compatible build?

[jacklefrost]

Kingston Technology HyperX Blu 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM (Kit of 2) KHX1333C9D3B1K2/8G



Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7850 2 GB GDDR5 DVI-I/HDMI/2x mini-Displayport PCI-Express 3.0 Graphic Card GV-R785OC-2GD






Gigabyte LGA 1155 DDR2 1333 Intel H61 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS GA-H61M-HD2






Raygo T2 Mid Tower Computer Case




Intel Core i5-3470 Quad-Core Processor 3.2 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 - BX80637I53470





Rosewill 630-Watt Green Series 80 PLUS Certified Power Supply RG630-S12





WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache - WD10EZEX

This is my first build ever and I plan on dual booting mountain lion for ios developing/video editing (nothing extreme, just simple commentary/troll videos) and windows 8/7 for gaming/recording. any replies and also any drivers or similar options that you can recommend that would make it compatible is appreciated.

 

[Adrian B]

Hi Jacklefrost,

Components look fine, but be aware of the following:

CPU has HD2500 graphics - not supported

GPU not the easiest to get running - use the search facility (top right of page and put the model number in to it) see other member problems and be comfortable about doing before buying/setting up

HDD may have Boot 0 issue, see guide to fix: http://www.tonymacx86.com/25-boot0-error-official-guide.html

Good Luck

 

[jacklefrost]

thanks for the advice. ill do some more searching on the gpu and i looked over the hard drive error and it doesn't really look like a hard fix. but one more thing, do you think this will fix the hd 2500 compatibility issue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF6pgrog31M
also what is wrong with the cpu i picked, not booting, not installing os, or not loading the unibeast flash drive at all

 

[Adrian B]

Not everyone has got that HD2500 running (its not supported by Apple - it mostly works, but people say it work flawlessly - it doesn't, nor does it have accelerated graphics, OK for text perhaps, but a $30 GPU is far better. Your 7850 may or may not be supported - so do double check this properly. Apple are using Nvidia on the latest iMacs, so these cards are working.

Not sure how running two operating systems on one HDD might give you problems with the Boot 0 problem - that will have an affect across the whole disc I would think - its not an issue for windows though.

 

[jacklefrost]

I read a few recent articles saying that apple released a 10.8.3 update that now supports hd2500 graphics