Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 For a Hackintosh?

Hey'o!

I'm looking to get a killer system, planning on selling my Macbook Pro 2011 and my gaming build (Sabertooth z77, 3570k) and getting a new build, with 2x gtx 670s in SLI, 3770k and watercool the heck out of those. And since I am very into modding and so on (plan on building my own custom case, doing a whole project logg, my last one got very good response) I fell in love with the colorscheme of the G1.Sniper 3 from the folks over at gigabyte. It also seems to be great for overclocking. I plan on doing alot of overclocking. I find it very exciting hehe. I will make it a hackintosh but then I will install windows 7 via boot camp, and run my games and stuff on windows, and use mac for recording music, editing videos and so on.

So is the G1.Sniper 3 a good choice? I've been looking around and can't seem to find alot of information on wether the board will work or not, and what can be fixed and what can not

onboard audio wont work.
lan is intel and atheros killer e2200. the intel lan will work, the atheros wont.

samisnake said:

onboard audio wont work.
lan is intel and atheros killer e2200. the intel lan will work, the atheros wont.

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I see. Is there any way to make the audio work? What does it mean that the intel lan will work, but atheros?

no way that im aware of to get the audio working.
youd have to use a usb/firewire soundcard.

there are two lan controllers on that boards. one intel, one atheros killer.
the atheros killer controller wont work, but the intel one will.

Do you know if things like that have been implimented after time passes? Like, is it possible that there might be a solution in like a few months or?
anyways, I have the USB-soundcard that my sibera V2 provided me, might that work?

Is there any other good looking and good functioning motherboard with alot of overclocking potential that you might recommend that works full out?

its possible that it could be made/or possibly already works with voodoohda.
if you want good onboard audio, choose a board with realtek audio.
voodoohda isnt the best choice if it can be avoided (thats even if the audio chip on that board is compatible).
yes its possible that the usb soundcard you have now will work.

if you are looking for a high end board, which is a little crazy, take a look at the asus maximus 1155 line.

why not use your current sabertooth build though?

Alright I see.

Well here's the thing. I think it's very exciting to build computers. I started this summer (but it has been something I've wanted to do for a long time) and I finished this build after like 2 months. And I enjoyed it so much that I want to redo everything. Which includes, selling it all (plus my macbook pro) and getting everything new. And another reason is because I liked doing custom mods with the build, so I have alot of mods planned for the upcoming build, and I think it is alot of fun getting in contact with different companies, and get sponsored with different stuff, and I can't start another project with all the same components but just new RAM, new PSU and an extra gtx 670 with watercooling.

I completely understand if you think I'm crazy haha.

But does the sabertooth work well as a hackintosh?

i get it.
i think many people would do the same if they had the chance.
its still a little crazy, but its a sane crazy

yep, the sabertooth works great
eg. http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...h-z77-8gb-ram-sapphire-ati-radeon-hd6870.html

clinton 81 running ml on that no sound though evreything else is working ,just been told by clint lan not working with the bigfoot ,ok with the other

Great, I'm glad I'm not all lost then in this technology madness haha.

Then three other questions following the subject. Will it support gtx 670 SLI?

And also, I am runnin OS X Lion on my Macbook Pro right now, but will i still have to re-purchase the OS to get it on the flash-drive or how does it work?

Is it possible to install windows on bootcamp on the hackintosh? Since my gaming will be done on windows