- Joined
- Jun 20, 2013
- Messages
- 17
- Motherboard
- GA-B75M-D3P
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-3570K
- Graphics
- EVGA GeForce GTX 650 TI Boost
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Hello everybody,
I work in photography and post production/retouch and I want to build a Hackintosh as my work station, replacing my (very) old MacBook Pro (early 2008). It is still running well, but it became just a bit slow. I basically want to use Photoshop CS5/6, Capture One and occasionally Adobe Premiere and After Effects as well as organizing and storing data.
I spent quite some time reading different threads, guides and build reviews here and I guess I might be able to start now with a little help from you. I don't want to build a high-end super-fast machine but I would like to stay in my budget of around 1000 euros while I still meet my demands, i.e. USB 3.0 and decent working speed.
These are the parts i bought:
Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor (there was literally no price difference towards the i5-3570 at the time i bought it)
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3P (USB 3.0 is working, at least with USB 3.0 devices)
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile RAM 16GB
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 TI Boost SC 2 GB
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (as system Drive; using Trim Enabler directly from groth
Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2GB HDD (as storage drive)
TP-Link TL-WDN4800 N900 WLAN-N Dualband-Adapter (PCI-Express. 450 Mbps)
Corsair CX Series 500Watt Modular 80 Plus Bronze ATX/EPS (CX500M)
Apple Mountain Lion 10.8.4. (I might want to upgrade to OS X Maverick some time in the future) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512?ls=1&mt=12
I already own:
EIZO CGW223W-BK Monitor (maybe I'll buy a second monitor some time in the future, that does not have to have hardware calibration)
Apple USB Keyboard
USB Mouse
Wacom Intuos 3 Graphic Tablet
Some time in the future i might want to try to add a hot swap dock (is this the right description) for 3.5 hard drives. If you got some tips regarding this topic, I'd be glad if you shared them with me.
Thank you in advance and again now to the whole community. I managed to set up the whole system just by reading and searching tonymacx86.com
Edit: My system is running! It went pretty easy using the 10.8. installation guide (http://www.tonymacx86.com/61-unibeast-install-os-x-mountain-lion-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html) with unibeast and multibeast. Sleep, sound and ethernet/wifi is working out of box.
I am booting with "PCIRootUID=0" and "GraphicsEnabler=No", which I put in the chamalaeon.boot.plist which is in the extra folder on my home directory.
Edit: I solved the problem regarding the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 TI Boost SC not being able to access the BIOS on boot by echanging it for the an EVGA GeForce GTX 650 TI Boost SC. I might have had a broken card, although it worked if i reached OSX.
I work in photography and post production/retouch and I want to build a Hackintosh as my work station, replacing my (very) old MacBook Pro (early 2008). It is still running well, but it became just a bit slow. I basically want to use Photoshop CS5/6, Capture One and occasionally Adobe Premiere and After Effects as well as organizing and storing data.
I spent quite some time reading different threads, guides and build reviews here and I guess I might be able to start now with a little help from you. I don't want to build a high-end super-fast machine but I would like to stay in my budget of around 1000 euros while I still meet my demands, i.e. USB 3.0 and decent working speed.
These are the parts i bought:
Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor (there was literally no price difference towards the i5-3570 at the time i bought it)
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3P (USB 3.0 is working, at least with USB 3.0 devices)
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile RAM 16GB
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 TI Boost SC 2 GB
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (as system Drive; using Trim Enabler directly from groth
Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2GB HDD (as storage drive)
TP-Link TL-WDN4800 N900 WLAN-N Dualband-Adapter (PCI-Express. 450 Mbps)
Corsair CX Series 500Watt Modular 80 Plus Bronze ATX/EPS (CX500M)
Apple Mountain Lion 10.8.4. (I might want to upgrade to OS X Maverick some time in the future) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512?ls=1&mt=12
I already own:
EIZO CGW223W-BK Monitor (maybe I'll buy a second monitor some time in the future, that does not have to have hardware calibration)
Apple USB Keyboard
USB Mouse
Wacom Intuos 3 Graphic Tablet
Some time in the future i might want to try to add a hot swap dock (is this the right description) for 3.5 hard drives. If you got some tips regarding this topic, I'd be glad if you shared them with me.
Thank you in advance and again now to the whole community. I managed to set up the whole system just by reading and searching tonymacx86.com
Edit: My system is running! It went pretty easy using the 10.8. installation guide (http://www.tonymacx86.com/61-unibeast-install-os-x-mountain-lion-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html) with unibeast and multibeast. Sleep, sound and ethernet/wifi is working out of box.
I am booting with "PCIRootUID=0" and "GraphicsEnabler=No", which I put in the chamalaeon.boot.plist which is in the extra folder on my home directory.
Edit: I solved the problem regarding the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 TI Boost SC not being able to access the BIOS on boot by echanging it for the an EVGA GeForce GTX 650 TI Boost SC. I might have had a broken card, although it worked if i reached OSX.