Originally Posted by JasonFL

I went back to the Intel DX58SO board, I do want a bigger crazy fan, but none of the fans said on the package they fit the i7.

Also got the 8800 GT 512 DDR3 video card.

everything is now assembled, and ready to start.

how did the build go ? any problems glitches i am thinking of doing a setup but with an asus p6t deluxe

i am doing basically the exact same setup as you but with a different graphics card and going to run 10.5.6

did you have any problems with that mobo?

let me know!

-nicki

i consider you try this set up

mobo:EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX X58 SLI LE Intel Motherboard

CPU:Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
(overcloakable to 4.2Ghz so far of my knowledge)

GPU:EVGA 01G-P3-1180-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

RAM:G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (8 gb would be $200 more)

Fan&Heatsink:ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler

Power Supply:Rosewill RV350 350W ATX 1.3 Power Supply

HDD 1:Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

HDD 2:Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Moniter :HP 2509m 25" 3ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD Monitor

good review on all products... 4.7/5 total
Uber Hackingtosh Rig

Originally Posted by weedhunter

i consider you try this set up

mobo:EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX X58 SLI LE Intel Motherboard

CPU:Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
(overcloakable to 4.2Ghz so far of my knowledge)

GPU:EVGA 01G-P3-1180-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

RAM:G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (8 gb would be $200 more)

Fan&Heatsink:ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler

Power Supply:Rosewill RV350 350W ATX 1.3 Power Supply

HDD 1:Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

HDD 2:Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Moniter :HP 2509m 25" 3ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD Monitor

good review on all products... 4.7/5 total
Uber Hackingtosh Rig

i think im too late for your build... but it still a nice Hackingtosh rig my case i used is the

Case:COOLER MASTER COSMOS 1000 RC-1000-KSN1-GP Black/ Silver Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

wow, that is a really nice case! I've seen less nice cases for more money, so great deal. Probably one of the things that made you want it is its similarity to the Mac Pro tower case (aluminum, basically same since G5 came out) internally. It is a great air flow design.

I have the P6T Deluxe v2, and am going to be trying a Snow Leopard retail build soon. My setup is otherwise very similar to yours. I have SLI 9600GTs and a RAID0 with 3 500GB drives.

I've been playing around with hackint0shs for about a week or so and have built one out of a Dell Dimension 3000 (P4, no HT), an HP dc7600 (almost same as Dell, but has SATA and HT), and an ASUS EeePC 1000HE. I was able to get all running 10.5.8, but all have one issue or another. Mostly what this did was give me confidence, and the desire to put it on a REAL machine so I can fully enjoy the OS and awesome Mac applications.

Let me know how it goes with your build. I'll post my results when I get mine started.

BTW, I have a nice (but much simpler) Lian-Li black brushed aluminum case... it is nice, but not as nice as yours!

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