2.66GHz (Will be over clocked to 4gig when I get water cooling, would osx still work over clocked? sorry if its a stupid question, a friend is going to be over clocking it and helping me build it, I don't know that much about it) Motherboard: Either ASUS P6T SE - motherboard - ATX - iX58 or Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Memory: Kingston KHX14400D3T1K3 / 3GX HyperX T1 / 3GB / 1800MHz DDR3 DIMM / Triple Channel Kit HDD: 500GB Maxtor DiamondMax 23 SATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive GFX: Gainward GeForce GTX 260 GS DVD Burner: Optiarc (Sony/NEC) 20X DVD+/-RW IDE BLACK PSU: 700W MAUDIO Fast Track Pro Sound card I already have, I assume it should just work with the drivers on there site. Will this work? would I be able to get Snow Leopard work on it? Thanks again. This will be Dual Booted with Windows 7 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196949-i7-new-build-never-done-this-before-any-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
M670 Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 bump Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196949-i7-new-build-never-done-this-before-any-help/#findComment-1327332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrb4 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 bump GA-EX58-UD3R works, I have a GA-EX58-UD5 Use Digital_Dreamer's script and preboot cd (in tutorials section) for SUPER quick hackintoshing. (P.S. you need a 30$ retail cd from applestore) You need to swap the sound kext but that is easy, you have ALC888 and my mb is ALC889a. I dont know about your graphics card but I assume it should work. Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196949-i7-new-build-never-done-this-before-any-help/#findComment-1327383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohash Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Ik ben ook erg benieuwd of met deze configuratie dit gaat: Nehalem is ook wel Xeon. Dual boot: Windows 7 en OSX SL Quad core Xeon 2,26 GHz L3 8Mb 6Gb memmory triple channel Asus P6T (SE) ATI Readon 4850HD kaart Wie mij dit kan bevestigen, dan ga ik de componenten bestellen Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196949-i7-new-build-never-done-this-before-any-help/#findComment-1327411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevy2410 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Ik ben ook erg benieuwd of met deze configuratie dit gaat: Nehalem is ook wel Xeon. Dual boot: Windows 7 en OSX SL Quad core Xeon 2,26 GHz L3 8Mb 6Gb memmory triple channel whistle.gif Asus P6T (SE) ATI Readon 4850HD kaart Wie mij dit kan bevestigen, dan ga ik de componenten bestellen English dude! Just wondering why you opted for an ide dvd drive instead of an SATA drive? With all the $$ you're spending why not get a SATA drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196949-i7-new-build-never-done-this-before-any-help/#findComment-1327638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrb4 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 English dude! Just wondering why you opted for an ide dvd drive instead of an SATA drive? With all the $$ you're spending why not get a SATA drive. SO what if he does not speak english, just use google translate instead of complaining about a person helping you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196949-i7-new-build-never-done-this-before-any-help/#findComment-1327781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
M670 Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 GA-EX58-UD3R works, I have a GA-EX58-UD5 Use Digital_Dreamer's script and preboot cd (in tutorials section) for SUPER quick hackintoshing. (P.S. you need a 30$ retail cd from applestore) You need to swap the sound kext but that is easy, you have ALC888 and my mb is ALC889a. I dont know about your graphics card but I assume it should work. Good luck. Thanks man! I have seen people have got the gtx 260 to work under osx! I'm not worried about on board sound so I assume I dont have to swap the sound kext? I should be able to install the osx drivers for my m-audio card? Just wondering why you opted for an ide dvd drive instead of an SATA drive? With all the $$ you're spending why not get a SATA drive. Well spotted man! It was just a rough thing to price it up, I have all the bits bar memory and gfx card which are waiting to be delivered. Did go for a sata drive in the end! Went for the gigabyte motherboard in the end, really hope this works, if you have any links to any info about getting this on there it would be great! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/196949-i7-new-build-never-done-this-before-any-help/#findComment-1334306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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