schmoppa Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 According to some of the reviews in Newegg, this SSD may not totally work with macs. They even released (to some scoffing) a Mac "version" of the drive (for $100 more…). Just wondering if anyone here has successfully used this drive for their hackintosh boot drive? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductRevie...N82E16820227395 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214562-ocz-vertex-120gb-ssd-ok-for-macs-hackintoshes/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangten Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 I have two no problem! Very very fast Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214562-ocz-vertex-120gb-ssd-ok-for-macs-hackintoshes/#findComment-1440977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoppa Posted April 3, 2010 Author Share Posted April 3, 2010 thank you so much! any special tricks to get it running? Did you update the firmware to anything other than the default? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214562-ocz-vertex-120gb-ssd-ok-for-macs-hackintoshes/#findComment-1441205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangten Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Yes, updated firmware and used the wiper tool from OCZ in Windows 7. OCZ has a great forum also a good place to get tweaks and such. http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/forum.php I have Windows7 installed on a separated HDD. Reformatted SSD to GUID, Mac OS Extended (Journaled) using Disk Utility in SL. I made more than one instal of OSX SL on another HDD backup, restore raw install 10.6.0 (via USB on external 2.5 20gig patrician on My Passport Essential)using only bare min from the custom choices off Snow Leopards disc, and then migrated the raw install to SSD using Carbon Copy Cloner, ran updates to 10.6.2, added Chameleon and so on to my SSD from SL installed on my HDD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214562-ocz-vertex-120gb-ssd-ok-for-macs-hackintoshes/#findComment-1441290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoppa Posted April 3, 2010 Author Share Posted April 3, 2010 Thanks! I will definitely check out their forums for tweaks. My question now probably bleeds a bit over into a different topic (one regarding actually installing OSX on a hackintosh), but I was planning on getting one of the boards supported by Kakewalk to make the process easy. So the question is, how much of what you documented above was necessary, vs recommended (for drive performance / etc) vs just optional or a need specific to whatever mobo you have? I'm trying to decide between the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5, or the GA-P55M-UD2. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214562-ocz-vertex-120gb-ssd-ok-for-macs-hackintoshes/#findComment-1441428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangten Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Thanks! I will definitely check out their forums for tweaks. My question now probably bleeds a bit over into a different topic (one regarding actually installing OSX on a hackintosh), but I was planning on getting one of the boards supported by Kakewalk to make the process easy. So the question is, how much of what you documented above was necessary, vs recommended (for drive performance / etc) vs just optional or a need specific to whatever mobo you have? I'm trying to decide between the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5, or the GA-P55M-UD2. http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/02/ton...f-contents.html for your GA-P55M-UD2. My 2 cents would be to stick to Gigabyte simply because of its support by members here @ InsanelyMac. Greater numbers and working together will bring you greater support for Snow releases as things get ironed out quickly and shared. My EVGA X58 SLI was purchased the day it arrived at Fry's when i7 was released, hence is what I use. P55 did not exist. I also purchased the ATI HD4850 and could not get it to run until the ATI pkg for Leopard was developed. Once you learn about the different methods to install and the terminology you'll be doing installs on your own. I spent a total of $140 on my heat sink Thermalright IFX-14 to overclock and had the first stepping CO i7 920 and its a bear to reach over 4.0ghz stuck @ 3.85ghz. P55 is as fast and cheaper to build. Except it can't run a i7 980x or Xeon socket 1366 and those do overclock much higher in most cases if you know what your doing. Overclocked PC/Mac side a geek bench of 12000+ does smoke an 8 core 2.26ghz Mac Pro so thats incredible. Also a thread running at 3.8ghz will alway be faster than a wimpy 2.66 or whatever the turbo on a Mac Pro 2.26ghz 8 core. X58 or P55 will do just fine so buy what you can afford. If your not interested in upgrading to a Hexacore then get a P55 with the money you save put into a nice graphics card, apple mouse, keyboard, isight, bluetooth, wifi card. Last a second patrician with OSX SL installed as a back up isn't necessary but really can save your bacon @times. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214562-ocz-vertex-120gb-ssd-ok-for-macs-hackintoshes/#findComment-1441545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoppa Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 thank you for your response, great stuff. So you are saying having a second partition on the computer running OSX SL in case the main one gets hosed? why, so you can boot into the backup, and repair the install? do you tend to partition off your OS from your apps and data? I was thinking of imaging the install every once in a while to keep known-good copies so I could go back and reimage if needed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214562-ocz-vertex-120gb-ssd-ok-for-macs-hackintoshes/#findComment-1441567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangten Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 As you can figure out certain app's might not like 64bit and also when your updating SL things like your video can go horribly wrong. So the best bet to get in there without issue is your backup to fix it. I forget where but I believe response of an app or program is significantly boosted if its compiled in 64bit... not that it matters you can still boot 32bit in SL and get = performance but 32bit kext required for some hardware will run and apps too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214562-ocz-vertex-120gb-ssd-ok-for-macs-hackintoshes/#findComment-1441615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmark Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Is the premium for the OCZ Vertex Limited Edition worth it over the "standard" Vertex on a Hackintosh ? In Canada I can get : - the "regular" Vertex ("regular" Vertex for $380, - the "Mac" 120GB Vertex (e.g. Mac edition link) for $330 (I thought the Mac version was more expensive) or - the "Limited Edition" 100GB Vertex (e.g. LE link) for $388. I JUST got my Hack working (i7 920, GA-X58-UD3R, no OC). The LE is only a little more (though 20GB smaller) than the regular vertex, and maybe $60 cheaper than the "Mac" version. Do I need to buy the "Mac" version for any particular reason (e.g. garbage collection vs Trim) ? I see the LE seems to have higher listed specs, but do these bear out to noticeable difference for the end-user ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214562-ocz-vertex-120gb-ssd-ok-for-macs-hackintoshes/#findComment-1453129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoppa Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 Is the premium for the OCZ Vertex Limited Edition worth it over the "standard" Vertex on a Hackintosh ? In Canada I can get : - the "regular" Vertex ("regular" Vertex for $380, - the "Mac" 120GB Vertex (e.g. Mac edition link) for $330 (I thought the Mac version was more expensive) or - the "Limited Edition" 100GB Vertex (e.g. LE link) for $388. I JUST got my Hack working (i7 920, GA-X58-UD3R, no OC). The LE is only a little more (though 20GB smaller) than the regular vertex, and maybe $60 cheaper than the "Mac" version. Do I need to buy the "Mac" version for any particular reason (e.g. garbage collection vs Trim) ? I see the LE seems to have higher listed specs, but do these bear out to noticeable difference for the end-user ? I got the regular version (OCZ Vertex Series 120GB SATA II MLC) (non Mac-specialized) and just installed it with no additional tweaking. Works fine so far, though I really don't know whether I should be doing anything more to keep it optimized - please tell me if I do! I actually don't know much about garbage collection of Trim, so you know more than I do at this point. But, so far, so good Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214562-ocz-vertex-120gb-ssd-ok-for-macs-hackintoshes/#findComment-1456383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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