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Anderson
04-22-2011, 06:04 PM
Well I have had my i7 chilling in a box for about a year and half now and finally ordered necessary shiznit to piece together the machine.

Parts:

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423&cm_re=ud3r-_-13-128-423-_-Product

12gb Mushkin DDR3 1600 RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226100

COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M700
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171037

Antec 900 Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021&cm_re=antec_900-_-11-129-021-_-Product

For now I will just use the nVidia GTS 240 out of a Dell XPS that I had laying around until I want to drop some coin on a couple of GTX when they drop in price a little.

And of course the i7 940.

All in all I have spent about $450 bucks out of pocket, thanks to a xmas gift card and some good deals from my Best Buy employee discount.

This machine will last me longer that I need it to and will be upgradable for a long time.
xamraci
04-23-2011, 06:04 PM
explain...


in normal person terms:3pjerk:
AadosX
04-23-2011, 07:35 PM
He's alive!
adam p
04-23-2011, 11:53 PM
You know I don't speak Spanish!
xamraci
04-24-2011, 12:32 PM
You know I don't speak Spanish!

Exactly...
funinthecav3
04-24-2011, 06:21 PM
In regular terms he has built a badass computer. The i7 processor is currently the fastest one out. So basically its like building a turbo'd car but in a computer form. Lots of possibilities with that system, especially video/photo editing.
A418t81
04-24-2011, 06:52 PM
You know Rick, depending on the video card you choose, you have a perfect hackintosh system. Mine works as perfectly as a real mac pro other than you have to watch the forums for OS updates and give it a few days before you update. So far I have not had one single issue updating and my update "mod" consists of checking 1 box in the multibeast utility after it updates, but before it reboots.

Anyway, check it out, your system would be perfect for it as long as you select a supported video card of which there are probably a hundred. Your motherboard even has a DSDT database which means you have to fool with essential zero extra kexts.


http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/

DSDT database and where you can read up on what exactly a DSDT is, etc.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/dsdt.php


This stuff takes just a little reading to understand the basics. Basically you want iboot burned on a CD and multibeast on a usb jump drive or something. I literally booted off the iboot disc, inserted OSX, installed, upgraded to the latest version using the combo update, and then ran multibeast. Simple as pie.
Anderson
04-24-2011, 09:25 PM
In regular terms he has built a badass computer. The i7 processor is currently the fastest one out. So basically its like building a turbo'd car but in a computer form. Lots of possibilities with that system, especially video/photo editing.


^^This

Yeah my plans for this build were going to be strictly gaming since I got a legit copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for dog cheap (<$10). But once I was starting to piece it together I saw the hackintosh possibilities especially with a family pack of Snow Leopard laying around. In a couple of weeks I will be getting a 120gb SSD and dual booting OSX and Win 7 I think. I passed the iMac down to the fiance so I will need my mac fix somehow :).