Recent content by Thunderpants

Sorry for this very late reply. I'm contemplating this machine as well, and wondered about which of the many processors on offer makes the best compromise between power, heat, battery life, etc. Turns out they all consume the same amount of power and they all offer miserable battery life...

Great to hear it's going well... hope that bluetooth thingy comes up trumps. How awesome is your new machine?

Don't worry, USB 3 will eventually work. It's just a pain in the derriere at this stage of setting things up. (I had the same problem as I recall) I also had that white screen problem, which drove me nuts. The only solution I found, by trial and error, was by selecting a different mac-variant...

No, you don't get millions of updates every week. I haven't seen any disruptive system updates since building my machine in Autumn last year. There was an Aluminium Keyboard update last week which I installed. It had zero impact on my life, the stability of my machine, or the wellbeing of my...

I'd build my own machine too for all the reasons already given. (in fact, I already did.) But to be fair to Apple, nothing you can build will ever be as cute / compact as a Mac Mini, and the Mac Mini will probably be worth something in 5 years time, whereas your own creation will be worth...

Is your Mountain Lion installer plugged into a USB 3 port (one of the blue ones) - try putting it in another port of the USB 2 variety.

That looks awesome and should be fine. I don't know why you want a sound card or if it'll work -- audio on the UP5 works great. I also can't say anything about that Bluray drive. Other than that you are 100% on safe ground. Have fun!

Processor and video card are fine... no idea about the motherboard. But look what I found (see awesome search function, above) http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-lion-desktop-support/84359-hackintosh-noob-asrock-z77-extreme-4-a.html Video tutorials! Holy cow! Great job MrNeal0216!

Whatever you do, avoid the Samsung S24B150. Worst monitor ever!

"I am not going to be over-clocking the processor. The price difference is US$ 30 between 3570K and 3570. Should I get the 3570 instead?" Definitely. The "K" just means the processor has been unlocked, and can easily be overclocked. If you won't overclock, there is no sense in spending extra on...

Personally I would ditch the Dell monitor...getting something a little less wonderful would half the costs. I'd also save a few $$s with the processor -- unless you're sure you'll get round to overclocking that thing. (I have the 3770K and I have to admit I might as well have saved 40 Euros by...

I've got the 660 and I'm not sure if I'd recommend it. For most games it is fine and together with the i7-3770 it makes a pretty awesome system... but I have had one or two problems, specifically in Borderlands 2. In Mac OS I have to switch off pretty much all SFX in the game or I get weird and...

The chances are that any power supply will have far more connectors than you'll ever need, and not too few. Actually, if I was buying a new one today I might go for a modular power supply, in which only the bare essentials are hard wired and all the other cables are detachable. I have the...

I have never used either of those, but I would venture to say that the 750 watt PSU you're looking at is probably major overkill. With that graphic card you could probably get away with a 350 watt PSU. I would aim for 500 to 600 watts. (thought I am quite noobish so if someone knows better I...

I have the GTX 660 (non Ti) which is cheaper than the 660TI, but I can't say I'm over the moon about it. It works fine but I don't really see it as being a quantum leap from the ancient graphic card in my 2009 imac (Radeon 4850, I believe.) The only game I play at the moment is Borderlands 2...