Thanks iTz Crush, just didn't have time to do a video of the build, but when finished I may do a fly-by to show what I ended up doing.
Finally added a firewire card without problems - seems to sleep/wake, and connect without issue so far with no driver changes, just plug and play. I chose the...
Have been having a long think about heat removal - But before I hacked the case again, I did a "best case" comparison to be sure that some other factor was not limiting heat transfer. I ran the machine under full load (using Prime95 to max out the processors) with the case as it is (still with...
Thanks mini hack - Thoughts are always welcome!
My sealing up and running the tests again showed little improvement - At idle the temp difference reduced to 7°C, but under load the temp rise was the same at 20°C.
My original thinking was to have air in at the bottom front, air out at top rear...
Thanks roto31,
I have just run a bunch of temperature tests just to get a view as to what is missing here. Your right - I am not turning air over fast enough from inside the case. But I can't see an obvious place for another fan, however, I have some other possible ideas below:
At idle, the...
Thanks Minihack,
I guess I am happy with performance, and the minor issues I have had and solved (with massive help from this forum) have greatly improved my confidence in making a Hackintosh, so it has been a worthwhile experiment. However, there is always room for improvement and after...
I agree with most of what you say roto31, if I had stayed with the stock cooler or gone liquid cooled I could have a much neater build. Yours is a very neat solution, and perhaps I should have ignored over clocking for my first build - I just wanted everything. It was the desire to max out the...
Sorry about the image, can't seem to get google drive to share them. Will try to fix or sign up for dropbox.
Edit : Attaching a file seems to work so will have added another picture below, showing the modified drive bay, and mounting it upside down. Deffinitely not ideal, I will probably make...
ToastChem Build - GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 - Core i7-2600K - HD6870
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At last I took the final leap and ordered the following parts and built my first Hackintosh. Nothing special about the components - several others have posted the same components, but the use of an old G3/G4 case was a...
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