How to Build a Hackintosh with Snow Leopard, Start to Finish

I recently decided it was time to upgrade my computer. Considering my old computer was completely fried, this decision came quite easily. This decision was made even easier when I realized that I can build a machine that runs OSX just as well as a Mac Pro that retails starting at $2499.99. Oh, did I mention that a Mac Pro equivalent can be assembled for less than half the cost?!

The internet has a plethora of information and guides that cater directly to the OSX86 Community; many guides are even available for existing hardware configurations. The article I am going to follow is the guide from Adam Pash titled, Install Snow Leopard on Your Hackintosh PC, No Hacking Required

For the most part, I stayed with the original hardware configuration - with the exception of a few extra goodies. I figured since my current computer has been reduced to a pile of useless bits-and-pieces, why not?

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

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9650 - Retail

Patriot Extreme Performance 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PDC24G6400ELK - Retail (x2)

Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5 Internal Hard Drive - OEM

EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

COOLER MASTER Silent Pro 600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active - Retail

ASUS WL-138g V2 PCI Wireless Adapter - Retail

TRENDnet TEG-PCITXR 10/ 100/ 1000/ 2000Mbps PCI Copper Gigabit Network Adapter - 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.

Unfortunately, it looks like my order will not ship out from NewEgg until Monday, October 12th (so much for the Rush Processing) as my order still shows as Charged, not Shipped, so there isnt much more to talk about until I have the parts in hand and can actually start assembling my very own Hackintosh.

Stay tuned for more and follow me at http://whatthefubar.tumblr.com

For the link to the full article on lifehacker, please visit:
http://lifehacker.com/5360150/install-snow-leopard-on-your-hackintosh-pc-no-h...

*Credit due to Adam Pash at lifehacker, I am simply following his amazing how-to guide and recording the progress along the way!

Category:

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Tags:

• Apple
• Mac
• Install Snow Leopard
• Build Hackintosh
• Snow Leopard Hackintosh

[unvacme]

i did this and as soon as i booted from the usb, it loads a mac boot screen but says i must restart. anybody know what could be the problemÉ

[whatthefubar911]

Do you have the exact same setup? Sounds like you are having a Kernel Panic from not setting the BIOS correctly. If it isn't the same setup, I can't help you - if it is the same, shoot me a PM - otherwise check out the OSX86 forums and just google.

[TheFundRaiserBeats]

@maniakk14

Even if the PC hardware is superior to the Mac Mini's, it won't run as well with Mac OS as a Mac would.

No reason to spend the extra dough on new hardware and spending hours of frustration trying to create a phoney ass Mac.

Just invest in the real deal.

[maniakk14]

@TheFundRaiserBeats Lol, exactly what i was thinking! xD

[TekTut0rials]

I have everything installed and I have the same graphics card, HD, and CPU as you I don't have sound :(( that is the only problem :(

[ModifyPhase]

hey man im an ultra noob just wondering...you burn the iboot onto a disk on ur window pc...once u install the mac does it erase all memory?

[SmokinMac1]

Nice video

[NsFPeAcE]

i have a loptop, that sometimes crashes and i have to restore it. I have a new one, so instead of throwing the old one, or whatever, is there something i can put on a usb, and just quickly install mac os x on my old laptop? its an ASUS x50z, 4 years old.

[TheFundRaiserBeats]

I just want to note that in one of the tutorials that the LifeHacker guy wrote, he said all his hardware added up to $828.92.

With that money, you could of just bought a Mac Mini $100 ($699) cheaper.

Just sayin'.

[popaname]

any way i can use asus instead of gigabyt

[neo123321]

You can install Mac OSX on allot of netbooks with the hackintosh stick available on ebay, if you search ebay for Hackintosh its one of the top items with the picture of a snow leopard, i did it on my dell mini 10v and its brilliant!