Hackintosh From Start to Finish (Part 2): Picking Your Hardware

[Golfnoob69]

Hey I'm having problems updating to 10.6.8 from 10.6.3 I can give you my specs for my hackintosh if you need them her is the main stuff I have a Asus p7p55 lx an a gigabyte radeon hd 6850 just like you I have 4 gigs ddr3 ram while the os installs but I have 8 total please help me

[tiberiud75]

cpukid00 Quick question about memory : DDR3 1333 . On newegg there are 3 types of memory .DDR3 1333 PC10600,10660,10666 . What memory do I need to buy for GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 motherboard with Intel Core i7-2600K ?

[cpukid00]

@tiberiud75 As long as it's 240 pin and in sets of 2GB (such as 4gb, 8gb, etc), the speed doesn't matter. the 1333, 1600, etc are simply the frequency that memory is meant to be run at. The higher the frequency, the better the performance.

[TomaxSF]

i have the radeon 6850 too! :)

[dxiong5]

Thanks for the great info. I'm currently researching/getting ready to build my first Hack; will be used for schoolwork, browsing, and video production.

I have a question regarding the parts: per the TonyMac "Recommended Builds" list, can I mix and match the components from the different builds to customize my own? For example, I'm looking at the Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 board with an i7-2600K and AMD 6870 graphics card. The parts are from different lists; will they work together? Thanks!

[cpukid00]

@dxiong5 Yes, you can mix and match the parts as long as they're physically compatible with one another. For example, don't try putting a 1366 CPU in a 1155 board. Make sure your parts will work with one another.

[brad6193au]

@dxiong5 I have that motherboard (very nice motherboard btw) with 2500K, your 2600K will work flawlessly :)

[alexcar5]

hey man i have a question for u have u ever upgraded your BIOS because i just bought the same motherboard as yours and i wanted to know and aswell when u where installing multibeast did u install the custom DSDT found on tonymac's database or u just install the drivers u needed???

[cpukid00]

@alexcar5 A DSDT isn't required, but it's the easiest way to get everything working. I use a DSDT, which I downloaded from the database.

[alexcar5]

@cpukid00 thanx man!!

[videomasters2468]

do you have to have a graphics card or can you just use the onboard graphics?

[cpukid00]

@videomasters2468 I believe some motherboard/CPU combos let you use integrated graphics, but I always recommend using a dedicated GPU.

[maverick7376]

@cpukid00 Hey, i have a question. Is Snow leopard still in sale in apple stores?

[cpukid00]

@maverick7376 You can buy it from their online store for $30.

[maverick7376]

@cpukid00 But i live in Croatia and i cant buy it there :|

[XRA1D]

Hey for AMD you don't need a distro, you can use a retail SL DVD and use iBoot LE to install it. You just have to be a lot more careful with them when updating.

[silver1000ist]

Hey, I think your tutorials are very good. As far as power supplies go, your power bill doesn't increase because you have a 1000 watt power supply. It's just head room. If your system components draw 500 watts, the power supply will only draw 500 watts.

[cpukid00]

@silver1000ist Interesting, I didn't know that. Thanks for the information!

[RollingThunderkiks]

Would this system work?

Motherboard: ASUS P5L-VM 1394

Graphics: GIGABYTE NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS 512MB GDDR3

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.20Ghz

RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR2

Thanks in advance.

[Tarantula604]

2 things, 1st great stuff but try to get straight to the point...your videos are too long. However, I do find them informative. Is there any benefit to having a lion system over a snow leopard system (aside from the obvious changes in the upgrade). I'm looking into building a 2600k overclocked system with 8-16 gigs of ram and a gig of video ram. I want to be able to utilize everything.

[cpukid00]

@Tarantula604 The videos are to the point. The point of this series it to give the audience every detail they need to know. If you try to do a video like this in 5 minutes, then it won't help anybody. They'll be asking all the questions that I didn't mention. Regarding Lion, it's definitely worth the upgrade. The new gestures and features like Mission Control are great. It's also overall a "snappier" OS.

[Tarantula604]

@cpukid00 Constructive feedback is an amazing thing. I didn't say it because of how long it was, but because I was sitting there waiting for you to finish talking to get to the topic. It took you 60 seconds in to get to what this video is suppose to about.

[jamirou1]

Hi! What camera you have hooked for your hack? I have Microsofts Webcam and it works in photobooth and facetime but no no with imovie and final cut.

[cpukid00]

@jamirou1 The webcam seen in this video is the Logitech C510 webcam, but keep in mind it behaves just like your does. It's an older camera, so I wouldn't recommend it. It works for apps like Screenflow and PhotoBooth, but you have to use the Logitech webcam software to record in 720p.

