Comments on: Build a Screaming Desktop Hackintosh running Snow Leopard for around $900

By: JR

JR — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:55:33 +0000

Can anyone give me an updated list of motherboards that would work?

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:57:39 +0000

I also went with the GTX 275 – and the i7 860 on a Gigabyte board. Can’t want to get it put together.

By: so?creates

so?creates — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:00:00 +0000

With the introduction of 10.6.3, the EVGA 9800GTX+ works OTB! You simply need to use a generic card, like a 7300, to do the initial 10.6 install. Then, go ahead and jump right to your system updater and go to 10.6.3. Reboot. Check that everything is working and fix what you need to. Shut down – plug in your new card – start up. Fully supported! No need to edit DSDT files or patch anything. Performed on a 45-UD3L mobo by Gigabyte.

For the initial Snow Leo install, I used a burned DVD of Kakewalk, which provided a boot loader. After you get to the Kakewalk screen, eject it and pop in the Snow disk. Install away and go for a coffee as it finishes. Reboot. Set up Snow Leo for first time. Pop Kakewalk back in, and then run it’s patcher. There, you can select from about a dozen of current Gigabyte boards to toss a boot loader onto. Some may need to patch their audio. If you do, There is a standalone Kakewalk updater for 10.6.2/10.6.3 that will bring it back.

I recommend Kakewalk for all Gigabyte models, because it’s not board-specific like the Lifehacker guide.

By: hackerdude

hackerdude — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:50:48 +0000

building my own hackintosh was the smartest thing ive ever done… the best OS out there with my own customized hardware… i spent about 2000$ but have an i7 processor, bluray burner, 2 tb hd, hdmi output, 3 port firewire, 4 usb, dvd drive and burner, nvidea gtx 275 (couldnt afford the 500 bucks for the gtx 295) but will upgrade one day… and thats the best part of a hackintosh…upgrading a mac