Budget MacPro 8 Core 2.5GHz $700 (8800 GeekBench)

[lwestlie]

lwestlie's Build: Quad Core 2.5GHz Xeon L5420 x2 | Radeon 6450​

Product - Total Price - Source

Quad Core 2.5GHz Xeon L5420 x2 - Ebay - $50

SUPERMICRO MBD-X7DCA-L Dual LGA 771 Micro ATX Server Motherboard - $239 - Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182158

4GB DDR2 667 ECC - $22 - Ebay

XFX Radeon 6450 W/ 1GB DDR3 - $34.99 AR - Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150567

Thermaltake CL-P0303 CPU Fan x2 - $75 - Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106165

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W - $43 AR - Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017

OCZ Agility 60GB SSD - $55 AR - Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=ShellShocker-_-20-227-725-_-04022012_1

LIAN LI PC-A05NB Black Aluminum ATX Mini Tower -$100 - Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112218

Total: $619


Comments

Everything worked out of the box using UniBeast and Lion from the app store. Had to use MultiBeast to enable ALC888 HDA for onboard 7.1 channel audio and NullCPUPM to prevent kernel panic at boot.

 

[cometinspace]

Sounds awesome, pictures?

 

[lwestlie]

Note: Sleep does not work out of the box and I'm using a USB Wifi adapter. BIOS always reports low temp, runs very quite.

I'll add some higher quality pics later

 

[RLDP]

I have a similar setup using the onboard gpu, 8gigs of ram, and encased in the half length 1u rack mount server cases. Did you need to make a custom dsdt or etc to get this to work? I am new to the hackintosh scene and I have 5 of these systems I'd like to switch over (I only paid $225 each on ebay ). Any help would be appreciated.

 

[slv335i]

Nice build but wouldn't a over clocked 2500k build be faster? Don't get me wrong I am a fan of dual CPUs.

 

[RLDP]

But at $250 for 8 physical cores with 8gigs of ram, 250gig Hdd psu etc it's less than the hackintosh mini build. but I agree at the $700 price point the i5 would be stiff competition

 

[suhas.ghodake]

Does Wireless and Bluetooth work on this setup / rig? If no, did you do something special to make it work?

 

[cougar147]

I'm trying to install Mountain Lion on a similar system (without the graphics card). The system boots up to the Cameleon but the system freezes (can't type anything nor enter to load the USB that contains the ML). What do I do now? This USB flash drive containing the ML system works on other system. Thanks for your help.

 

[cougar147]

Never mind about my last post. Got it to work really nicely. All 8 cores (8 threads) are running with ML.