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LiteGaming's Build: G41MT-S2PT | Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 | 4GB DDR3 | 120GB SSD | OS X El Capitan |
Components
Gigabyte G41MT-S2PT Rev 2.1 - not in production
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4084#ov
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (Decent CPU Seen as a Xeon in OS X)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LRMR26/
4GB of Kingston Memory DDR3 1333MHz (Hard to find a upgrade)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008CP5Q7M/
120GB S510 ADATA SSD (Not at full speed due to the limitation of SATA II)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005OOSKXG/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4HM2YX4855
Case and PSU = Cool Master Elite 350 (Cheap and useful)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003O2KEPC/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119269
ASUS DirectCU II GTX 550 Ti (No Problems at the end)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121435
Comments
As Boring as can be, I decided to fetch some parts from the super old parts bin and build a hackintosh
There was challenges i spend 12Hours to get this to work and it took a while but now is my school work computer.
I did this because i need computer in my room, and I don't have more money to have an other brand new computer build. So, I choose to do this, and it turned out not to be an issue as these parts are all old and can be found on Craigslist and eBay for cheap. However, the Case/PSU Combo was new and for a nice deal; it is a good case, and what can go wrong Cooler Master since CM makes PSUs themselves, and this case comes with a 500W PSU. Unfortunately, there is no USB 3.0 ports on the CM case, but, come on!...its an old system...soo
The components do heat up alot. But I got a good fan, and it is a nice heater in the winter.
The Ethernet works although a lot of people said it doesn't work.
When I install El Capitan using Clover, I didn't edit the config.plist because I installed Yosemite on this system before with no issues. But, it didn't work the Graphics Card is letting it down. So, I put in a Radeon HD 4530 1GB Card which did boot but the Graphics is messed up only detecting 5MB of VRAM. So, I finished the install, and, then, I installed Clover. I used Clover Configurator and edited it to a Mac Pro 3,1 and inject nvidia and put the FakeSMC and ALXEthernet Kext into the Clover EFI Kext. It worked. I needed to install the patch from toleda and the audio worked. Now, I shut down the Computer, pulled out the AMD card and then put back the GTX 550 Ti in. I booted it, and it works without the USB, but hangs for a minute while getting into the clover bootloader.
Everything seemed fine - Ethernet Worked as does Audio, Graphics
Only Thing is the question "Why does the SSD is seen as a Internal Disk?" But it might because of the lack of SATA II. Meh!
The computer seems to work fine with my Office 2016 (Provided by my School District) and Final Cut Pro X and Compressor .
At the end of the day, it works for old parts and great for school and a little bit of CSGO or Minecraft. I hope this impressed the staff as it took a while and a lot of trial and error. I am going to get this in a desk soon, and I am going to add some pictures of the build when I have time. There are a lot of modifications I did to get the fans installed, and the computer is loud but cool and the GTX 550 Ri stayed at 32C idle Impressive.
