Hackintosh G-i5 ( Gigabyte P55 motherboard / intel i5 750 cpu ) Powermac G5 case

Need a Snow Leopard file server solution but don't want to lay a couple of grand on a Mac Pro? This clip shows you how you can rebuild a dead G5 into a powerful quad core Intel i5 hackintosh running OS X retail Snow Leopard.

Hardware used -
OS X Snow Leo retail 10.6
Intel i5 750 cpu
Gigabyte P55M-UD2 motherboard
2 x Samsung F3 1Tb HDDs
8Gb ( 4 x 2 ) Crucial 1333Mhz DDR3
Palit 1Gb Nvidia 9500gt Silent edition.
Arctic Cooling Freezer rev2 socket 1156
Dead Powermac G5
Pioneer SATA DVD rewriter

An full day for the hardware mod, and a couple of hours for the software install.

Thanks to
Aquamac for some great hardware advice
http://www.s155158671.websitehome.co.uk/

Tonymac for his P55 chipset install blog
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com

Netkas for the PC EFI project
http://netkas.org

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G5 shelf
To remove the shelf, check out

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4525&st=60

go to post #80

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Hackintosh
• macintosh
• apple
• quad core
• apple mac
• G5
• intel
• gigabyte
• case mod
• OS X
• snow leopard
• netkas
• efi
• chameleon efi
• mac pro
• p55

[winfr34k]

Could I please get the Background wallpaper from you?

[A9KSystems]

@winfr34k you can grab it at inter face lift dot com

[A9KSystems]

I think you've got the wrong idea Bacotablanco. Its not a file server, its a video editing machine. The old G4 it replaced was a file server.

[frankthetank8558]

how much did the custom cost u?

[A9KSystems]

@frankthetank8558

you mean the PC hardware or the case etc.?

[mrl385]

how do you get the osx snow leo 10.6? can you send a torrent link

[A9KSystems]

@mrl385 take something called "money" and go to your local apple store and "buy" a copy. Seriously dude, its like £25!

[A9KSystems]

@PaulGrantDesigns congratulations

[TheMoonshineRebel]

what the fuck is the point?

[frozen5hadow]

Any step by ate guides on this? How much was it total?

[GeekTechniqueTV]

can i update mac osx ? ? ?

and is it possible to store full hd movies on it ?

cuz i use my imac 27" and is full now i need a server for it so i can fill it with music photos and movies so is it possible to store it there and get it to work with a jailbroken apple tv ? now works for me but i donno about osx server

[frankthetank8558]

@A9KSystems the whole shibang

[bocatablanco]

ohh my god... for this price i could do 10000000 file servers..

it´s only a file server, men!!