I've had my system for two years (I used to just run W7 and I've upgraded from a 5770 to a 6870 during that time) and I've hackintoshed my system since when Snow Leopard 10.6.6 was out and I'm now on Lion 10.7.3, I'm so glad I found out about tonymacx86, hackintoshing is definitely the way to go.
@gsanjeevkumar You can't get a mac mini with the same configuration. The CPU isnt as good, you cannot have 16 gigs of ram, its not upgradeable and the graphics aren't nearly as good.
@CrazyTechTime I didn't overpay for the 2600k. I got it for a great price. I ended up not hackintohsing with that machine but you can make a computer a hackintosh with iboot and retail copy of snow leopard.
@TechNeverSleeps Go With the 2600K. The CPU has hyperthreading which allows the computer to see and utilize it as 8 cores. A lot more power for things like Final Cut Pro 10
i have a HP Pavilion A6042n 3 gigs of ddr2 ram windows 7 ultimate (playing with lunux not comparable with osx86) a AMD 64 LIVE! on-board nvidia graphics WD 500 gb SATA HDD as primary HDD quantum Bigfoot as secondary 12 gigs a dell multimedia keyboard and standard mouse for input devices DYNEX tv for monitior.... baby likcs HARD
Would you recommend your motherboard over the GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 and would you recommend your gpu over the ati 6870? thanks! (maybe one of the parts performs better on mac or is more hackintosh compatible.)
@Andrijpok Gigabyte boards work really well for hackintoshs as they have lots of DSTs available (google what a DST is ) Anyways Id say get the UD3H because it has integrated video so that would be nice if you need it (like a graphics card breaks, etc) 6870 is a better graphics card in terms of performance. They both are equally as easy to hackintosh with. However make sure to always go to tonymacx86 . com before you buy your components
My Hackintosh - Mac OS Lion 10.7.2 on a Hitachi 250 gb hard drive - 8 gb of Patriot DDR2 memory - . Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3 ghz, - Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L motherboard, with a Diamond ATI Radeon HD 5670, and a Samsung Syncmaster 24" LCD monitor, in a Codegen Briza 97 Black ATX Mid-tower case. Using an iogear USB Bluetooth dongle to pair my Rocksoul Apple keyboard, Rocksoul mouse, and Apple Magic trackpad.
1) You are custom building a computer and not putting linux/windows on it
2) you got shitty hardware
3) you didn't buy off newegg
4) you will never use 16 gigs of ram. It has been proven most people only need 8
5) you didnt get a spinepoint f3 1tb
6) new computer.....no SSD
7) the i5 2500k would have done the same job as your i7 2600k. Plus why did you get a K version when you are putting windows on it? wtf you will never overclock it
@ThemisGaming Wow... I am running windows its called dual booting (I removed Mac OS 10 FYI), My hardware isn't shit when comparing computers in a similar budget. I didn't buy off of newegg because they wanted a ton of money for shipping.I will use more then 8 gigs of ram and i'm not "most people". I have a hitachi in my other system and love it, SSDs are too pricey, and for multimedia the 2600k is way better. I wouldn't be the one talking because you're the one that seriously fails at trolling
@TechTubeCentral SSD's are pricey because they are fucking fast as hell. Drop an OS and it and it loads up everything in a few seconds 100% worth the price. Plus SSD is the biggest uograde you can make in any computer now days
i7 2600k is really only good for extreme video editing and 3-d rendering not little youtube projects.
All most all products on newegg ship free. My computer was only $10 to ship and the parts added to $1600.
even if you are duel booting mac is still worthless
@ThemisGaming I don't think that its worth paying so much more for a computer that is two seconds faster. They wanted $600 for the cheapest shipping option and I do 3D rendering in CAD. Its called virtual machines while multitasking with skype, premiere pro, dreamwever, photoshop, and chrome with 20 tabs of flash open at once...
@TechTubeCentral that is called "poor computer management" having multiple high ram and processor applications running all at once is simply stupid. Having 20 tabs of chrome is again stupid. You are probably only looking at 1 or 2 tabs. When are you editing a photo while skyping while doing web development? Again as i said, you will NEVER use the full power of a 2600k. And to prove you wrong, UPS 3 day shipping on a 3k comp was $32
@ThemisGaming they wanted $80 shipping for just the processor. Its called editing photos and graphics and inserting them in to dreamwever while talking to someone in a call... Nothing wrong with having a lot of stuff open if you have the power for it.
@ThemisGaming OH AND SO WHAT IF HE's NOT USING NEWEGG, I'm NOT USING NEWEGG AND I HAVE BETTER PRICES! It's called PCtitan, search for pc parts on uk google and find the cheapest one, most of the time it's pctitan.
sweet! you got 16gb ram the i7 2600k model that is oerclockable, a nice video card, and a crossfire/sli ready motherboard! the one thing i wish i had was 16gb ram instead of 8gb, my motherboard only has 2 ram slots D:
@RyanSimonovich Where would be the fun in that? Not to mention this is way cheaper and has better expansion capabilities. Whereas with a regular mac, you're pretty much locked in to whatever they give you.
