juragan Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Building a Hackintosh is become cheaper. Here's what I have built in a past 6 months: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-945GCM-SL2 - $69 - Audio Realtek ALC662 - ICH7 Southbridge - LAN Realtek RTL8111C Processor: Intel core 2 duo (conroe) E6320 - $179 RAM: 667 2GB dual channel - $ 26 x 2 = $ 52 HDD: SATA WDC 160 GB - $57 VGA: Nvidia GeForce 7600GS - $ 62 Optical: SAMSUNG DVD - $ 36 Casing & PSU: iCute 550 Watt - $ 70 Total : $ 525 Consider no WiFi, Bluetooth and you have spare USB Keyboard, Mouse and Monitor. Think about Leopard 10.5.2 (relatively stable at the moment) or go down to Tiger 10.4.8 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/289463-cheapest-hackintosh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 $525 with no wifi or bluetooth? Why bother when for about $75 more you could get a brand new Mac mini with both of those included, along with not having any problems installing OS X now or in the future? Not to mention the possibility of buying a refurbished or used mini for even less than that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/289463-cheapest-hackintosh/#findComment-1922269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
juragan Posted August 6, 2008 Author Share Posted August 6, 2008 if i add $12 bluetooth and $19 D-Link WiFi. is it going to be a consider expensive ? compare to mac-mini. plus, i could easily upgrade the parts (processors, ram, hard drive, etc)bluetooh & wifi is best for laptop imo. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/289463-cheapest-hackintosh/#findComment-1922270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjopowder Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Cheapest to get low performance or cheap to run just fine?I'm using Intel945GCLF motherboard only $69 with Intel atom 230 onboard.I wrote this using it. Things just fine.I can play HD trailers 480p smooth and 720p from apple trailers , well 720p should use vlc player to become smooth.I suppose it cost only $125 for one crappy 200watt psu, 1gb memory , and 80 sata hdd. except for monitor Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/289463-cheapest-hackintosh/#findComment-1922271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
juragan Posted August 17, 2008 Author Share Posted August 17, 2008 thats great to hear the cheapest hackintosh to run just fine. my setup can run WoW - Blizzard game with 60fps average :-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/289463-cheapest-hackintosh/#findComment-1922272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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