New Build :)

[Tiuno]

Hey guys,

 

I've been using a Dell Mini 10v running OS X Snow Leopard, even with a couple of troubles it has been a really great experience, so I decided to move on and go a bit deeper inside hackintoshing. I had to leave USA and move to Mexico City a couple of years ago because of my father's job, ergo is pretty hard to find parts, we don't have online stores like Newegg.com so we can't find some specific parts over here. I don't want to make a really powerful system but good enough to play WoW and do some 3D stuff as well as running Adobe's suite. And I'd also like to be able to use WiFi and Bluetooth so I can use Apple's external trackpad or Magic Mouse. I would also like a really not expensive and supported system, I don't want a lot of troubles at updating and messing with kexts though I understand I'll have to do it and I'm exited about but, well again, I'm not used to hackintosh.

 

So here is a starting system:

 

Mother Board Asus P7P55D-E Pro

Processor Core i3-540

Hard Drive 1TB SATA 7200rpm

RAM 4GB 1333 MHz

DVD Drive SATA

 

And I still have no idea for the video card, I don't know pretty much about them and OSX86 wiki is not really updated or clear enough to my basic knowledge and I either have a clue for the wireless card I'd appreciate a lot some help from you. Of course any modification to better support will be greatly appreciated.

 

Regards,

 

Colin

[pirloui]

Hi

I can't say for the motherboard (I can recommend Gigabyte H55M-UD2P in the cheap range) but the rest is fine.

For video card; the GTS250 is pretty ok it's not too expensive yet fairly fast. also; the newer NVidias are supported but get pretty low benchmarks on Hackintosh. If you need something cheaper; the 9800GT and 9600GT are fine too.

Good luck with the build; you can find a pre-compiled DSDT.aml over at tonymacx BTW.

 

edit: for wireless cards, if G wifi is ok, the ASUS WL-138g V2 works out of the box, recognised as Airport. Doesn't get easier than that.

[Tiuno]

Thank you for the for the advices I'll make my research, any idea for bluetooth so far?

 

Edit:

 

Here's my system now, couldn't find the Nvidia 9800GT or 9600GT, though I found that the 9500GT can be a good option as well, I either couldn't find the wireless card you told me any other options?

 

 

SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223C

 

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory

 

Antec Sonata III 500 Black Computer Case

 

Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

 

ZOTAC GeForce 9500 GT ZT-95TEK2M-FSL Video Card

 

ASUS P7P55D-E Pro ATX Intel Motherboard

 

Intel Core i3-540 3.06GHz LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor

 

P.D. : I really need the bluetooth thanks for all the support!