techmech911 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 I am tired of my mom always coming to me for help with her windows machine. She always says that my computer is cool because I have Mac on it. She really likes the Mac Operating System, but we don't have the money to buy a Mac. So I decided that I would surprise her and make her a mac. I have already chosen hardware for her Hackintosh PC, from what I have been reading and from what I have seen on the osx86 wiki this hardware IS compatible, but I just wanted to double check. I want to install Snow leopard 10.6.2 just incase any of you needed to know! Thanks in advance! Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-G41M-ES2L Processor - INTEL BX80571E7500 (A.K.A. E7500) Core 2 Duo 2.93 GHz RAM - OCZ OCZ2B800C44GK 4GB PC2-6400 (DDR2-800) Video Card - EVGA 512-P3-N987-TR Geforce 9800 GT 512MB Webcam - I need a recommendation for one because she wants to be able to use Photo Booth Basically she will be Editing photos, videos, and more. I really just need to know if the Motherboard, Video Card (Quartz Extreme, etc.) and RAM will be compatible. Also I REALLY need to know what webcam will work in photo booth and it needs to be pretty good quality. I thank you guys soooo much in advance I am looking forward to your responses! Thanks again! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210746-building-a-hackintosh-for-my-mom/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Flare Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Probably it's gonna work, everything is INTEL, but is impossible to be sure before trying, a good webcamera is iSight. A Flare. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210746-building-a-hackintosh-for-my-mom/#findComment-1409782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytcomo Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 techmech911: I bought the exact same parts from newegg last night - less the video card. I am going to experiment with the onboard video before buying anything else. I plan on trying to use the latest Chameleon boot loader, or Empire EFI 1085. I would love to be able to use the Kakewalk installer on this board, but I dont think that there is support for this board there. I'll check in for updates... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210746-building-a-hackintosh-for-my-mom/#findComment-1409904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
audit13 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I'm not familiar with your board but make sure that ahci is slected in the bios in order to load SL. If your board doesn't support ahci, make sure you have the necessary ata drivers in your Extra folder. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210746-building-a-hackintosh-for-my-mom/#findComment-1410065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 The Logitech Pro 9000 webcam works trouble-free in OS X. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210746-building-a-hackintosh-for-my-mom/#findComment-1410070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillaBongo Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I just got done building this EXACT system with the same components LOL! I modded a Apple Quicksilver 2002 Case and looks 100% stock I can tell you that pretty much was the easiest hackintosh ever to build. My box works 100% OOB except for audio, which is just a DSDT entry and 1 kext listed below Only 2 kexts in E/E folder: Latest fakesmc from netkas LegacyHDA888B I used Chameleon RC5 PRE8 build which now eliminates the need for any restart kext, I used the GraphicsEnabler option and that saved me from having to make an EFI string. I did create a DSDT with the standard fixes for CMOS/RTC/WAK/TIME MACHINE Other than that, there was no other work needed. Everything works and works well, even my sleep. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/210746-building-a-hackintosh-for-my-mom/#findComment-1410171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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