stewartfan Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Anyone built a Sandy Bridge Hackintosh yet? I'm in the market to upgrade my aging computer (Phenom 9500 - not Hackintoshed) and it seems that the best bang-for-the-buck CPU-wise, is the new i5 2500 SB. Whatever configuration I decide on, it needs to be a fairly simple setup procedure, meaning LAN, Sound, USB, PCIe, and SATA working out of the box. My disc drive is currently IDE, but I'm fairly sure that it's SATA compatible if necessary. Any recommendations? I think that either way, I'm going to go with the SB, since, for around $200, all I can get is a 2.8 Q Lynnfield, and I can get a 3.3 Q SB for $5 more. Any MoBo suggestions? OSX will not be my main OS, although I would like to use it often, but who knows, if it's stable enough, it might just become my main OS. I'll be running a Radeon 5770, and according to my research, that shouldn't be too big of a problem. Any suggestions are highly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245148-anyone-with-a-sandy-bridge-build-yet/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnimac Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Anyone built a Sandy Bridge Hackintosh yet? I'm in the market to upgrade my aging computer (Phenom 9500 - not Hackintoshed) and it seems that the best bang-for-the-buck CPU-wise, is the new i5 2500 SB. Whatever configuration I decide on, it needs to be a fairly simple setup procedure, meaning LAN, Sound, USB, PCIe, and SATA working out of the box. My disc drive is currently IDE, but I'm fairly sure that it's SATA compatible if necessary. Any recommendations? I think that either way, I'm going to go with the SB, since, for around $200, all I can get is a 2.8 Q Lynnfield, and I can get a 3.3 Q SB for $5 more. Any MoBo suggestions? OSX will not be my main OS, although I would like to use it often, but who knows, if it's stable enough, it might just become my main OS. I'll be running a Radeon 5770, and according to my research, that shouldn't be too big of a problem. Any suggestions are highly appreciated. Thanks in advance! see tonymacs bog, works i use an asus p8p67pro with 2600k and 16gb ram Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245148-anyone-with-a-sandy-bridge-build-yet/#findComment-1631030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartfan Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 see tonymacs bog, worksi use an asus p8p67pro with 2600k and 16gb ram Ok, sounds great! I'll go ahead with this upgrade. Even if it doesn't work out, it'll still be a killer Windows PC, and still worth the upgrade to me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245148-anyone-with-a-sandy-bridge-build-yet/#findComment-1631593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruAleks Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 see tonymacs bog, worksi use an asus p8p67pro with 2600k and 16gb ram Does motherboard have native support and no kexts&drivers needed? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/245148-anyone-with-a-sandy-bridge-build-yet/#findComment-1679930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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