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- GA-P55A-UDP4
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- i7 875k
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- ATI Radeon HD 5770
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So here goes my first post. I'm a short-time lurker, first time builder. After finding iBoot & Multibeast and researching supported parts, along with tonymacx86's P55 DSDT Database, here is what I put together:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Processor: Intel Core i7-875k
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Silent 1156
RAM: G.Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin SDRAM DDR3 1600 Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ. I used two kits for a total of 8GB RAM.
Video: EVGA 01G-P3-N981-TR GeForce 9800 GT 1GB
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1501FASS 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Optical Drives: 2x LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Black SATA Model iHAS424-98
Power: CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-650HX 650W
Install went extremely smoothly using the iBoot ISO for NVIDIA support. No problems booting with the i7-875k. I partitioned the hard drive with one 1.5TB partition and installed Snow Leopard from my retail disc. Booted again using the iBoot CD and installed the Mac OS X 10.6.4 Combo Updater, then ran MultiBeast 2.0 using the appropriate DSDT file for my motherboard.
Reboot after removing the iBoot CD failed. Got the error0 message. Fixed it manually installing Chameleon to my EFI partition using these directions: http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/01/tweaking-your-system-install-chameleon.html. After installing Chameleon manually I had to reapply MultiBeast to fix sound, network, and video.
Bottom line: so far as I can tell, everything is working great now.
Benchmarks:
Geekbench (free 32-bit version): 9304
Xbench: 286.29
Cinebench OpenGL: 7.78 fps
Cinebench CPU: 5.54 pts
So, o' gurus of the Hackintosh, what says you? What kind of tweaks can/should I make? I feel that my Cinebench OpenGL scores are rather poor. Am I seeing the performance that my hardware should support?
Oh yeah... THIS SITE ROCKS!!!
-NavyDocToBe
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Processor: Intel Core i7-875k
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Silent 1156
RAM: G.Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin SDRAM DDR3 1600 Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ. I used two kits for a total of 8GB RAM.
Video: EVGA 01G-P3-N981-TR GeForce 9800 GT 1GB
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1501FASS 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
Optical Drives: 2x LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Black SATA Model iHAS424-98
Power: CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-650HX 650W
Install went extremely smoothly using the iBoot ISO for NVIDIA support. No problems booting with the i7-875k. I partitioned the hard drive with one 1.5TB partition and installed Snow Leopard from my retail disc. Booted again using the iBoot CD and installed the Mac OS X 10.6.4 Combo Updater, then ran MultiBeast 2.0 using the appropriate DSDT file for my motherboard.
Reboot after removing the iBoot CD failed. Got the error0 message. Fixed it manually installing Chameleon to my EFI partition using these directions: http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/01/tweaking-your-system-install-chameleon.html. After installing Chameleon manually I had to reapply MultiBeast to fix sound, network, and video.
Bottom line: so far as I can tell, everything is working great now.
Benchmarks:
Geekbench (free 32-bit version): 9304
Xbench: 286.29
Cinebench OpenGL: 7.78 fps
Cinebench CPU: 5.54 pts
So, o' gurus of the Hackintosh, what says you? What kind of tweaks can/should I make? I feel that my Cinebench OpenGL scores are rather poor. Am I seeing the performance that my hardware should support?
Oh yeah... THIS SITE ROCKS!!!
-NavyDocToBe