HighwayTruckers Build

[HighwayTrucker]

HighwayTrucker's Build AKA V84x4
GA-P55A-UD3 - core i7-860 - 9800 GT EE

A little about me:

I am a Trucker Driver (Over the road, owner/operator) for right now because economy....
I use to own a Graphics Design/Sign shop in Keego Harbor, MI. for many years untill the bottom fell out !!! (http://www.performancegraphx.com)
My background consists of Music composing, Video editing, Graphics & Web Design all based
around My first love.............The Computer !!
In my free time I build Web sites on the side for extra PLAY money (My main site http://www.highwaytrucker.com )
I still compose music for TV commercial every once in a while (my Cuz owns a production studio in D.C.)
& as a hobby I love to create & edit videos using Sony Vegas 9.0 pro, Final Cut pro & Flash

My Main System

Mac OS X version 10.6 retail Snow Leopard
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AMHWP8?ie=UTF8

Windows 7 Home Premium
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002DHGMK0?ie=UTF8

GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard Rev. 1.0
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002XDQC4K?ie=UTF8

PNY - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card
Model: VCG98GTEE1XPB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PY7H6Y?ie=UTF8

Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.80GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KQ5KE8?ie=UTF8

LG GH22LS50 Internal SATA DVD+/-RW with LightScribe OEM
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QVFHHW?ie=UTF8

OCZ Gold 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003V8B408?ie=UTF8

x2 WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001C271MA?ie=UTF8

OCZ 500 Watt ModXStream Pro Modular ATX Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EZMEZO?ie=UTF8

Dynex DX-BGDTC 54Mbps 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Adapter
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid ... -R&cat=WLS

iogear Bluetooth mini dongle
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018O9JIG?ie=UTF8

Comments:

This build was the most Vanilla i have done thus far (32 bit mode)

The Ram needs to be in the white slots for the install of SL, then I added
2 more stix in the blue slots for a total of 8 GIG

PNY Nvidia 9800 GT EE Video card (above) works OOB

On board sound & Lan work OOB untill I installed "SL update combo 10.6.4"
But just ran "Multibeast" and then works GREAT.......Thanks tonymac
See my "GUIDE" here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4408

DYNEX WiFi card worked OOB in pci slot #1 and SL found it, AirPort worked right away.
No "Kexting" involved Can You Say "Vanilla"
**UPDATE** I bought 3 of these WiFi cards from Geeks.com and now they are out of stock

G5 Case Mod

I wanted to make it as close to a G5 as posible so I bought a
G5 case & a old "Coolermaster" "Wave case" then combined
the Motherboard rack (from the Coolermaster) with the G5 case
by simply cutting out the back of the G5 case to fit all the components....
MOD Found here:
http://www.overclock.net/intel-motherbo ... 3xsli.html

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
tonymac & MacMan for there hard work on this site
& quattrofx for his detailed instructions from his experience found here:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index. ... 203837&hl= This should be a "Sticky"

 

[Blackstar]

Very nice indeed.

 

[HighwayTrucker]

No......

I havnt tried 64 bit.....No need to for me

Sorry I cant help
I may test in the future when I have time

Regards HT

 

[k1ngdv]

HighWayTruckers I am always fascinated with your builds. One question, why are you not interested in 64 bit? and when should one be?

I'm using my Hack mainly for the purpose of recording and mixing music, and was wondering if it would benefit me? Are there any disadvantages of running in 64 bit?

 

[HighwayTrucker]

why are you not interested in 64 bit? and when should one be?

Booting into 32 bit kernel for OS X client is to ensure maximum compatibility especially
for "Third Party Apps" like mixing software or video software .
Until every single app and driver are updated to 64 bit mode you Should not try 64 bit mode.........
Your computer will crash or wont boot at all !!!!

The default SL kernel is 32 bit which is more compatible. Note that the Snow Leopard 32 bit kernel can still run 64 bit processes that allows access to more memory, useful for some power users like you and me

The only reason you have to know about 32bit or 64bit is if you are running windows.
With Windows there is a 4GB total memory limit with 32 bit windows.

