My previous desktop Mac was a PowerMac G5 bought in 2006. There are two things I do not like about it. First, it is slow and second, it is as loud as a hoover. My very first Mac was the original 1.25GHz Mac Mini. This was the Mac I liked the most so far. The truly stunning Mac operating system running on absolutely quiet hardware.
When the PowerMac began to show its age to the point where it was no longer bearable I looked for a new desktop Mac. The Mac Pro has become far too expensive and the iMacs are nice, but come with glossy screens only. Early 2010 I came across Cindori Custom: Building an i7 Hackintosh on the macrumors.com forums. An i7 based Mac for about the half the price of an original Mac Pro. This I had to try it out.
My shopping list:
- Fractal Design Define R2
- be quiet! 480W power supply
- GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD5 (rev. 1.0)
- Intel Core i7-920 CPU
- Noctua fan
- 6GB Black Dragon DDR3 memory
- GeForce 8400 GS graphics card
- Intel X25-M solid state disk 160GB (not exactly cheap, but FAST)
- 2x Seagate 500GB disks for data
The virgin case
Most parts assembled
Booting ...
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