Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide January 2014

[shelimuddin]

Does any hackintosh's work with external ODD? I don't see any on this guide.

 

[Obvious Answer Man]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide January 2014

Does any hackintosh's work with external ODD? I don't see any on this guide.

Why wouldn't it? Real Macs can work with them.

 

[afakhori]

I'm trying to decide between two Mobos for my HTPC build, but can't find much hackintosh info on them. Does anyone know how well either of these run Mavericks:

[h=1]ASUS H87I-PLUS[/h]or
[h=1]ASRock H87M-ITX[/h]

 

[ferdivdw]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide January 2014

Has anyone attempted a build with the Gigabyte GA-B85N LGA 1150 motherboard currently listed on Newegg's website? I'm excited to try out the M-SATA SSDs, and this board supports it as well as a Mini PCI WiFi card.

Would like to know this also. board is small and full of options, so anyone yet?

 

[Ango]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide January 2014

Anyway, love the Z68XP-UD3P even though it didn't have the onboard Intel NIC I liked in the Z77 boards. May have to try an actual Intel card.

+1 on that. I have had a Z68XP-UD3P build since Lion, today updated all the way to 10.9.1 and it's worked very well. I did have problems with VMWare Fusion and the onboard NIC though; they went away with an Intel NIC.

 

[macduck13]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide January 2014

I have successfully completed and configured my first Hackintosh build a few weeks ago. I want to thank this site and everyone's notes without which I would be lost. Everything works except iMessage.



My configuration is:

• Gigabyte Z87 LGA 1150 2-Way SLI Overclock ATX Motherboard (GA-Z87X-OC)
  
• Intel Core i5-4670K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.4 GHZ 6 MB Cache - BX80646I54670K
  
• Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10)
  
• Corsair CX Series 500 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze ATX12V/EPS12V 456 Power Supply CX500M
  
• SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SDSSDX-120G-G25
  
• Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST1000DM003
  
• EVGA GeForce GT 640 2048MB GDDR3 Dual DVI, mHDMI Graphics Cards 02G-P4-2643-KR
  
• TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter,2.4GHz 450Mbps/5Ghz 450Mbps, Include Low-profile Bracket
  
• Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920, 1080p Widescreen Video Calling and Recording
  
• Optiarc SATA DVD RW Burner Drive with DVD+R DL Overburn up to 8.7GB, Black (5280S-CB-PLUS)
  
• IOGEAR Bluetooth 4.0 USB Micro Adapter (GBU521)
  
• Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
  
• Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64bit (Full) System Builder OEM DVD 1 Pack
  
• (Note 1) I already had a couple of Dell monitors, Dell usb keyboard and Dell usb mouse. I also had an ATX case from an old computer.
  
• (Note 2) I already had a Apple wireless keyboard and Magic mouse

 

[srydy]

Will I be able to build a system with the Intel Core i7-4770K and fit it into the Apex MI-008 case? I am concerned about the power supply, will the 250W supply be sufficient for the i7?

 

[trs96]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide January 2014

Will I be able to build a system with the Intel Core i7-4770K and fit it into the Apex MI-008 case? I am concerned about the power supply, will the 250W supply be sufficient for the i7?

A better choice would be the CoolerMaster Elite 130. You can then use a 500W or more PSU and also
have room for a dual slot gfx card. Cooling is also much better in the CoolerMaster case.

 

[Clawish]

Hello there!
just a brief question:
You are listing the "GA-H87-D3H"as a compatible mainboard. Will the "GA-H87-HD3" work as well?
Thanks in advance.

 

[trs96]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide January 2014

Hello there!
just a brief question:
You are listing the "GA-H87-D3H"as a compatible mainboard. Will the "GA-H87-HD3" work as well?
Thanks in advance.

Will work the same. Just has fewer features. Looks like the only extras with the D3H are a
TPM header and a water cooling fan header that the HD3 doesn't have. Check the GA
website for all the details.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4491#ov