First Hackintosh Build this summer... not bought anything...

ok is it possible to do via an external DVD drive? I dont really want a DVD drive for this PC and if i do get one im not going to scrimp so ill blow 40-50 on a BluRay dual layer DVDR...

also where is the iboot software so that i can at least have a look at it...

Thanks for the responses guys its more than appreciated!!

You need a optical drive preferably SATA and not USB.

iBoot is located under Resources in the top right of the forum under Downloads.

downloads

@bowers

The PassMark for Intel CPU Apple used inside MacBook Pro 2009 are:

Intel Core2 Duo P7550 @ 2.26GHz — 1,613
Intel Core2 Duo P7570 @ 2.26GHz — 1,527
Intel Core2 Duo P8400 @ 2.26GHz — 1,519
Intel Core2 Duo P8600 @ 2.40GHz — 1,629
Intel Core2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz — 1,801
Intel Core2 Duo P8800 @ 2.66GHz — 1,934
Intel Core2 Duo T9550 @ 2.66GHz — 1,908
Intel Core2 Duo T9600 @ 2.80GHz — 2,044

Memory 2 GB or 4 GB
Nvidia GeForce 9400M with 256 MB of DDR3 SDRAM — 147
Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT with 256 MB or 512 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM — 334

Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz — 6,740
Gigabyte 1GB GeForce GT430 — 668
Corasair Vengence 8GB (2x4gb) 1600 DDR3

Your new hardware configuration are much better than MacBook Pro 2009,
so install Lion for better compatibility for the foreseeable future.

Adding RAM to improve performance is more cost effective than purchasing an SSD.