scruplevirgin2 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I am new to building computers as well as hackintosh's. I have been researching parts and put together a list for my first build. I am sure similar builds have been done and I was hoping I could get some tips for mine. Links to older posts on builds with the same parts would be greatly appreciated. My Plan is to install SL and run parallels so I can use mac and pc software side by side These are the parts: Antec Sonata Elite ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ASRock X58 Extreme 3 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard XFX GS250XZDFU GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power ... Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Model BX80601930 G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive x2 ASUS VH202T-P Glossy black 20" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozl Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 I am new to building computers as well as hackintosh's. I have been researching parts and put together a list for my first build. I am sure similar builds have been done and I was hoping I could get some tips for mine. Links to older posts on builds with the same parts would be greatly appreciated. My Plan is to install SL and run parallels so I can use mac and pc software side by side These are the parts: Antec Sonata Elite ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ASRock X58 Extreme 3 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard XFX GS250XZDFU GeForce GTS 250 1GB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power ... Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Model BX80601930 G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive x2 ASUS VH202T-P Glossy black 20" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM ok, i would recommend you to dual boot for best performance, or just install OSX SL 10.6.3 as guest on Windows 7 being the Host with Vmware using an image of a virtual machine ready to run Snow Leopard. or if you still want this to be your main OS then Use Empire EFI to load your retail copy of OSX SL, Google it and you will learn faster. Good day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BossmanPL Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Tell me if this config will work good for pure retail OSX ? Board: Foxconn Blood RAGE Proc: Core i7 920 Mem: 3GB Corsair Hdisk: 70GB SAS 15000k Graphic: Ati Radeon HD 4800 (2monitors) + Radeon 4350 (for 2more monitors) wonders.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruAleks Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 what about new i7 2600K? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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