Build Power Hackintosh Sandy Bridge today!

[theshiv]

This is great, thanks!!

One question: Can you suggest a micro-ATX motherboard?

I want to build a SB hack with 5 SATA connections (4 hard drives, 1 DVD drive), and I'm having difficulty finding a compatible motherboard for SB. The Lynnfield board on the CustoMac page is perfect, just not, you know...compatible!

Thanks again!

Haven't got it as I don't believe in small and wanted a P board for a powerhouse but how about the Asus P8H67-M, got 6 SATA.

I thought that the off-white (6g/s) ports were off-limits for Hackintosh builds? Is that not true?

 

[eelhead]

I think that was in reference to a certain board if I'm not mistaken.

 

[dejongj]

This is great, thanks!!

One question: Can you suggest a micro-ATX motherboard?

I want to build a SB hack with 5 SATA connections (4 hard drives, 1 DVD drive), and I'm having difficulty finding a compatible motherboard for SB. The Lynnfield board on the CustoMac page is perfect, just not, you know...compatible!

Thanks again!

Haven't got it as I don't believe in small and wanted a P board for a powerhouse but how about the Asus P8H67-M, got 6 SATA.

I thought that the off-white (6g/s) ports were off-limits for Hackintosh builds? Is that not true?

If that was the case I wouldn't be running my Vertex 3 at 515MB/s would I

 

[theshiv]

I thought that the off-white (6g/s) ports were off-limits for Hackintosh builds? Is that not true?

If that was the case I wouldn't be running my Vertex 3 at 515MB/s would I

Okay, clearly I'm a noob at this, so the 6gb/s ports can be used just the same as the 3gb/s ports?

I ask because I've seen several times where it's been instructed to only use the 3gb/s ports, and I just want to make sure that there aren't any caveats with the 6gb/s ports. Like, you can only use them with certain components, you can only use them on Sundays, don't use them past midnight, etc., etc.

Many thanks!

 

[dejongj]

Well it might be different for other motherboards, but both my intel and Marvell 6gb ports work fine.

 

[huntdilan]

I'm not sure, I used the Lifehacker guide for mine - mind you I'm not running Sandy Bridge either.

I see! Thank you again!

9800gtx Works yes!
- change LG dvd burner for DVD in list

Thanks for the info!

Okay, I'll change it to Sony Optiarc! Was I going to have some sort of trouble with the LG or what?

 

[jpa]

Thanks for the info!

Okay, I'll change it to Sony Optiarc! Was I going to have some sort of trouble with the LG or what?

Not sleep correct

Sony works

 

[dejongj]

What does that mean the lg does not sleep correct? Mine sleeps perfectly, doesn't wake up fair enough but I hadn't attributed that to the blu ray drive.

 

[callan280]

Triple Channel Mem kits for a Dual Channel Board???

 

[unit009]

After reading this thread (and several others while waiting for HOURS for an After Effects comp to render), I feel inspired to try my hand at this...

This will be my first build, so can you guys point out what I am not seeing? Will these components work together? I'd like to have as close to a vanilla osx as possible.

• Fractal Design Define R3 Titanium Grey ATX Mid Tower Silent PC Computer Case[/*:m:v822yqc1]
• Thortech Thunderbolt 1000W TTBK00G Power Supply
  (or should I go with the CORSAIR Enthusiast TX850 V2 850W)
  [/*:m:v822yqc1]
• ASUS P8P67 PRO (REV 3.0) ATX Intel Motherboard
  [/*:m:v822yqc1]
• Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
  [/*:m:v822yqc1]
• CORSAIR CWCH60 Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
  [/*:m:v822yqc1]
• EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SE (Fermi) 01G-P3-1366-TR Video Card
  (or the SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870? NVidia has CUDA for Adobe stuff, which I would like)
  [/*:m:v822yqc1]
• CORSAIR DOMINATOR 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
  [/*:m:v822yqc1]
• OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD3-2VTX120G 3.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
  [/*:m:v822yqc1]
• Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model AD-7260S-0B
  [/*:m:v822yqc1]
• Rosewill RCR-IC001 40-in-1 USB 2.0 3.5" Internal Card Reader w/ USB port / Extra silver face plate
  [/*:m:v822yqc1]
• Targus ACB10US1 Bluetooth 2.0 Adapter[/*:m:v822yqc1]

newegg total: $1,528.88