MacPeter's Budget build - GA-G41MT-D3V - Quad Core Q9300

[macpeter2]

MacPeter's Quad build - GA-G41MT-D3V - Quad Q9300 2.5GHz​

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Components

Apple OS X Lion @ Mac Apps Store
http://store.apple.com/de/product/MD256 ... MTY1NDAzOA

GIGABYTE G41MT-D3V LGA 775 G41 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard DDR3 rev 1.3 F2
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B004WO9EKM

Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9300 2.5GHz
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00116VHMC

2x Crucial Ballistix 2GB DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz
(local store)

Western Digital 1TB Caviar Blue
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00461LT6S

Link World 727-10 Micro Tower 420 Watt
(local store)


Comments

I'm a experienced Mac user for quite some years and still have a iMac Intel, Mac mini and Power Mac G5 and several Hackintoshes.

This build was with a used Intel Quad Core Q9300 processor from eBay (€ 45). This computer will be used as a server for an video surveillance application with five IP cameras. Therefore I don't need a GPU, but could use the Intel GMA X4500 of the G41 chipset with the DVI connector (with 1024x768 resolution only).

I used Tony's UniBeast 1.2 to install Mac OS X 10.7.3, which went smooth and I used MultiBeast 4.5.2 with the following options:
- EasyDSDT Install
- System Utilities
- Drivers & Bootloaders / Kexts & Enablers / Audio / Realtek / Realtek ALC8xxx
- Drivers & Bootloaders / Kexts & Enablers / Audio / Realtek / AppleHDA Rollback
- Drivers & Bootloaders / Kexts & Enablers / Audio / Realtek / Non-DSDT HDA Enabler / ALC889
- Drivers & Bootloaders / Kexts & Enablers / Disk / IOAHCIBlockStorageInjector
- Drivers & Bootloaders / Kexts & Enablers / Network / Lnx2Mac's RealtekRTL81xx Ethernet

Geekbench = 5.576
The standard install gave a Geekbench score of 5.576.
Not bad for a € 270 build with 1TB hard drive.

 

[kingfisher10]

Do you have HDMI output? I have GA-G41MT-D3V - Dual Core E5700...
My system reports as 3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo...
Graphic card AMD RADEON HD 6450...any help would be very useful...