My First Hackintosh, How do my components look?

[ZeroX14]

Hello, this is my first Hackintosh build and I would to get some opinions on the parts I've picked.

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge CPU
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007SZ ... PDKIKX0DER


Gigabyte AMD Radeon 7750x2 (in Crossfire)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0079X ... PDKIKX0DER

OCZ Vertex 128GB
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007R1 ... PDKIKX0DER

Corsair Vengeance 8GB RAM
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QB ... PDKIKX0DER

Seagate Barracuda 2TB HDD
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005T3 ... PDKIKX0DER

Corsair H60 Water Cooling System
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004MY ... PDKIKX0DER

ASUS 24x Optical Drive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0033Z ... PDKIKX0DER

NZXT HALE90 750W PSU
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YF ... PDKIKX0DER

TP-Link TL-WN951N PCI Wifi Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0034C ... QARHSP90B8

IOGear Bluetooth 4.0 USB Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007GF ... PDKIKX0DER

Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0054O ... PDKIKX0DER

I'm waiting for Mountain Lion to be released for native Ivy Bridge and USB 3.0 support (right?). Thanks!

 

[thelostswede]

You have a fair few issues there.

1. Your graphics cards aren't supported (and worst case may never be), as they're too new.
2. CrossFire isn't supported in OS X.
3. That motherboard needs a BIOS update before it works with Ivy Bridge CPUs and it might not be possible to do that with an Ivy Bridge CPU inserted, so you'd need access to a Sandy Bridge CPU.

 

[ZeroX14]

So what would you recommend for an Ivy Bridge motherboard and a mid range graphics card?

 

[thelostswede]

I'd recommend to wait until after Mountain Lion launches which is expected to be on the 25th, then we'll have a better idea as to what works and what doesn't.

 

[awer25]

So what would you recommend for an Ivy Bridge motherboard and a mid range graphics card?

I second the opinion to wait, but if you can't (my situation), there is a setup that seems to work out of the box with Mountain Lion GM and with Lion as well. It's the setup I just bought.

Main components are:
Ivy Bridge i5 or i7 (I got the i5-3570K)
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H mobo
nVidia GTX 6xx GPU (I went with the Gigabyte 670)

Keep in mind that SLI/Crossfire don't work in OSX, so if you need GPU power with OSX get the single most powerful and compatible card you can (currently the GTX 690 IIRC).

Also, if you read the reviews of that BT adapter, you'll see it doesn't work with Macs. I'm still looking for a BT 4.0 adapter that is compatible, so if you find one let me know! Sorry, apparently this one works great with a small kext edit. I'm getting one now!

 

[thelostswede]

Where did you find that kext?

 

[ZeroX14]

So, taking everyone's input and doing some additional research I'm updating the components. Using everything from above except:

GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (Wi-Fi + Bluetooth)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007R2 ... PDKIKX0DER

(For reference and installation viewtopic.php?f=54&t=61197)

SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 PCIE Graphics Card

http://www.amazon.com/SAPPHIRE-Radeon-6 ... ef=lh_ni_t


Thanks Guys!


Update: Oh and I found a aftermarket fan for OCing, the COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO to be exact.
I plan on Ocing to 4.1GHz with a 1.3 Vcore

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005O6 ... 6J1KVR2O2V

 

[thelostswede]

You don't have to tweak the Voltage for a low overclock that like

 

[ZeroX14]

So, with everything considered, what do you think of my build?

 

[thelostswede]

Looking good