[brandonrobinson5150]

did you ever fix your dual screen problem if not try this HCL 10.7 Seeds

let me know what happened, I have to have dual screen.

[lantean99]

I am going to build one by the end of March. This is a perfect video. thanks mate. keep up the godo work.

[brandonrobinson5150]

Question, I want to build a high end hackintosh, but I can't find out a definitive answer to this.

Can I use the time Machine restore from another Mac?

[cpukid00]

@brandonrobinson5150 I don't think so. The restore would work, but you wouldn't have any kexts needed for your system, so it's hard to tell if it would boot. It depends on your hardware.

[brandonrobinson5150]

@cpukid00 Thanks I'm building this weekend ill keep you updated.

[SC2Phan]

@cpukid00 Ah disregard my last comment. I just noticed he said from ANOTHER Time Machine backup.

[LukeSprayishere]

@brandonrobinson5150 Yes u can just when you set up use a retail copy of mac os x and not a torrent as torrents are hacked to work so yeah also. what you need to do is when you install mac os x you need to to click restore from another mac then restart it . then use iboot and run multibeast as normal.

[brandonrobinson5150]

@LukeSprayishere Im going to give that a try, just bought my parts today. thanks:)

[ImTheSeekr]

I built my PC before I even found hackintosh :P its awesome tho, for some reason my computer refuses to run iPC ir whatever one of those leopard remakes arem and it also refuses to boot it with boot132 so, i must use snow leopard, which is hard getting onto a single layer dvd because you can't do it on PC....

[henrymgray]

Since Apple uses Intel Processors for its Mac, then its sensible to use Intel processors. AMD procs can be used, but as cpukid mentioned require a OS X version that has been modified to boot on AMD. Whereas if you buy snow leopard on disk, along with iBoot or Lion (once got a way to boot) should have no problems on intel as long as compatible hardware is used.

[DeviceTutorials]

I wonder why my motherboard works...

I bought it when I hadn't any clue what a Hackintosh is, it's a ASRock G31M-S R2.0.

Other people with this board have to mod their BIOS or it doesn't work at all, mine worked out of the box with both Snow Leopard and Lion :D

[djdavedoc]

AMD cards are the way to go as I commented on one of your last videos. GTX Fermi Cards suffer from the Fermi Freeze in Lion which basically means when you do something that uses the GPU you system will freeze for a couple of seconds and then resume. Happens to me in FCPX and After Effects on my Hackintosh. There is no proper fix for the Fermi Freeze yet :( I should have got a AMD Radeon 6970.

[SC2Phan]

@djdavedoc Yes there is. You need to make some modifications to AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.k­ext Just shoot me a PM and we can discuss it.

[iTekkidHD]

Great video man, I've check out tonymac website that you have recommend in your last video and i must say that its a great website, they have help me with choosing my parts. these are the parts that I've choose for my Hackintosh build:

1.GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Motherboard

2.Intel Core i5-2500K

3.AMD Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Card

4.COOLER MASTER CM690 II Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case

5.8GB Corsair 1600Mhz DDR3 Ram

6.Corsair 650watt Power supply

7.ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2

[iTekkidHD]

@iTekkidHD number 7 is the CPU cooler and also DVD burner and HDD. thanks for making this video it help me out alot

[SC2Phan]

Another important note: When you buy the case, be sure the really long cards GPU's will fit.

[gavanelli]

Very informative, I got lion running on dual core celeron (I only suggest dual core celeron if someone is on a budget) & I have Lion running on a Dell Vostro 1510 laptop with a core 2 duo processor. Ive used both retail & distro, The retail version is definately the way to go but if you are looking for a easy way out then check out my tutorials (I covered iAtkos L1\L2) Ive used 3 different ASUS boards & 3 different nvidia cards with no probs. My personal experience & personal preferences. :)

[memoivoila]

OMG SSD's ARE CHEAPER THAN HDD's

[cpukid00]

@memoivoila Kinda sad, right?

[memoivoila]

Core 2 duo can easily handle web browsing word processing etc

[memoivoila]

Core 2 duo and Core 2 quad work, celeron and pentium don't

[gavanelli]

@memoivoila single core celeron is a no go.. but dual core celeron can run lion (the proof is in my tutorial)

[memoivoila]

@gavanelli Can it run smoothly? I mean for hd video and the like?

