Before i buy, will it work?

[Paul]

you forgot to include the keyboard, mouse or other accesories, LAN or something in the power supply

 

[jimx86]

Don't worry... those will take up so little power it won't matter.
And sorry, I didn't see your edit.. or was that already there.

Edit: In the PSU calculator it says the keyboard and mouse are already accounted for, and the LAN is on the motherboard, so it counts as the motherboard's power.

 

[Paul]

ok dude thanks, your cool you helped me alot, how about you what do you have? and i want to know more about how to make the hackintosh work, maybe you could help me

 

[jimx86]

Actually, I'm testing a new build next saturday. It uses an i7 1366 X58 motherboard, not P55, but if you want the build I have windows 7 on, here it is:

i7-860
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 GB
P55A-UD3 Gigabyte
500 GB HDD western digital
Corsair TX650 PSU

Anyways, I'm going out for lunch, so I'll talk to you again in about 30 minutes.

 

[Paul]

alright thanks, and how much does that cost?

 

[tonymacx86]

PS: Tony, all [newegg] links are broken...

Unfortunately, the trick doesn't work with newegg.ca- just changed to newegg.com- and they all work.

 

[Paul]

tony just wanted to let you know that i like what you do, i thank you alot for doing those stuff, if everything works im definetly going to donate. thanks dude.

 

[tinkerC]

Actually, I'm testing a new build next saturday. It uses an i7 1366 X58 motherboard, not P55, but if you want the build I have windows 7 on, here it is:

i7-860
G.Skill Ripjaws 4 GB
P55A-UD3 Gigabyte
500 GB HDD western digital
Corsair TX650 PSU

Anyways, I'm going out for lunch, so I'll talk to you again in about 30 minutes.

I am interested in seeing the LGA 1366 setup, if you could post it.

Tom

 

[Lnx2Mac]

Note that this is all automatically done by the BIOS when you select the XMP RAM profile...
As for the overclock, it's a tiny bump from 2660MHz to 2720MHz...

I heard that with the i5 series, the Gigabyte boards don't automatically bump the RAM to 1600.

True. It defaults at SPD... Even with my i7-860.

However, once you select XMP, it does all automagically.

The 2720MHz I posted above was taken from my wife's rig (P55M-UD4 + i5-750 + Eco's1600@CL7)...

 

[jimx86]

alright thanks, and how much does that cost?

Hey, I'm back. The setup cost about $900. I did find a good deal on the CPU at Micro Center, though (it was $200).