About to jump into the Hackintosh world, Please check my gear before I make the leap of faith!

[Macproject_kk]

Hi Team!
I've been a long time lurker on tonymacx86, and have finally pulled the spare cash to put together a 'Hackintosh' (Sold the motorbike!!!)

I've followed the Jan 2013 buyers guide for the Mac Mini Deluxe, and this is what I've pulled so far.
Processor: Intel Core i5 3570K
Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H60 SE CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77N-WIFI Mini ITX Motherboard
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB
SSD: SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive 240GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance CML16GX3M2A1600C10 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3
Power: Corsair TX-650M Modular Power Supply
Case: BitFenix Prodigy Warrior Mini-ITX Case
Native wifi & bluetooth: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 450Mbps Wireless N PCIe Adaptor
USB to place multibeast, ML on whilst I use my Gf's Mac: SanDisk Cruzer Slice 32GB USB Flash Drive
See http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=wish_lists&wlcId=129882&action=wish_lists


Im confident I've done enough research to warrant this a good looking beast.
My only questions are
- Has anyone had any issues with above system?
- I'll be running a few CAD programs now and again, and a little bit of Gaming Civ, Borderlands 2 etc. Do you think its got the grunt?
- Can I use a less powerful Power supply since im using a SSD? 650W sounds like alot.

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[Going Bald]

Hi Team!
I've been a long time lurker on tonymacx86, and have finally pulled the spare cash to put together a 'Hackintosh' (Sold the motorbike!!!)

I've followed the Jan 2013 buyers guide for the Mac Mini Deluxe, and this is what I've pulled so far.
Processor: Intel Core i5 3570K
Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H60 SE CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77N-WIFI Mini ITX Motherboard
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB
SSD: SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive 240GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance CML16GX3M2A1600C10 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3
Power: Corsair TX-650M Modular Power Supply
Case: BitFenix Prodigy Warrior Mini-ITX Case
Native wifi & bluetooth: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 450Mbps Wireless N PCIe Adaptor
USB to place multibeast, ML on whilst I use my Gf's Mac: SanDisk Cruzer Slice 32GB USB Flash Drive
See http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=wish_lists&wlcId=129882&action=wish_lists


Im confident I've done enough research to warrant this a good looking beast.
My only questions are
- Has anyone had any issues with above system?
- I'll be running a few CAD programs now and again, and a little bit of Gaming Civ, Borderlands 2 etc. Do you think its got the grunt?
- Can I use a less powerful Power supply since im using a SSD? 650W sounds like alot.

Thanks in advance!!!

It is going to be kinda difficult to install 2 different PCIe cards in the same slot, don't you think?
Your board only has one PCIe slot - best to put the gfx card there and get one of these http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-AR5BHB92-Dual-band-802-11b-Toshiba/dp/B009HN63QQ/ to replace the mPCIe WiFi/BT card if you want WiFi
500W PSU would be plenty for this build - don't go less than 450W as that is the minimum requirement for the GPU listed by EVGA specs.

 

[Macproject_kk]

Oh wow that was a major oversight.
Thanks for the heads up.

I don't think it will be hard to track down a similar part in Aus.

Cheers!

 

[Going Bald]

Oh wow that was a major oversight.
Thanks for the heads up.

I don't think it will be hard to track down a similar part in Aus.

Cheers!

Can always order it from China thru eBay if you have to.

Or, if you can get Dell parts, DW1515 is the same card.