First Hackintosh please advise

[Mors Inimicis]

This is my first hackintosh so I'm hoping for as smooth an installation as possible. I have built a few PC's before so I am comfortable with the building part but I am nervous about compatability and installing Lion, so please let me know if any of you see any problems with the components I have selected.

Mobo: Gigabyte Intel Z68 ATX DDR3 2133 LGA 1155 Motherboards GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00518 ... PDKIKX0DER

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4 GHz 8 MB Cache Socket LGA1155 Processor
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EB ... PDKIKX0DER

CPU Heatsink/fan: Cooler Master Hyper 101i Heat-Pipes Direct Contact CPU Cooler Intel Socket LGA775/1156 RR-H101-22FK-RI http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002XZ ... PDKIKX0DER

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and AMD Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004CR ... PDKIKX0DER

Cooler Master GX Series 750W ATX Power Supply RS750-ACAAE3-US
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0035W ... TVCJXLAJ4K

Video Card: HD3000 (This does work with Lion right?)

HD: 2x of these 1 for W7 and one for Lion Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s with NCQ 32MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Bare Drive ST31000524AS
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IZ ... PDKIKX0DER

PSU: Cooler Master GX Series 750W ATX Power Supply RS750-ACAAE3-US
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0035W ... TVCJXLAJ4K

Optical Drive: Asus 24x DVD±RW Drive DVD-RAM/±R/±RW 24x 8x 16x (DVD) 48x 32x 48x (CD) Serial ATA Internal OEM DRW-24B1ST (Black)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0033Z ... 4HB43UEDVL

Case: XION Classic Series LED ATX Steel Mid Tower PC Case XON-EC001-BK - Retail (Black/Red)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004FN ... PDKIKX0DER

Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit (Full) System Builder DVD 1 Pack
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Q0 ... PDKIKX0DER

Total: 948.61

How do I get my hands on Lion and how much does it cost? I was going to go with a SSD for Lion to run off of but I think I will wait in hopes the prices will go down soon. With any luck I can pick up a good SSD during Black Friday/Cyber Monday. I will probably also keep an eye out for a good deal on a Graphics card, but for now I'd like to try running the HD3000. Thank you for any input/advice you might have!

 

[grimsbymatt]

Hey Mors Inimicis. I'm going for a similar build to yours (z68-ud3h, i7-2600K and using the onboard graphics).

The onboard graphics are supported in Lion, but not Snow Leopard, so you'll need to upgrade to utilise it. I think you'll have to boot Snow Leopard with GraphicsEnabler = No - there are guides around this site to help.

People generally recommend the Sony Optiarc and Pioneer DVD drives to work OOB with MAC OS. They're cheap as chips, so you might consider switching the ASUS out. There again, I'm a complete noob myself, so you might want to check with others!

 

[Jamesbond007]

This is my first hackintosh so I'm hoping for as smooth an installation as possible. I have built a few PC's before so I am comfortable with the building part but I am nervous about compatability and installing Lion, so please let me know if any of you see any problems with the components I have selected.

Mobo: Gigabyte Intel Z68 ATX DDR3 2133 LGA 1155 Motherboards GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00518 ... PDKIKX0DER

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4 GHz 8 MB Cache Socket LGA1155 Processor
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EB ... PDKIKX0DER

CPU Heatsink/fan: Cooler Master Hyper 101i Heat-Pipes Direct Contact CPU Cooler Intel Socket LGA775/1156 RR-H101-22FK-RI http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002XZ ... PDKIKX0DER

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and AMD Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004CR ... PDKIKX0DER

Cooler Master GX Series 750W ATX Power Supply RS750-ACAAE3-US
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0035W ... TVCJXLAJ4K

Video Card: HD3000 (This does work with Lion right?)

HD: 2x of these 1 for W7 and one for Lion Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s with NCQ 32MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Bare Drive ST31000524AS
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IZ ... PDKIKX0DER

PSU: Cooler Master GX Series 750W ATX Power Supply RS750-ACAAE3-US
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0035W ... TVCJXLAJ4K

Optical Drive: Asus 24x DVD±RW Drive DVD-RAM/±R/±RW 24x 8x 16x (DVD) 48x 32x 48x (CD) Serial ATA Internal OEM DRW-24B1ST (Black)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0033Z ... 4HB43UEDVL

Case: XION Classic Series LED ATX Steel Mid Tower PC Case XON-EC001-BK - Retail (Black/Red)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004FN ... PDKIKX0DER

Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit (Full) System Builder DVD 1 Pack
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Q0 ... PDKIKX0DER

Total: 948.61

How do I get my hands on Lion and how much does it cost? I was going to go with a SSD for Lion to run off of but I think I will wait in hopes the prices will go down soon. With any luck I can pick up a good SSD during Black Friday/Cyber Monday. I will probably also keep an eye out for a good deal on a Graphics card, but for now I'd like to try running the HD3000. Thank you for any input/advice you might have!

Your hardware list seems to be fine.

Do you own a Mac or have access to a Mac or hackintosh (say from your friends)? If not, then you will first have to install Snow Leopard using the retail Snow Leopard DVD (US$29 from the Apple online store) and then buying Lion, downloading Lion from the Mac App Store (US$29.99) and upgrade to Lion using the xMove or UniBeast method. So this will be a total of US$59.

 

[Mors Inimicis]

Yes, my wife has a macbook. So, I just have to download Lion and burn it to a disk? Or do I still need to get SL? I can't believe how cheap it is. I guess its because you pay so much for a mac initially they don't have to sell their software for that much.

 

[slugnet]

Yes, my wife has a macbook. So, I just have to download Lion and burn it to a disk? Or do I still need to get SL? I can't believe how cheap it is. I guess its because you pay so much for a mac initially they don't have to sell their software for that much.

Follow this guide to install straight to Lion:
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2011/10/ ... using.html

 

[Jamesbond007]

Yes, my wife has a macbook. So, I just have to download Lion and burn it to a disk? Or do I still need to get SL? I can't believe how cheap it is. I guess its because you pay so much for a mac initially they don't have to sell their software for that much.

If so then you will not need to buy Snow Leopard if your wife's Macbook is already running Snow Leopard 10.6.7 or above. In that case just use your wife's Macbook to buy and download Lion from the Mac App Store (but make sure you do not install it on the Macbook). Then get yourself a 8GB or larger USB stick, run UniBeast on your Macbook and create a bootable Lion USB stick. That USB stick can then be used to boot the install program for Lion on your hackintosh and install Lion directly. Check the UniBeast guide on this site for details.

You can also buy the Lion USB Thumb Drive from Apple (US$69 from the online store) and then run UniBeast on the Macbook to create the bootable Lion stick.