- Joined
- Jul 19, 2012
- Messages
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- Motherboard
- GA-Z68XP-UD3
- CPU
- i5-2500k @ 3,4 Ghz
- Graphics
- MSI Nvidia GTX970
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
cstre's Build: i5-2500K - GA-Z68XP-UD3 - 16GB RAM - Sapphire Radeon 6870
Components:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 F9
http://www.amazon.de/GigaByte-GA-Z68XP-UD3-Mainboard-Sockel-Speicher/dp/B0055057HG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344328973&sr=8-1
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB 1600Mhz
http://www.amazon.de/Corsair-Vengeance-Arbeitsspeicher-240-polig-DDR3-RAM/dp/B004RFBIUU/ref=sr_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1344329198&sr=1-5
PSU: Be quiet! Pure Power CM BQT L8-CM-630W
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005JRGVBQ
Case: Fractal Design Define R3 Titanium Grey
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B005M17EQU
SATA CD/DVD: SONY OPTIARC AD-7280S
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0057FRTPW
WiFi: TP-Link TL-WDN4800
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B006PMX964
SSD: OCZ Agility 3 120GB
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B004Z0S6SO
Already Owned
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3,41 Ghz
http://www.amazon.de/Intel-Prozessor-i5-2500K-Cache-Sockel/dp/B004FA8NX2/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1344329046&sr=1-1
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB
http://www.amazon.de/SAPPHIRE-Radeon-DL-DVI-I-SL-DVI-D-DisplayPort/dp/B004R7MTPQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1344329167&sr=1-1
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002MQC0P8
Mouse: Steelseries Ikari Optical
http://www.amazon.de/SteelSeries-62000-Ikari-Optical-Mouse/dp/B000ITXM7Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1344329605&sr=1-1
Keyboard: Steelseries 6Gv2
http://www.amazon.de/SteelSeries-6Gv2-Gaming-Tastatur-Deutsch/dp/B00432WD38/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1344329633&sr=1-1
Tablet: Wacom Intuos 4 XL A3
http://www.amazon.de/Wacom-Intuos-wide-version-Grafiktablett/dp/B001WAKDUY/ref=sr_1_7?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1344329721&sr=1-7
OS: Mac OS X Lion App Store
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-lion/id444303913?mt=12
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
http://www.amazon.de/Microsoft-Windows-Premium-Systembuilder-Deutsch/dp/B00339R3L4/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1344329854&sr=1-1
several external USB Drives..
Comments:
After owning a Macbook for four years now i decided that it's time to get a new mac. I mainly work with Photoshop CS5, InDesign CS5 and Illustrator CS5 so my intention was to get a strong machine which can easily handle big files (especially in PS).
Before i could buy a new one, i was introduced to Hackintoshs and was immediatly blown away. I bought a gaming PC last year, so i realized that i could maybe use some of the parts of it and safe even more money rather than buying a new Mac.
So now, after reading and reading and reading LOTS of threads and guides i finally built my very first hackintosh
I chose the hardware which i bought new because i've seen quite a few builds with similar components and they all seemed to work easily.
I wanted to get parts which work perfectly fine with my already owned components.
I didn't buy a new fan though since i'm not going to OC anytime soon i think.
Basically i followed Gordo's Z68 Clean Install Guide (thanks again Gordo, great work for a beginner like me!) and it worked flawlessly!
The only issue i ran into was not being able to log into the Mac App Store or iCloud but i could easily fix that by deleting NetworkInterfaces.plist
and then reboot.
For proper BIOS configuration this guide helped my a lot: http://lnx2mac.blogspot.de/2010/07/optimal-bios-configuration.html
I didn't install Win7 yet but i am definitely going to, because i like to play a good game from time to time.. ;-)
So far everything seems to be working. Dunno about ethernet and USB 3.0 though, didn't use it yet. But i don't see why it shouldn't.
Geekbench scores, screenshots etc are coming soon when i have the time to spend some time with my new lovely Mac Pro
Probably around thursday..Comments and questions are welcome! If anything is missing, i apologize so just tell me!
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all the best
MultiBeast Configuration for Lion 10.7.4
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I, too, have a Fractal R3, and it's so quiet that it's a pleasure to listen to my iTunes selections while working on the computer.
