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Build a Hackintosh with better performance than a Mac Pro for half the price!

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Solution to all your computer woes

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Danny MacAskill - "Way Back Home" (by redbull)

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At the time of updating the guide (09 Mar 2011) the latest version of MultiBeast was 3.2.0 and iBoot was 2.7. If you have a GA-X58A-UD3R-2.0 note that the latest BIOS is version FF, please download the update from the Gigabyte Website and update your BIOS to FF.

What is needed: * iBoot 2.7 * OS...

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Oh yes!!!! Took 2hrs get this cuda hack to work. Details too follow :D

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There you have it folks! The beast is alive!!!

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All systems go!

As you can see from the below photos the hardware side of the build is completed, as i type this post OS X 10.6 is installing. 

At this point I would to credit my 3 sources of info.

1) NoFilmSchool, Hackintosh - This guide is awesome! really simple to follow. Infact my whole build is based around this guide. I just swapped a few bits out for newer parts.

The i7-930 > i7-950, GTX285 > GTX480 1.5mb

Antec P183 > Antec P193 i changed the case purely because the retailer i brought the other parts from didnt sell the P183

Power supply to a mega 1000W! 

Cooler H50 to H70

RAM 12gb!

2) TonyMacx86 - Main source for the install of OS X86 & runs an amazing forum. Learnt a lot from just reading the posts about various parts

3) Insanelymac - Another great forum. Where i found information on the GTX 4xx series cards very helpful.

Together these 3 websites are probably the only places you will need to visit. I also used youtube videos to check visual reviews of various parts and how to install them. 

Update: installation progress > 26mins. So far, so good.

Next post will be some sags I faced when installing the hardware. Keep watching folks!

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Looking good!

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Behold the Beast internals! A bit messy i know, will tidy afterwards

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12Gb of goodness. Which body part can this be?

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The heart has been installed

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Ribs...check, Brain..check, lungs...check, legs...check,

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The brain of thee beast

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The beast body! 900mm of pure metal! 3x140mm fans and 1x200mm!! yikes!

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All body parts present and correct!

So the Treasure chest has been unpacked. Did not think things would be so big/huge/massive/large/oversized. Everything seems to be in order. 

So here is what goodies came out of the treasure chest:

Intel i7-950 Quad-Core Processor (3.06 GHz, 8MB Cache, Socket 1366)

Gigabyte SKT-1366 GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard

Corsair XMS3 12 GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 Desktop Memory

Antec P193 Midi Tower Case

Antec CP-1000 1000W A/PFC Power Supply

LG BH10LS30.AUAU10B 10x Internal Blu-Ray BDRW Bare + Software

Corsair CWCH70 Water Cooler

Zotac GeForce GTX 480 1536MB AMP Edition Graphics Card

(the above links are my shopping list via amazon afiliate program, if you click and buy you'd be helping a fellow hackintosher out)

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The brains of the beast!!