Alright, so I want to say, first and foremost, thanks to everyone who has been waiting patiently for me to make these videos. I finally received today the replacement video card that was DoA origin...
Alright, so I want to say, first and foremost, thanks to everyone who has been waiting patiently for me to make these videos. I finally received today the replacement video card that was DoA originally when i received it from NewEgg.
One month later, I finally had all the pieces to build my Hackintosh PC.
I updated the flash drive with Snow Leopard on it to include the EP45UD3P Installer Package from Stella, which can be found on his blog at http://stellarola.tumblr.com; The current version as I write this is v2 which includes CPU Recognition and other nice features that automatically discover the audio card and automatic recognition of nVIDIA cards.
I will be editing the installation video, which I also filmed today so please stay tuned! Subscribe and comment if you have questions and of course, rating 5 stars is always appreciated if you found this video interesting/helpful, etc.
Next video to be uploaded will be on the specific hardware used to complete this build, and then another video on the formatting/setup of the USB drive and then FINALLY the installation video, with step by step instructions on how to get your very own hackintosh up and running.
Computer runs flawless and although it sucked having to wait and deal with some defective parts, it was totally worth the wait!
Hardware used: HP 2159m Black 21.5 5ms, 3ms(GTG) HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
Logitech Black USB Cordless Desktop MX 3200 Laser - Retail
Logitech X-540 70 watts 5.1 Speakers - Retail
COOLER MASTER NV 690 NV-690C-KWN2-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model DVR-218LBK LabelFlash Support - OEM
Along with these parts (all purchased from NewEgg.com), I did pick up a few more cosmetic things like cold cathode tubing, 4 extra 120mm case fans, some thermal compound - as well as the CORSAIR Flash Voyager 16GB Flash Drive (USB 2.0 Portable) Model CMFUSB2.0-16GB - Retail which will be used in the installation of Snow Leopard.
Special thanks to Adam Pash, writer of the guide I used - read his posts over at lifehacker.com. Thanks to Stella for the awesome, no-hack method of installing snow leopard. And finally, the OSX86 community and the people over here at YouTube that have subscribed, commented and rated!
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Nice job, glad to see it running. I have a similar setup, more of a retrofit of an old computer. I have that same exact wireless card and mobo, but the ASUS wireless card has been giving me problems (it is spotty and doesn't transfer consistently). Have you been having any problems with it so far?
I paid about 1900 total. But keep in mind, I also bought the monitor, surround sound speakers and a few "extras" - the parts themselves for the computer can be purchased for about 800-900.
A lot cheaper than any mac ;) And it's still running strong! Updated to 10.6.2 with no problems.
I have not yet, I am going to try and run BootCamp Assistant now that it has been patched. I will let you know how that works out. Right now, I am focused on editing those other videos I made to upload here on YouTube.
I am going to wait a while as I splurged with the current build but I plan on getting another setup after I land another web design client, with a different motherboard, better video card and an i7 processor. Unless you want to send me those parts for free ;)
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A lot cheaper than any mac ;)
And it's still running strong! Updated to 10.6.2 with no problems.