Hackintosh Computers

[Mackilroy]

CyberCat: he did mention his hardware, if only obliquely. These days you're pretty good with almost any Gigabyte motherboard, Intel processor, and RAM. GPUs are a little more tricky depending on the model but there's support for much more than what Apple supplies.

 

[CyberCat]

Yeah I know, I most mostly just curious which motherboard and GPU he was using specifically. The vanilla method is definitely looking tempting to try for my next build.

 

[Mackilroy]

I'd look here and here to look up compatible hardware. Neither site is 100 percent complete, but will give you an idea of what hardware works.

 

[CyberCat]

I was not aware of the tonymacx86 database, very helpful, thanks.

 

[mrblack927]

Absolutely. In addition to Mackilroy's links, I would also look at tony's blog. A few times he posted entire builds, piece by piece, for making a 100% compatible tested and verified build.

Here are 3 budget builds he pieced out

Here's a build power-build, comparable to the Mac Pro

The nice thing about those is he gives you the exact parts you need (even provides links for each one) for a full system. You know before you buy it that everything will work and the installation will go smoothly. If anyone were to ask me for advice on building a hackintosh, that's exactly what I would tell them to do.

 

[CrAkD]

i would wait for for sandybridge to be more stable in hackintoshes before upgrading again. im surprised there is no way to do the dual cpu configs in a hackintosh.

 

[Mackilroy]

i would wait for for sandybridge to be more stable in hackintoshes before upgrading again. im surprised there is no way to do the dual cpu configs in a hackintosh.

There is, it's just rare and expensive.

 

[goMac]

i would wait for for sandybridge to be more stable in hackintoshes before upgrading again. im surprised there is no way to do the dual cpu configs in a hackintosh.

Only Xeons can do dual CPU... So a Hackintosh would have to be a Xeon... and at that point, why bother?