[OSx86] So I want to build a Core i7 Hackintosh


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Yes you should be able to if your using Boot 132. You can also boot in to the desktop without having the kexts and then install them there also you just wont have hardware acceleration via the GPU until you do so and I believe your resolution may be limited as-well until they are installed. Pretty much the same behaviour that Windows has until you install graphics drivers.

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Ok so I've made my order :D

2 x Samsung EcoGreen F2 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache - OEM

1 x Antec 300 Three Hundred Black Case - No PSU

1 x OCZ 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 Platinum Triple Channel Memory Kit CL7 1.65V

1 x ZOTAC GTX260 192 Core SYNERGY EDITION 896MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDTV PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E Graphics Card With Free Terminator Salvation Game Download While Stocks Last

3 x Hiper 120mm Case Fan - Clear HiperFlow Frame & Blades - 3pin with Adaptor/Screws Included

1 x All in 1 Internal Card Reader Plus One USB2.0 Port (Black)

4 x Plexus Serial ATA 2.0 (SATA) 7-pin Cable (Red) 46cm / 18"

1 x Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + World In Conflict PC Game

1 x Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

1 x OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Modular Power Supply

1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS)

1 x Scythe Mugen 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366)

1 x Pioneer DVR-217FBK 22x DVD?RW SATA Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM

1 x Belkin F8T016NG 10m Mini Bluetooth Adapter

Did I make a huge mistake?:pp

-Rich-

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For ?5 extra (?115) you can get the 216 Core 55nm version of the GTX 260, if your order hasn't been dispatched yet that might be worth changing to (there's only 5-8% difference in performance but for ?5 you may as well get the newer versi:p :p).

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You're telling me! I installed Windows 7 so I could FINALLY play some games again (booting into windows on a MBP just wasn't enough POWAR) and HOLY **** :D

You can't measure how fast things happen, everything you do is in less than a second! Same goes for OS X!

FPS in games were silky smooth ^_^

Once I get everything working perfectly I'll make a review/guide thing for those who wanna do something similar :)

-Rich-

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Congrats richardsim7! That looks a pretty awesome build :D

Is it easy to dual boot Windows 7 and OS X? I have Windows Vista installed on C, and 7 on D, and I'm wanting to format the Vista partition and install OSx86 on that. Is that easy to do?

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Yup it's pretty easy :)

Is all your hardware compatible??

Yeah, it's compatible.

Thanks, I didn't see those dual boot guides. Even though the first guide recommends installing OS X on another hard drive, I'll use my Vista partition instead, as it's easier for me, and then install to my other hard drive, if needs be.

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By the way, I edited my post, as I changed my mind. I'll give it a try installing on my Vista partition, as it's easier for me, but I'll install it on my other hard drive, if need be.

My specs are very low compared to yours :p

Intel Core 2 Duo E4500

ASUS P5K

WD 500GB, WD 1TB

Corsair DDR2 2GB RAM (I've been meaning to upgrade that)

I'm not really intending OS X to be anything other than a test, really. I just want to get it working, like I managed to do with Tiger, a few years ago. The closest I got to running Leopard was running it very slowly on VMWare (on the PC I'm going to install it on now).

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richard, did you use a weaksauce guide or anything similar? Or was it one of the links you posted?

Is everything working for you? Shut down, standby, all your cards?

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Not yet...

I followed Digital_dreamer's guide but it looks like I'm going to have to make a couple of tweaks to get everything working. I'll post a full story when it's done, sadly I can't do anything at the moment because I'm at work :(

-Rich-

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