boomslang20117 Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 hi i'm building a hackintosh and i've already draft out most of my components but there's still certain item which i'm unsure of and in need of some comments. please feel free to point out or give suggestions to the others parts as well thanks. fyi all prices are in SGD. thanks in advance. chasis silverstone ft02 385 power supply Seasonic X Series 650W 210 motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD4P USB3.0/ SATA 3 749 processor i7 860 processor cooler noctua nh-s14 137.93 memory OCZ 12800/1600 DDR3 CL7 Fatality (Kit) 4gb kit x 2 396 optical drive HP 1270i lightscribe dvd sata (Liteon OEM) 35 video card evga geforce 9800gt sc 512mb pci-e owned bluetooth belkin bluetooth adaptor 41.74 mouse magic mouse 98 keyboard apple wireless keyboard 98 ssd intel X25-M 80gb 345 hd wd 1tb x 2 owned media reader webcam isight / Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro For Mac 179 audio y2 dac 531 keyboard protector Moshi ClearGuard CS Keyboard Protector for Apple Keyboard 39 remote apple remote 39 ir networking wireless os Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard 48 1. is the motherboard suitable? or should i choose 1 of the others? like Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H w/GBE/FW/A 588 Gigabyte GA-H55-USB3 USB3.0/SATA3 614 Gigabyte P55A-UD3 USB3.0/ SATA 3 642 Gigabyte P55A-UD3P USB3.0/ SATA 3 685 would audio works? including S/PDIF In/Out? because i would like to use a dac. how about firewire? if it does you u recommend getting an isight or just get the logitech webcam for mac? it would still work even though it's usb and sata 3 right? just that i would work as usb and sata2? i would just have to wait till the newer macs support it? 2. would the bluetooth work? including waking up from sleep mode using magic mouse? is there any other brand out there which would work as well? maybe asus or gigabyte? 3. i read that ssd comes with 2 different firm. trim support for win7 and gc (garbage collection) for other oses. so do i need to purchase one with gc firmware for it to work or it doesn't matter at all. 4. would any media reader work? 5. can someone recommend my a gfx can for upgrade? or is it not worth upgrading in terms of performance and price comparing with those now out in the market and being compatible? should wait for the new gtx 4 series to be supported and can i use my current one as a physx card? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/221577-some-help-needed-for-i7-860-build/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neolo Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 What are you talking about? Your configuration is perfect. I just building PC with a same components. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/221577-some-help-needed-for-i7-860-build/#findComment-1516083 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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