- Joined
- Apr 6, 2012
- Messages
- 30
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
- CPU
- Intel I7 2600k 4.21Ghz
- Graphics
- Gigabyte GTX770
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
G5 Core i7 2600k - Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 - Gigabyte OC GTX 770 - 16gb 1600hz
I wanted to post my finished system so other people who are thinking of going this route can see my interpretation of a macpro hackintosh. The components were chosen at the time when this was pretty much the best you could do. I mostly game with the system and this is why I choose hackintosh after being die hard apple fan for many years. I wanted something that I could do high end gaming and still get OSX. It's been running for over a year with not to many issues. One of the graphics cards bit the dust and had to send it off for warranty. Pretty sure it didn't like how high I had it overclocked. Also chrome in osx does not work well with the dual video cards. No idea why, I just use firefox now. If your interested on building this system I would follow a guide, which this is not.
2014 update. Removed the two 6870's for the gtx 770. Runs cooler less power and more performance. Also upgraded the bluetooth. I will try and update my photo library with new pics when I can. I also re-organized where the drives were placed in the cage just to help a little with airflow over the gpu.
Geekbench Score 15390 (OSX) Mavericks
Unigine Heaven 4.0 Benchmark 1645 (Windows 7)
Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor OC 4.2GHz 4 cores 8 Threads
Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB 4X4GB DDR3-1600hz Ram
GIGABYTE GV-N770OC-2GD GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready WindForce 3X 450W Video Card
OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Windows 7)
OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Mac OSX 10.7.5)
Western Digital WD Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
TP-Link TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter, 2.4 GHz 450 Mbps/5 GHz 450 Mbps, IEEE 802.1a/b/g/n, WEP, WPA/WPA2
OCZ ZX Series 850W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Gold High Performance Power Supply
LG Black 6X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model GGC-H20L
IOGear GBU521 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Micro Adapter
2X Noctua NF-R8-1800 80mm Case cooler (Exhaust Fans)
Antec Truequiet 140mm Case Fan with Silicone Grommets to Reduce Turbulence and Noise (Intake)
Mountain Mods Modular Removable Motherboard Tray 2x80mm
Here is the album http://www.tonymacx86.com/members/lynx1984/albums/g5-hackintosh/ *I dont know how to post the pictures in this post"
I wanted to post my finished system so other people who are thinking of going this route can see my interpretation of a macpro hackintosh. The components were chosen at the time when this was pretty much the best you could do. I mostly game with the system and this is why I choose hackintosh after being die hard apple fan for many years. I wanted something that I could do high end gaming and still get OSX. It's been running for over a year with not to many issues. One of the graphics cards bit the dust and had to send it off for warranty. Pretty sure it didn't like how high I had it overclocked. Also chrome in osx does not work well with the dual video cards. No idea why, I just use firefox now. If your interested on building this system I would follow a guide, which this is not.
2014 update. Removed the two 6870's for the gtx 770. Runs cooler less power and more performance. Also upgraded the bluetooth. I will try and update my photo library with new pics when I can. I also re-organized where the drives were placed in the cage just to help a little with airflow over the gpu.
Geekbench Score 15390 (OSX) Mavericks
Unigine Heaven 4.0 Benchmark 1645 (Windows 7)
Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor OC 4.2GHz 4 cores 8 Threads
Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB 4X4GB DDR3-1600hz Ram
GIGABYTE GV-N770OC-2GD GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready WindForce 3X 450W Video Card
OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Windows 7)
OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Mac OSX 10.7.5)
Western Digital WD Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
TP-Link TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter, 2.4 GHz 450 Mbps/5 GHz 450 Mbps, IEEE 802.1a/b/g/n, WEP, WPA/WPA2
OCZ ZX Series 850W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Gold High Performance Power Supply
LG Black 6X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model GGC-H20L
IOGear GBU521 Bluetooth 4.0 USB Micro Adapter
2X Noctua NF-R8-1800 80mm Case cooler (Exhaust Fans)
Antec Truequiet 140mm Case Fan with Silicone Grommets to Reduce Turbulence and Noise (Intake)
Mountain Mods Modular Removable Motherboard Tray 2x80mm
Here is the album http://www.tonymacx86.com/members/lynx1984/albums/g5-hackintosh/ *I dont know how to post the pictures in this post"