Comments on: Hackintosh part 6 http://basshead.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/hackintosh-part-6/ Gadgets, Internet, Computers, Music. Where did it all go wrong? Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:57:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ben http://basshead.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/hackintosh-part-6/#comment-94 Ben Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:04:48 +0000 http://basshead.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-94 Thanks for the reply - I've taken your advice and switched to a silent graphics card (an 8600 GT that was on special offer), and other than that, I've left it the same and placed the order. Thanks for the reply – I’ve taken your advice and switched to a silent graphics card (an 8600 GT that was on special offer), and other than that, I’ve left it the same and placed the order.

]]> By: basshead http://basshead.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/hackintosh-part-6/#comment-93 basshead Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:24:48 +0000 http://basshead.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-93 That's what I have for motherboard, processor, cooler. You can get the P35C version of the motherboard for a couple of pound more that adds DDR3, but ithat bumps up the memory cost for a small performance gain. I'm blogging about over-clocking later this evening, and so far I have had this setup running stable at 3Ghz (9x multiplier, 333Mhz bus up from 266Mhz). I try to avoid the major on 3rd memory boards like aria's own brand due to bad experiences. I use kingston as they have never let me down, from what I have read corsair are just as reliable. The latest Samsung drives are a revelation, extremely quiet and fast. I eventually paid about £14 more for the 500Gb model. Another little thing I always recommend is a good thermal paste like Arctic Silver to use between the cooler and CPU. I have seen CPU temperatures drop by several degrees just by replacing the standard cooler grey junk with arctic silver. Helps a lot when overclocking too. The only thing I would advise you consider is the graphics card. Jetway are as good as any other brand and I think I was unlucky to get a dead card, but the cooler on the card was horrendously noisy in a loud and irritating way. The Arctic Cooling Freezer runs at 1000rpm and is almost silent, as is the hard drive. I am glad to be returning the dead graphics card to Aria as the Sparkle card with passive cooler is silent, so not only will this machine run any operating system I want very fast, it's the quietest computer I have ever built. Next upgrade will be another 2Gb of ram. I had VMware running Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux fullscreen with Leopard, switching between them using spaces. Memory was the limiting factor here, so 4Gb should give plenty of room. The choice of hardware supplier is down to past experiences, as I have been buying PC hardware and building computers for 18 years. Aria are one of the few suppliers who haven't caused me problems so I recommend them. I've placed around 40 orders with them over 5 years and the few issues were solved quickly. I used Ebuyer before that and they were awful if you had a problem. Another company that have been good are Scan, although their prices are not quite as keen as Aria. That’s what I have for motherboard, processor, cooler. You can get the P35C version of the motherboard for a couple of pound more that adds DDR3, but ithat bumps up the memory cost for a small performance gain. I’m blogging about over-clocking later this evening, and so far I have had this setup running stable at 3Ghz (9x multiplier, 333Mhz bus up from 266Mhz). I try to avoid the major on 3rd memory boards like aria’s own brand due to bad experiences. I use kingston as they have never let me down, from what I have read corsair are just as reliable. The latest Samsung drives are a revelation, extremely quiet and fast. I eventually paid about £14 more for the 500Gb model.
Another little thing I always recommend is a good thermal paste like Arctic Silver to use between the cooler and CPU. I have seen CPU temperatures drop by several degrees just by replacing the standard cooler grey junk with arctic silver. Helps a lot when overclocking too.
The only thing I would advise you consider is the graphics card. Jetway are as good as any other brand and I think I was unlucky to get a dead card, but the cooler on the card was horrendously noisy in a loud and irritating way. The Arctic Cooling Freezer runs at 1000rpm and is almost silent, as is the hard drive. I am glad to be returning the dead graphics card to Aria as the Sparkle card with passive cooler is silent, so not only will this machine run any operating system I want very fast, it’s the quietest computer I have ever built.
Next upgrade will be another 2Gb of ram. I had VMware running Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux fullscreen with Leopard, switching between them using spaces. Memory was the limiting factor here, so 4Gb should give plenty of room.
The choice of hardware supplier is down to past experiences, as I have been buying PC hardware and building computers for 18 years. Aria are one of the few suppliers who haven’t caused me problems so I recommend them. I’ve placed around 40 orders with them over 5 years and the few issues were solved quickly. I used Ebuyer before that and they were awful if you had a problem. Another company that have been good are Scan, although their prices are not quite as keen as Aria.

]]> By: Ben http://basshead.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/hackintosh-part-6/#comment-92 Ben Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:21:48 +0000 http://basshead.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-92 I'm about to upgrade all the main parts of my pc, and I'd like to be able to run osx as well/instead of windows. I've never got time to read up and find out what parts will won't work - so I've been watching a few blogs etc to see how others are doing. Yours comes in about the right price point, so now you've bought it and confirmed it works, I am going to copy your parts list. So ... can I be a bit cheeky and ask you to confirm the list you eventually bought please? :D I think its this (taken from aria, as I think thats who you used) .... Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R iP35 Express (775) Motherboard Intel Core 2 Quad - Q6600 - 95W G0 stepping - OEM Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO Corsair 4GB PC2-6400 C5 XMS2 (2x2GB) 320GB Samsung SATA - 16MB Jetway GeForce 7600 GT 256MB DDR3 PCI-E I've bumped the graphics card a bit from yours, as I play games occasionally, it it wasn't that much for what looks quite a boost in power. Also, I put more ram in, just because its not that expensive! Can you confirm that this is the list you bought please? I'd be much obliged! I’m about to upgrade all the main parts of my pc, and I’d like to be able to run osx as well/instead of windows.

I’ve never got time to read up and find out what parts will won’t work – so I’ve been watching a few blogs etc to see how others are doing. Yours comes in about the right price point, so now you’ve bought it and confirmed it works, I am going to copy your parts list.

So … can I be a bit cheeky and ask you to confirm the list you eventually bought please? :D

I think its this (taken from aria, as I think thats who you used) ….

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R iP35 Express (775) Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad – Q6600 – 95W G0 stepping – OEM
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO
Corsair 4GB PC2-6400 C5 XMS2 (2×2GB)
320GB Samsung SATA – 16MB
Jetway GeForce 7600 GT 256MB DDR3 PCI-E

I’ve bumped the graphics card a bit from yours, as I play games occasionally, it it wasn’t that much for what looks quite a boost in power. Also, I put more ram in, just because its not that expensive!

Can you confirm that this is the list you bought please? I’d be much obliged!

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