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Discussion in 'Technology' started by alfas, Jan 15, 2012.

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  1. alfas

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    #1 alfas, Jan 15, 2012
    Thanks & not sure what you are saying with the reference to "good ram"???

    & is the 2600k i7 a good choice or is it better to try and get to a xeon as the OP in the other thread has(a double xeon setup is a little ambitious for me right now)


    Thanks for any insight or has anyone else out there built a hackintosh, any input would be appreciated...

    trying to keep budget to $1k
     
  2. valter

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    #2 valter, Jan 16, 2012
    I have it on primary machine, 2600k, some asus board (dont remember which) and two Radeon cards driving 3 monitors. All works natively with 10.7. It is fast, especially clocked close to 5ghz, but good old 980x based (or w3680 which is the same cpu, but market xeon) still better on multithreading apps. And Asus Rampage mobos to compliment are nice and work great with osx
     
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    #3 Etcetera, Jan 16, 2012
    Any tips? I tried the Hackintosh bit a few years ago, but abandoned it due to issues with instability.

    I just ordered Snow Leopard install discs from Apple since I can't find my old ones. I did manage to cobble together a really good VM build from those discs, but I need a native install so I can evaluate how well OSX works on my network and how well I like the Final Cut Pro demo before doshing out on a 27' iMac.

    Links to websites would be appreciated.
     
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    #4 valter, Jan 16, 2012
    google your motherboard of choice together wih os name...
     
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    #5 Etcetera, Jan 16, 2012
    I...am...Batman.
     
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