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Hello I have a Skylake i3 machine built into a case that is about the size of Apex MI-008 (the Thermaltake version of the same chassis). Thermaltake - Global - Element Qi (US) - VL520B1N2U This means a single slot graphics card must do. I originally went with a passively cooled 1 GB MSI. GT...

Hello I am building a replacement for my Mac Mini. I wish to know which graphics cards are 1) supported currently in all versions of El Capitan without Nvidia's drivers and 2) are as much compatible backwards as possible? Is GT 740 my only chance? Or could I go with GT 730? Or which 6xx series...

Hello I have a GT640. It was a recommended part about a year ago. I have one with passive cooling. I keep wondering if the lockups I encounter with VMware would be related to it. And also I would like to upgrade. From what I have seen in the forums, I got the idea that GT640 is a...

Hello Currently there are two kinds of Haswell i3 CPUs. 41x0 and 43x0. The former have HD4400 graphics and the latter have HD4600. Is there any difference in how they are supported? I mean, if I intend to run something else than Mavericks, how far back can I go? Mountain Lion or even plain...

Hello My current system is an Ivy Xeon E3 with an Asus mobo and GT 640 graphics. Problem is, I get uptimes of about a week, but after then there is always some kind of lockup. Usually a locked-up screensaver. I run the hardware monitor that comes with Multibeast. There have been some bugs...

Hello Seems like the CPU choices for the new Mac Pro are clear now. There are four that I know of. Xeon E5-1620 v2, 4 cores / 8 threads, 10MB L3 cache, 130W TDP, 3.7GHz, max. turbo 3.9GHz, $294 Xeon E5-1650 v2, 6 cores / 12 threads, 12MB L3 cache, 130W TDP, 3.5GHz, max. turbo 3.9GHz, $583...

Hello Trying to set boot options via MultiBeast 5.5.3 always result in "The installation failed" for me. There is no boot.plist in this system's /Extra folder. MultiBeast seems unable to create it. I started hackintoshing with 10.8.3 and corresponding version of MultiBeast, and this...

Hi My intention is to document here my progress with my first hackintosh build, an Asus P8C WS with an Ivy Bridge Xeon and ECC RAM. First things first. 1. You can flash a modified BIOS into this motherboard using FTK. Just follow the tutorial, use the supplied batch files, do not try to...

Hello I am currently using a default MacPro3,1 (Early 2008) definition. Since I haven't got yet a working sleep, and there are many other things left to be sorted out, I wonder if I need to experiment with system definitions sooner or later. So, what differences are there between MacPro3,1...

Hello I have Asus P8C WS with latest BIOS from Asus, 3306. The board came with unmodified 3010. I have installed a Mountain Lion system. The installer would not start until I used -x (safe mode) but went ok. After installing, I booted the system. Again, had to do -x (safe mode). I tried...

Hello I wish to explore the possibility of a build using one of the Ivy Bridge Xeons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Xeon_microprocessors#.22Ivy_Bridge.22_.2822_nm.29 Questions I wish to find answers for are... 1. Do these processors work as drop-in replacements on...

Hello I wonder if anyone can suggest a better motherboard than this. If not, then this is what I will have. 1. This one does not have inbuilt bluetooth. I assume Gigabyte does have boards that have functioning Bluetooth OOB in OS X? Having not really ever used it for anything, this is...

Hello I'm planning my first Hackintosh. Willing to settle upon a CPU, I quickly checked through Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i5_microprocessors#.22Ivy_Bridge.22_.28quad-core.2C_22_nm.29 List of Intel Core i5 microprocessors There is i5 3570K. I want a...

Hello I own two Macs and have a machine built from parts that runs linux. I am considering the new Mac Mini or Mac Mini server, but as an option I see hackintosh as a possibility to have the power of a quad core Mac and good graphics. To go through this, step by step, the first is the most...