@RyanSimonovich what CyberHeist said. Plus for me it really came down to price and what was right for me. A Mac Mini is too underpowered (at least for me). The iMacs are great but they are an all in one system that uses mobile parts. Plus they aren't easiley upgradable and their price for a quad core i7 is super high. Forget about upgrading the HDD.... That leaves the Mac Pro which costs $2500+ I don't have that kind of money..
Core i7 930 2.8ghz (overclocked at 4ghz)
6gb DDR3 G.Skill Trident RAM
1TB Samsung HDD @ 7200RPM
Radeon 6870 with 1gb VRAM (sapphire model)
Asus Rampage 3 Formula Motherboard
600W PSU from MasterCooler
I've had my system for two years (I used to just run W7 and I've upgraded from a 5770 to a 6870 during that time) and I've hackintoshed my system since when Snow Leopard 10.6.6 was out and I'm now on Lion 10.7.3, I'm so glad I found out about tonymacx86, hackintoshing is definitely the way to go.
y09ur7pr1d3 4 days ago
@y09ur7pr1d3 there's nothing better then tony mac
TechTubeCentral 4 days ago
Core i3 2100 3.1GHz Sandy Bridge
2GB DDR3 (will upgrade to 4GB Soon)
Intel Desktop Board DH61WW (Intel H61 Express Chipset)
GeForce 210 1GB DDR3
160GB 7200RPM SATA for Lion
500GB 7200RPM SATA for Windows 7
johndarrell 2 months ago
your build is costing approximately $900, my question is why not a mac mini which is the same configuration ;)
gsanjeevkumar 2 months ago
@gsanjeevkumar You can't get a mac mini with the same configuration. The CPU isnt as good, you cannot have 16 gigs of ram, its not upgradeable and the graphics aren't nearly as good.
TechTubeCentral 2 months ago
@gsanjeevkumar Is this person serious?
SinclairZX82 1 month ago
you overpaid for the 2600k and how did you make its hackentosh
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@CrazyTechTime I didn't overpay for the 2600k. I got it for a great price. I ended up not hackintohsing with that machine but you can make a computer a hackintosh with iboot and retail copy of snow leopard.
TechTubeCentral 2 months ago
I want to build a hackintosh, but I cannot decide between the 2500k and the 2600k. What do you think? I do do Final Cut Pro X editing for YouTube.
TechNeverSleeps 2 months ago
@TechNeverSleeps Go With the 2600K. The CPU has hyperthreading which allows the computer to see and utilize it as 8 cores. A lot more power for things like Final Cut Pro 10
TechTubeCentral 2 months ago
3.5ghz intel core i7 (2600k)
8gb ddr3
1gb 9500gt
rosewill armor case
600w psu
coolcomputerkid 3 months ago
i have a HP Pavilion A6042n 3 gigs of ddr2 ram windows 7 ultimate (playing with lunux not comparable with osx86) a AMD 64 LIVE! on-board nvidia graphics WD 500 gb SATA HDD as primary HDD quantum Bigfoot as secondary 12 gigs a dell multimedia keyboard and standard mouse for input devices DYNEX tv for monitior.... baby likcs HARD
cp6745c 3 months ago
Would you recommend your motherboard over the GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 and would you recommend your gpu over the ati 6870? thanks! (maybe one of the parts performs better on mac or is more hackintosh compatible.)
Andrijpok 4 months ago
@Andrijpok Gigabyte boards work really well for hackintoshs as they have lots of DSTs available (google what a DST is ) Anyways Id say get the UD3H because it has integrated video so that would be nice if you need it (like a graphics card breaks, etc) 6870 is a better graphics card in terms of performance. They both are equally as easy to hackintosh with. However make sure to always go to tonymacx86 . com before you buy your components
TechTubeCentral 4 months ago 2
My Hackintosh - Mac OS Lion 10.7.2 on a Hitachi 250 gb hard drive - 8 gb of Patriot DDR2 memory - . Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3 ghz, - Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L motherboard, with a Diamond ATI Radeon HD 5670, and a Samsung Syncmaster 24" LCD monitor, in a Codegen Briza 97 Black ATX Mid-tower case. Using an iogear USB Bluetooth dongle to pair my Rocksoul Apple keyboard, Rocksoul mouse, and Apple Magic trackpad.
kingdude1999 4 months ago
Fails
1) You are custom building a computer and not putting linux/windows on it
2) you got shitty hardware
3) you didn't buy off newegg
4) you will never use 16 gigs of ram. It has been proven most people only need 8
5) you didnt get a spinepoint f3 1tb
6) new computer.....no SSD
7) the i5 2500k would have done the same job as your i7 2600k. Plus why did you get a K version when you are putting windows on it? wtf you will never overclock it
srsly wtf?
