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    Best way to Clone HD?

    So had a bit of panic today when thinking my boot drive my have died, but lucky it came back. So thinking about replacing it - Samsung EVO 500. If I want to back up right now (and wait on purchase of new EVO 500) -> Can I use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the boot drive to an external HD and...
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    How much can GPU upgrade help with Adobe LR/Premiere?

    What's a good good GPU under $200 to pair with: i7 8700k, 32g Ram, GIGABYTE Z370? I've been using a i7-3700k rig based on Slugnet's golden build and would like to upgrade my CPU, Mobo and memory for working with Sony .raw photos in Lightroom and 4k video in Premiere. I never did get a GPU -...
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    Modular PSU for future i7-8700K build

    Would like to upgrade my current power supply to modular with the thought that some time this spring I'd like to upgrade cpu/mobo/ram to a 8700k build. Right now running Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H + i7-3770k. This past build was way too messy - didn't use half the crap coming out of the PSU. Was...
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    How to determine random shutdown

    My hack keeps randomly shutting down. When I go to console > sys log -- the last/previous entry before I booted back up is some common safari TCP error. If the CPU overheated would that be a reason why sys log wouldn't contain any info?
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    Service exited with 255 error

    I'm having grey screen come up when trying to boot from Unibeast USB. I had good results using Clover and El Cap with my setup using this guide - everything has been working fine - I just like to wipe and re-install every year or so. Not sure if everything is working fine right now - why I'd be...
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    What's the easiest LP to Hackintosh?

    Can someone throw out the top 3 easiest laptops to get Mac running on?
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    Can I boot from a cloned partition?

    Looking to clone my OSX disc - wondering if I can partition an external HD and boot from the partition?
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    USB Help for GA-Z77X-UD5H

    I'm swamped trying to comb through all the various explanations of why this and that USB hub isn't working and how to fix it - so for giggles I thought I'd just ask about my specific situation. I'd like to get all the USB ports working properly at USB 3.0. I think my top two USB ports on the...
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    Anyone going back/sticking with Mavericks?

    So I built a Hackintosh - wonderful. Been working great with Mavericks. Now I'd like Yosemite - Is it me? or has the time investment to get my rig working with Yo quadrupled? I'm thinking of just sticking with Mavericks for a while. Any drawbacks with sticking with Mavericks? I primarily use...
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    WHOA! Memory module I bought last year is double $$$$ ?!?

    Hey there, last year I bought Corsair Vengeance LP 16gb for 90 bucks. Was thinking I'd pick up another 16 for my Hackie and it's now freakin 170!??!!?!? What gives?! Can I use a different module? Thanks!
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    Gigabyte Z77x-UD5H and USB 3

    So I'm reading through the posts here and am so confused. On Mavericks. Can anyone with experience with this board explain to me what I need to do to make my two front (non-motherboard) usb ports usb 3.0? When I go look at drivers - they're all for windows right?
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    Kext/Driver for Old Ralink 2870/Ralink 2820

    Been hunting around on this problem but have yet to find a solution. I've ordered the tonymac recommended wifi adapter and it's on its way ... but I thought I'd see if I could get this old Rosewill dongle working: Model RNX-N2X Chipset Ralink 2870+ Ralink 2820 I tried this...
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    Sound skips on Z77X-UD5H (ALC898)

    First time Hackintosher. Having some issues trying to setup sound on this ud5h. I installed the latest version of MultiBeast without DSDT ALC898/HDAEnabler. When I play music, about every fifteen seconds there's a skip. I'm plugged into to the bottom green jack in back. Also in Sys Pref/Sound -...
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    Windows Boot Manager giving me problems

    Hey there. So finally am trying to install OSX (Mavericks) after having the parts for some time and running Windows 7. I want to go OSX only. So wiped all HDs using disk utility. Installed OSX on one. Then when I try to boot I get Windows Boot Manager telling me win failed to start. What gives...
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    Can I use a Cloned HD?

    I've got a 500 gig SSD in my work Macbook Pro... can I clone that on to another 500 gig SSD and use that for a Hackintosh??
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    Confused by Sandisk Extreme // Extreme II

    Amazon is telling me there's a newer version of the Sandisk Extreme SSD 240gig I want to buy... Extreme II... I've been waiting for the drive (linked off the buying guide) to drop below 160 and Newegg's got one for 159 right now... is there a difference between them?
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    i7 3770k Low Floating Point Scores

    i7 3770k/Gigabyte UD5H/Vengence 16g Ram So I ordered some cooling and in prep for OC I've been running some Geekbench tests and my results at standard clock are comparable to others except for floating point which usually comes in in the high 14000's ... which results in an overall lower...
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    Liquid cooler compatible with my case?

    COOLER MASTER Seidon 240M -- thinking of getting this to cool my i7 3770k. I'm wondering: will it be compatible with my Antec 900 case?
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    Too hot 3770k + UD5H

    Can someone give me some reliable OC settings for my rig? All the guides I've tried don't work. I must be doing something wrong because any kind of tweak I do --- my temps rocket up to high 90s without much tempting. I'm using cinema 4d and with some of these oc settings -- as soon as I hit...
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    Already got Windows 7 on 1st HD -- can I add Lion on 2nd HD?

    Dual Boot: Got Windows 7 on 1st HD -- can I add Lion on 2nd HD? I bought parts for Hackintosh a while ago but ended up installing Win 7 to get up and running quickly. Anyway I've got three HDs here. HD.1 has got Win7 installed. Can I pop that out and put blank HD.2 on SATA.1 and install OSX on...
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