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- Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
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- i5-2500k
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- AMD HD6870
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I put together some hardware for my first hackintosh (and first computer) build. It's supposed to be a good gaming computer without being too overloaded. I tried to follow the hardware databases at tonymac's wiki, but I'm not sure I understood everything correctly.
Can anyone tell me if this is going to work, please? Any help is greatly appreciated
The hardware is as follows:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3-B3
(anything more compatible or just better and as compatible?)
CPU: Intel i5-2500k
GPU: XFX AMD Radeon HD 6870 - 2Gb Vram
(same as with the motherboard)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 2x4gb, 1600 Mhz DDR3
CPU-Fan: be quiet Dark Rock Advanced
Case Fans: 3x be quiet Silent Wings Pure 120 mm
(Do I need three of them?)
SSD: Crucial CT128M4SSD2 128GB
(Do I need 128 GB? I basically want to install Windows 7 and Snow Leopard on this, together with some important programs / games)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB
(Doesn't have to be this, I picked it as it was the first one Amazon showed me and it had fairly good consumer reports)
PSU: Be quiet BQT P9 PRO 750W
Case: Haven't decided yet, but ANTEC Six Hundred sounds good
Now, my main question is: Is this going to work with Snow Leopard and the install methods provided on this site, without having to tweak tons of stuff I don't understand? Besides, what do you think about the hardware? Is anything unnecessary?
Now that's a load of questions, if you don't want to answer all the noob ones, I'd be happy if you could give me some essential information
Thanks in advance!
Greetings
Epimetheus
Can anyone tell me if this is going to work, please? Any help is greatly appreciated
The hardware is as follows:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3-B3
(anything more compatible or just better and as compatible?)
CPU: Intel i5-2500k
GPU: XFX AMD Radeon HD 6870 - 2Gb Vram
(same as with the motherboard)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 2x4gb, 1600 Mhz DDR3
CPU-Fan: be quiet Dark Rock Advanced
Case Fans: 3x be quiet Silent Wings Pure 120 mm
(Do I need three of them?)
SSD: Crucial CT128M4SSD2 128GB
(Do I need 128 GB? I basically want to install Windows 7 and Snow Leopard on this, together with some important programs / games)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB
(Doesn't have to be this, I picked it as it was the first one Amazon showed me and it had fairly good consumer reports)
PSU: Be quiet BQT P9 PRO 750W
Case: Haven't decided yet, but ANTEC Six Hundred sounds good
Now, my main question is: Is this going to work with Snow Leopard and the install methods provided on this site, without having to tweak tons of stuff I don't understand? Besides, what do you think about the hardware? Is anything unnecessary?
Now that's a load of questions, if you don't want to answer all the noob ones, I'd be happy if you could give me some essential information
Thanks in advance!
Greetings
Epimetheus
One of our mod's (Gordo74) has a build description and guide for this system except he's got a 5770 which shouldn't make a difference.