ThemisGaming 4 months ago
@ThemisGaming Wow... I am running windows its called dual booting (I removed Mac OS 10 FYI), My hardware isn't shit when comparing computers in a similar budget. I didn't buy off of newegg because they wanted a ton of money for shipping.I will use more then 8 gigs of ram and i'm not "most people". I have a hitachi in my other system and love it, SSDs are too pricey, and for multimedia the 2600k is way better. I wouldn't be the one talking because you're the one that seriously fails at trolling
TechTubeCentral 4 months ago 7
@TechTubeCentral SSD's are pricey because they are fucking fast as hell. Drop an OS and it and it loads up everything in a few seconds 100% worth the price. Plus SSD is the biggest uograde you can make in any computer now days
i7 2600k is really only good for extreme video editing and 3-d rendering not little youtube projects.
All most all products on newegg ship free. My computer was only $10 to ship and the parts added to $1600.
even if you are duel booting mac is still worthless
ThemisGaming 4 months ago
@ThemisGaming I don't think that its worth paying so much more for a computer that is two seconds faster. They wanted $600 for the cheapest shipping option and I do 3D rendering in CAD. Its called virtual machines while multitasking with skype, premiere pro, dreamwever, photoshop, and chrome with 20 tabs of flash open at once...
TechTubeCentral 4 months ago
@TechTubeCentral that is called "poor computer management" having multiple high ram and processor applications running all at once is simply stupid. Having 20 tabs of chrome is again stupid. You are probably only looking at 1 or 2 tabs. When are you editing a photo while skyping while doing web development? Again as i said, you will NEVER use the full power of a 2600k. And to prove you wrong, UPS 3 day shipping on a 3k comp was $32
ThemisGaming 4 months ago
@ThemisGaming they wanted $80 shipping for just the processor. Its called editing photos and graphics and inserting them in to dreamwever while talking to someone in a call... Nothing wrong with having a lot of stuff open if you have the power for it.
TechTubeCentral 4 months ago
@TechTubeCentral yes i agree!
tino730 4 months ago
@ThemisGaming u dont know anything about hackintoshes im guessing, YOU CAN OVERCLOCK AND GET INTO BIOS, AND HE'S TRYING TO SAVE MONEY!
tino730 4 months ago
@ThemisGaming OH AND SO WHAT IF HE's NOT USING NEWEGG, I'm NOT USING NEWEGG AND I HAVE BETTER PRICES! It's called PCtitan, search for pc parts on uk google and find the cheapest one, most of the time it's pctitan.
tino730 4 months ago
does the e stata work with the mac os
Hells74 4 months ago
@Hells74 Yes the DVD Burner does work with Mac OS 10
TechTubeCentral 4 months ago
@TechTubeCentral no i meant on the eSATA 6Gb/s connector on Back Panel
Hells74 4 months ago
@Hells74 oh on the motherboard.. Don't know what I was thinking... I haven't tried any esata devices but most likely but I can't confirm that
TechTubeCentral 4 months ago
cool!
TheZetReviewer 4 months ago
damn... big box!
LandOfTech 4 months ago
WIll you show your setup? the hackintosh iteself.
and how easy was it for OSX to work 100% properly on those components?
stuwkowalski 4 months ago in playlist More videos from TechTubeCentral
@stuwkowalski I'll see what I can do :) Glad you have been watching my videos
TechTubeCentral 4 months ago
where did you bought this? online?
TheInfiniteinfinity 4 months ago
@TheInfiniteinfinity Yes all parts were purchased off of Amazon
TechTubeCentral 4 months ago
sweet! you got 16gb ram the i7 2600k model that is oerclockable, a nice video card, and a crossfire/sli ready motherboard! the one thing i wish i had was 16gb ram instead of 8gb, my motherboard only has 2 ram slots D:
RichardULZ 4 months ago
why not get a regular macintosh?
RyanSimonovich 4 months ago
@RyanSimonovich Where would be the fun in that? Not to mention this is way cheaper and has better expansion capabilities. Whereas with a regular mac, you're pretty much locked in to whatever they give you.
Nice build TechTube!
cyberheist 4 months ago
@cyberheist lol couldnt have said it better myself. Thanks :)
TechTubeCentral 4 months ago
@RyanSimonovich what CyberHeist said. Plus for me it really came down to price and what was right for me. A Mac Mini is too underpowered (at least for me). The iMacs are great but they are an all in one system that uses mobile parts. Plus they aren't easiley upgradable and their price for a quad core i7 is super high. Forget about upgrading the HDD.... That leaves the Mac Pro which costs $2500+ I don't have that kind of money..
TechTubeCentral 4 months ago
total price?
eggshi 4 months ago
@eggshi $1089
TechTubeCentral 4 months ago