Mac OS is different.
Macs running Leopard in 32bit can contain and use far more RAM than the 4 GB limit of
Windows in "32-bit" mode.

Yes, 64-bit kernel (K64) allows use of a very large number of RAM, 16 exabytes to be exact, but do you have any apps that need more than 8 GB of RAM?
Also some apps (older) still do not run in 64bit mode & you will see far more quirks
in 64bit mode then in 32bit mode...........
Yes you are suppose to get higher benchmarks on certain artificial test for running K64, but in daily use you won't notice a difference for what most users do on a Mac.


So Why would I want the headache?
Quite simply I don't

you can read up more on 32bit VS. 64bit on apples tech forum where
most of my explaination is taken from if you need to

Hope this helped

Best Regards HighwayTrucker

 

[k1ngdv]

WELL in that case, please explain to me why I spent hours trying to get 64bit to work with my f&*%ing video card?

Thanks Highwaytrucker, you are a great help as always.

 

[jester969]

HighwayTrucker's Build AKA V84x4
GA-P55A-UD3 - core i7-860 - 9800 GT EE

A little about me:

I am a Trucker Driver (Over the road, owner/operator) for right now because economy....
I use to own a Graphics Design/Sign shop in Keego Harbor, MI. for many years untill the bottom fell out !!! (http://www.performancegraphx.com)
My background consists of Music composing, Video editing, Graphics & Web Design all based
around My first love.............The Computer !!
In my free time I build Web sites on the side for extra PLAY money (My main site http://www.highwaytrucker.com )
I still compose music for TV commercial every once in a while (my Cuz owns a production studio in D.C.)
& as a hobby I love to create & edit videos using Sony Vegas 9.0 pro, Final Cut pro & Flash

My Main System

Mac OS X version 10.6 retail Snow Leopard
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AMHWP8?ie=UTF8

Windows 7 Home Premium
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002DHGMK0?ie=UTF8

GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard Rev. 1.0
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002XDQC4K?ie=UTF8

PNY - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1GB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card
Model: VCG98GTEE1XPB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PY7H6Y?ie=UTF8

Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.80GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KQ5KE8?ie=UTF8

LG GH22LS50 Internal SATA DVD+/-RW with LightScribe OEM
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QVFHHW?ie=UTF8

OCZ Gold 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003V8B408?ie=UTF8

x2 WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001C271MA?ie=UTF8

OCZ 500 Watt ModXStream Pro Modular ATX Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EZMEZO?ie=UTF8

Dynex DX-BGDTC 54Mbps 802.11g Wireless LAN PCI Adapter
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid ... -R&cat=WLS

iogear Bluetooth mini dongle
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018O9JIG?ie=UTF8

Comments:

This build was the most Vanilla i have done thus far (32 bit mode)

The Ram needs to be in the white slots for the install of SL, then I added
2 more stix in the blue slots for a total of 8 GIG

PNY Nvidia 9800 GT EE Video card (above) works OOB

On board sound & Lan work OOB untill I installed "SL update combo 10.6.4"
But just ran "Multibeast" and then works GREAT.......Thanks tonymac
See my "GUIDE" here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4408

DYNEX WiFi card worked OOB in pci slot #1 and SL found it, AirPort worked right away.
No "Kexting" involved Can You Say "Vanilla"
**UPDATE** I bought 3 of these WiFi cards from Geeks.com and now they are out of stock

G5 Case Mod

I wanted to make it as close to a G5 as posible so I bought a
G5 case & a old "Coolermaster" "Wave case" then combined
the Motherboard rack (from the Coolermaster) with the G5 case
by simply cutting out the back of the G5 case to fit all the components....
MOD Found here:
http://www.overclock.net/intel-motherbo ... 3xsli.html

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
tonymac & MacMan for there hard work on this site
& quattrofx for his detailed instructions from his experience found here:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index. ... 203837&hl= This should be a "Sticky"

Does your card work well w/ Final Cut Pro X?

Trying to find out because I have been looking for a good video card for weeks. High end video cards are expensive for me.