Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide March 2013

[bdj]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide March 2013

My system;

Gigabyte GA Z77x UD5H
i5 3570k
8gig ddr3 1600
LG Blu-ray burner
SATA2 80gb WD hdd
Corsair TX 650 PSU
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
TP-Link PCI Express Wifi Adapter

I am running Mountain Lion on this system. I will probably add a second SATA2 80gb WD hdd in a little while.


BDJ

 

[Yaso-hus]

First of all i just want to thank everyone working and helping in this forum EVERYONE..
I wish we can pay back for your help..

i finally planned to get new custom PC and hackintosh is one of the reason for getting new rig..So i decided to go with CustoMac pro but for my bad luck i can't get all parts down here..and if i buy it online it'll double the cost for me..
CPU i can get it
MOBO they said still not out so can i get any other brand would work out of box with Z77 chip??if yes then please tell us what's the best option we can go for(ASUS-MSI-ASROCK..etc ) ..
Will the built-in Lan card would work ??
Ram (16GB) also not there yet so can we get Kingstone OCZ or any other brands??if yes then please mention it up there like you did for Graphic cards.. and do it with any other parts if possible..
Graphic available with different brand so im sure it's not a problem..
storage i guess it's optional so i got SSD vertex 4 (For OS)and HDD 1 TB blue WD(For data)..
power supply wifi card and case are optional so no problem ..

I hope it's not too much too answer but i'm sure it'll help a lot of people who doesn't get these parts..

Thanks again

 

[Fanuelz]

sorry i think the storage at the custom mac pro is missing from your list?

 

[MilkDudBud]

Love this guide! I just found this ill thing on Newegg that I think would be awesome for OCers;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999196

 

[quetzal]

Hi I have a simple question, wifi works on customacs or only with pci-e components involved? I keep searching for this but the information found it's not completely clear.Thank you.

 

[Thindboy]

Hi,

I have 2 Questions about my maybe future Hackitosh Mini Build:

Intel Core i5-3570K (I will not overclock this!)
Gigabyte GA-Z77N
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3-RAM
SanDisk 128GB SSD
LG BH16NS40 5.25" Internal BluRay Drive
No HDD
No Graphics Card

1. Would the Onboard Graphics incl. Acceleration work fine? or do i need to have a graphics card? (I am not a Gamer!)

2. Is 250 Watt enough Power for this Hackintosh Mini?

I hope everything in my build is hackintosh compatible. Please let me know if you guys see something wrong.

Thanx for this amazing guide.

 

[barkinos98]

Is there a reason why a GTX670 4GB model shouldn't work? I'm thinking of the 670FTW 4GB specifically. Also, I'm thinking of dual booting with Win8 for casual gaming, and since my budget allows i will get 2 of those cards. I know SLI doesnt exactly work in OSX, but does that mean every time I boot into OSX i have to remove the bridge and the second card?

Lots of love from Turkey.

 

[ghope5]

ghope5 - March 20th, 2013, 03:30 PM

I just finished my costomac build, folowing your guid, my component list is
Z77X-UD5H Gigabytes motherboard
i7-3770 LGA 1155 intel processor
2 x 8 gig Corsair xms3 ram
TP-Link450Mbps wireless n duel band pci express adapter
LG WH14NS40 Black 12 BLU-RAY Burner 16x DVDRW
Kingston SSDnow V300 SV3003N7A/120G 2.5 120GB SATA III SSD
Asus GTX650E-2GD5 2GB GTX 650 Graphics Card
Antec Case that I all ready had
OCZ 700 Watt power supply

I booted this up with the onboard graphics as I had some problems booting in the beginning
everything is working, I am very happy, thankyou for all the info on your sight
I would now like to install the Asus GTX 650 graphics card is there anything that I need to do prior
to installinh this card, do I need drivers if so where do I get them
Thank You in advance

 

[juand.mad]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide March 2013

Hi thanx to everyone and tonymac for create this page is amazing.

I just brought my custom mac pro each part and this is the computer parts:

Intel Core i7-3770.
Ram 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3
Mother Board GA-Z77X-UD5H
Hard Drive Sata 1 GB
wifi pci express

graphics: no card.

I have 2 questions:

1. Wich graphic card can I use to use multiple ( double) monitor for the custom mac pro?

2. can I install snow leopard in this machine?, If i can it would be great because 10.6.8 system works better for me in Pro Tools.


thanx, with love from Colombia.

 

[life-style]

Hi. I'm planing to buy next configuration
CPU: i7 3770
RAM: Corsair 2x4GB DDR3 1600Mhz Vengeance Blue LP Edition CL9-9-9-24 Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9B
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
Graphics: ASUS gt640 2GB DD3
Hard disk: SATA III seagate barracude 1 tb 7300rpm 64MB
WiFi: TL-WN881ND

And i have a question - does this configuration is ok? there is two difference from guide's config - 1) RAM model CML8GX3M2A1600C9B however in guide it CML8GX3M2A1600C9 2) WiFi adapter is those hardware is compatible?! and in addition this hard disk is ok for macOS?
thnx.