Lerxst2 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I'm about to make leap of faith and try my hand at my first Hackintosh. Code name "Frank" cause it might have neck bolts by the time I'm done. I have to admit that building a hackintosh feels about like trying to create Frankenstien for a beginner. I found a site with an extensive outline guide of how to build a Core i7 hackintosh. Google core i7 hackintosh goodest Yes I want to go right to the top and the new chipset seems to have some real advantages. Unfortunately I'm not seeing much discussion here on the topic or finding many specifics. Even the wiki seems lacking in info on these new boards Their machine uses the following: Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5 ATX Intel Motherboard 12 Gigs of DDR3 RAM! 300 GB 10,000 RPM Hard Drive 1 terabyte secondary hard drive GeForce GTX 285 Video Card with 1 Gig of VRAM The incredibly sweet COSMOS 1000 Case! This build tops out at around $2000. I'm contemplating the following for money reasons but would like feedback on reliability, complexity, trouble shooting and compatibility. GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 ($130) Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor ($260) Sapphire HD 4850 512MB ($65) 4 Gigs of Ram ($99) 1 TB Sata Segate HD ($99) Case & Power supply ($99) Liteon DVD drive ($40) Extras / Etc ($100) Total $895 If anyone can point me to any information on this type of build or its components, specifically the motherboard, I would appreciate it. I have checked the graphics card in the wiki and from the linked build the other addons seem to be compatible. As a basic premise I would think their installation process should work similarly. Hopefully the ethernet and audio would also work but there are areas I would like to find more info on. Perhaps its worth it to just use the same motherboard they did to ensure compatibility? Would bringthe price just over $1050 Thanks for any help or pointers. Lerxst2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/200204-core-i7-build-comparison-for-beginner/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gateway69 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I'm also in the market for such a system and wondering what is the best motherboard combo for the core i7/core i9 (coming out) I hear a lot about the GIGABYTE MB and do not have a problem picking one. I looked over your specs and they seem nice, and I'm glad to find this post on the top today because i was going to post the same seeing its cyber monday and some deals are out What are the most common mistakes that people run into: Wrong ram, video card and or network card? BTW where did you find these specs at? Also I would like to dual boot into osx and win7, i do work in both, whats the best solution, 2 different drives? and some sort of boot manager, boot camp? I usually put the OS and some apps on the main drives and all my content lives on my raid system Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/200204-core-i7-build-comparison-for-beginner/#findComment-1346809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherone Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Look in this Thread. Lots of Information and help there! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/200204-core-i7-build-comparison-for-beginner/#findComment-1346828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waylonflinn Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 It looks like the motherboard that you list isn't compatible with the processor. The motherboard uses an LGA 1156 socket while the processor uses an LGA 1366. The Core i5 750 has a compatible socket in the same price-performance range. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/200204-core-i7-build-comparison-for-beginner/#findComment-1346909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxst2 Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 It looks like the motherboard that you list isn't compatible with the processor. The motherboard uses an LGA 1156 socket while the processor uses an LGA 1366. The Core i5 750 has a compatible socket in the same price-performance range. Good catch the processor would have to be: Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80605I7860 I'm also in the market for such a system and wondering what is the best motherboard combo for the core i7/core i9 (coming out) I hear a lot about the GIGABYTE MB and do not have a problem picking one. I looked over your specs and they seem nice, and I'm glad to find this post on the top today because i was going to post the same seeing its cyber monday and some deals are out What are the most common mistakes that people run into: Wrong ram, video card and or network card? BTW where did you find these specs at? Also I would like to dual boot into osx and win7, i do work in both, whats the best solution, 2 different drives? and some sort of boot manager, boot camp? I usually put the OS and some apps on the main drives and all my content lives on my raid system I checked the video in the compatibility list I'm going for dual boot also...thinking I will just usebootcamp. I'd also like to overclock the i7 processor becasue lots of reports suggest these processors are easily capable of more horse power. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/200204-core-i7-build-comparison-for-beginner/#findComment-1347001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple_core Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I'm going for dual boot also...thinking I will just usebootcamp. No, no, no. Since you are building a machine with off the shelf hardware there is no need for Boot Camp. Use a bootloader such as Chameleon and let it boot between OS X and Windows or Linux (or whatever.) Actually I don't even think Boot Camp will work on a hackintosh as it uses the EFI extensively which doesn't truly exist with our hackintosh builds. 4 Gigs of Ram ($99) Be aware that, at least for the i7 920, the i7's like memory in groups of three. Hence the marketing hype of "triple memory." 4Gb isn't doable. Either do 3 sticks of 1Gb for a total of 3Gb, or do 3 sticks of 2Gb for a total of 6Gb. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/200204-core-i7-build-comparison-for-beginner/#findComment-1347302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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