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Hello,
I've been speccing out potential hackintosh builds since the LGA 775 days, but the Ivy Bridge chips may finally push me into actually building one. Here's what the build would look like:
- Gigabyte Z68xp-ud3
- The Gigabyte Radeon 6850 linked on tony's recommended builds page
- DIY Broadcom BCM94322MC/PCI-e wireless
- Existing Antec case/PSU/storage
While I was initially going to use an i7, the Ivy Bridge-based Xeon E3-1230 V2 looks to have the performance of an i7 with the cost of an i5. It really is the modern Intel chip I've been waiting for (power-efficient x86 performance without spending die area on integrated graphics).
There seem to be a few builds on this forum with it, but since this will be my first hackintosh attempt, I wanted to double-check to see if there are any additional hurdles the Xeon must overcome, compared with the 'consumer' Ivy Bridge chips.
I've been speccing out potential hackintosh builds since the LGA 775 days, but the Ivy Bridge chips may finally push me into actually building one. Here's what the build would look like:
- Gigabyte Z68xp-ud3
- The Gigabyte Radeon 6850 linked on tony's recommended builds page
- DIY Broadcom BCM94322MC/PCI-e wireless
- Existing Antec case/PSU/storage
While I was initially going to use an i7, the Ivy Bridge-based Xeon E3-1230 V2 looks to have the performance of an i7 with the cost of an i5. It really is the modern Intel chip I've been waiting for (power-efficient x86 performance without spending die area on integrated graphics).
There seem to be a few builds on this forum with it, but since this will be my first hackintosh attempt, I wanted to double-check to see if there are any additional hurdles the Xeon must overcome, compared with the 'consumer' Ivy Bridge chips.