[gavanelli]

@memoivoila if you are asking about the dual celeron....lol I wouldn't try to do any HD video editing with a celeron no matter how many cores it have, unless I have a lot of patience and possibly a good amount of ram (but thats just me). But judging from my test run, lion runs pretty smoothly on the dual core celeron, I have not did any video editing I only use my core 2 quad for that. But according to intel: the dual celeron was designed with music\video editing in mind at a budget price.

[cpukid00]

@memoivoila Good information! Thanks for watching!

[TekTut0rials]

Question CPUkid... Where did you get the wallpaper for your mackintosh on the right?

[cpukid00]

@TekTut0rials I get a lot of my wallpapers from Interfacelift.

[cenationalism]

is LGA 2011 socket supported

[MrSwain4]

Heres my successful hackintosh specs. Like TekTut0rials said i'm not trying to advertise just trying to help.

Cpu: i7 2600k

Mobo: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3

Ram: 16gb 1866 ddr3

graphics card: (2) ATI Radeon HD 5850's

hdd: hitachi 1.5 tb

note:

be wary of AData brand ssd's my lion doesn't pickup the drive.

[Andrijpok]

Hey i have a xfx 6870 card 1gb and i cant get 1080p boot up. the apple logo is really stretched out and not in ratio. i cant find a fix.... can you help?

[MrSwain4]

@Andrijpok

Do you have Graphics Enabler=Yes on boot? The apple logo isn't going to look good it will resize when your lion/snow leopard goes to the login.

[Andrijpok]

@MrSwain4 yes i have graphics enabler on yes but it still has the blurry stretched out apple logo. I'm running on lion and idk what to do next... have any ideas?

[MrSwain4]

@Andrijpok

Is the whole OS blurry or just the apple boot logo?

[SC2Phan]

@Andrijpok Maybe try setting Graphics Mode resolution in org.chameleon.boot.plist

[Andrijpok]

@SC2Phan i have the resolution on there but its still stretched a bit and right before the login screen it gets really high def and proportional. i just wish during the whole boot it could be that high def.

[SolidStateTech]

hi which ssd is better... the ocz vertex 2 or the ocz vertex plus??

[kickit246]

@SolidStateTech I'm not a pro on the topic but when I did my research for SSD's, OCZ seemed like a bad idea. Apparently there are a lot of failed drives out there and the customer support is run by Al Keida or something, from the sounds of it. Anyway, I ended up going for a Crucial 64GB SSD with my build. I didn't exactly answer your question but hopefully still helped out a bit.

[SolidStateTech]

@kickit246 the vertex 3 seemed to be the best choice... went for that instead, thanks anyway

[henrymgray]

@cpukid00 I can confirm that the Core2Duo chips should work fine, I am running Lion on a Acer Aspire 8930G Laptop which has a Duo chip install, but as you have state this would depend on MB support. As for Nvidia there is a driver on the website for OSX and the Cuda support, but the card support for the cards is limited.

[cpukid00]

@henrymgray Thanks for the solid information! I'm sure it will help a lot of people when picking out their hardware. As for the Nvidia cards, that's why I recommend AMD cards. Thanks for watching!

[TekTut0rials]

My successful hackintosh specs/hardware:

MOBO: (gigabyte): GA-P43T-ES3G

Graphics: Geforce nVidia 240GT

CPU: intel core 2 quad Q8600

Membory 16GB ram DDR3

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To see my multibeast/kexts settings look at my vid on my channel.

(Note not trying to advertise I'm trying more so to help.)

[djdavedoc]

@TekTut0rials My Fairly Successful Hackintosh Specs/Hardware

MB ASUS P8Z68 -V

Graphics MSI Twin Frozr OC II GTX 580

CPU Intel Core i7 2600k Overclocked to 4.6GHZ

Memory 16GB of DDR3 1600MHZ RAM.

Corsair Series 3 120GB SSD SATA 6GBS

[iamcurtis123]

I've been looking for a video like this, thanks!

[Croccer333]

i guess this is going to be a very nice tutorial! fortunately i already went through the process of building one myself as i had some huge problems trying to install snow leopard on it. then i went for lion and it somehow worked out without any problems at all. after watching your case tour i went for the same case and cpu cooler (copycat.. i know ;) ) and the i7 2600k .

im anyhow going to fully watch your series just to refresh my know-how about hackintoshes :P

cheers!

[cpukid00]

@Croccer333 I'm in the same boat. Lion works and performs worlds better than Snow Leopard ever did. I wouldn't recommend a Snow Leopard hackintosh now that Lion is out and stable. It feels like I'm running a real Mac Pro! Thanks for watching!

[C4OShea]

Thanks for listening to your fans and uploading today!

[cpukid00]

@C4OShea And thank you for watching!