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Greetings fellow Hackintoshers,
I am in the process of planning and purchasing parts for a Sandy Bridge, Snow Leopard, 10.6.8 specific build. The reason I am going this route is I need to run some necessary legacy applications which require Rosetta and will not run on later versions of Mac OS X. I tried virtualization of 10.6 and was not satisfied with results so I need a permanent physical Hackintosh build of Snow Leopard.
Some of my goals are:
1. Snow Leopard Mac OS X, already have Retail Install DVD.
2. Powerful yet dollar friendly/conscious.
3. Run my required legacy apps, audio, web authoring.
My initial list of components will be:
1. CPU: i5 2500k thru i7 2700k.
2. Mobo: Gigabyte Z68 flavored mobo, i.e.: GA-Z68XP-UD3, A-Z68X-UD3H-B3, GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 or GA-Z68A-D3H-B3.
3. Video: Radeon HD 1GB 5850, 5850, 6850, or 6870.
4. DRIVE: Sumsung 850 EVO 250GB.
5. RAM: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB Kit, 1866MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMMs.
6. POWER SUPPLY: EVGA 600Watt Power Supply.
Any recommendations on components I should stay away from, i.e. have issues or which components work well/flawlessly would be appreciated. I have perused many of the forums, build guides, installation guides etc. and most of the builds focus on eventually upgrading beyond Snow Leopard and eventually running some version of Lion, Maverick or Yosemite. I wanted to know if there was/is a recent build guide which is centered on building a Snow Leopard system with the most current, latest information so I can hopefully avoid any mis-steps due to outdated information or hackingtosh software.
Overall I'm looking for components and steps which have proven to be straight forward and get up and running smoothly and reliably in Snow Leopard.
Any information fellow Hackintoshers can offer me or point me to I would be very grateful for, thank you.
I am in the process of planning and purchasing parts for a Sandy Bridge, Snow Leopard, 10.6.8 specific build. The reason I am going this route is I need to run some necessary legacy applications which require Rosetta and will not run on later versions of Mac OS X. I tried virtualization of 10.6 and was not satisfied with results so I need a permanent physical Hackintosh build of Snow Leopard.
Some of my goals are:
1. Snow Leopard Mac OS X, already have Retail Install DVD.
2. Powerful yet dollar friendly/conscious.
3. Run my required legacy apps, audio, web authoring.
My initial list of components will be:
1. CPU: i5 2500k thru i7 2700k.
2. Mobo: Gigabyte Z68 flavored mobo, i.e.: GA-Z68XP-UD3, A-Z68X-UD3H-B3, GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 or GA-Z68A-D3H-B3.
3. Video: Radeon HD 1GB 5850, 5850, 6850, or 6870.
4. DRIVE: Sumsung 850 EVO 250GB.
5. RAM: Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB Kit, 1866MHz DDR3 CL10 DIMMs.
6. POWER SUPPLY: EVGA 600Watt Power Supply.
Any recommendations on components I should stay away from, i.e. have issues or which components work well/flawlessly would be appreciated. I have perused many of the forums, build guides, installation guides etc. and most of the builds focus on eventually upgrading beyond Snow Leopard and eventually running some version of Lion, Maverick or Yosemite. I wanted to know if there was/is a recent build guide which is centered on building a Snow Leopard system with the most current, latest information so I can hopefully avoid any mis-steps due to outdated information or hackingtosh software.
Overall I'm looking for components and steps which have proven to be straight forward and get up and running smoothly and reliably in Snow Leopard.
Any information fellow Hackintoshers can offer me or point me to I would be very grateful for, thank you.