Comments on: ‘Tis the season: updating my core i7 hackintosh pro rig to snow leopard

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:41:04 +0000

Kind of new to all this. Read a lot on the internet though and came across your great site. There’s one thing I’ve never understood and my google searches and fora research left me empty handed still too: the overclocking part. You’ve posted pics of your ‘Bios settings” does this mean the overclocking part is done using the Bios of windows? If so, does it store these settings in your hardware so that when you boot in to mac os you still have an overclocked system? Sorry if this is a dumb question…I’m feeling like a rookie. lol. Thanks for all the info, kindest regards, D.

By: hisham

hisham — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:15:35 +0000

@ Cambria

Clicking the orange-red Share icon at the end of each article pops up a whole host of sharing buttons, including Digg, Delicious and StumbleUpon.

By: Cambria

Cambria — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:28:53 +0000

You really should throw a digg button on right here to allow it to be uncomplicated for folks to digg you

By: vepus

vepus — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:50:25 +0000

wich method for overclocking? I'm really at the point. I've also 10.6.3 runnig through kakewalk, but over an MOBO x58a-ud7. Evereything ok except sound, i've just a firewire sound card that works.

Anil K solanki : Hi Hisham, Thanks for sharing your BIOS settings! I have a Hackintosh based on the GA-EX58-UD5 mobo from Gigabyte, and I just upped my Geekbench (64Bit) score from a very fast 9310 to a stupid/crazy fast 12900! Simply by changing one setting in the BIOS. For those who are interested, my Hackintosh build is below. I used the Kakewalk method for getting OS X running, which is so easy, it really has to be tried. My Hackintosh build: Software: Kakewalk super easy installer for Gigabyte MOBO’s http://puru.se/ Mac OS X 10.6.3 MOBO: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 FW9 CPU: Intel Core i7 920 2.6GHZ COOLER: ARCTIC COOLING FREEZER 7 PRO Rev 2 MEM: Corsair DDR3 Memory 2GB x 3 (6GB) GPU: XFX ATI Radeon HD4870 1Gb PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700Watt CASE: LANCOOL PC Dragon Lord K58 OPTICAL: SATA Samsung SH-S223B In total my Hackintosh cost me €950, $1280, £845. I live in Italy, the Italian Apple Store charges € 2.302,00 for a single 2,66 GHZ Nehalem CPU MacPro, Nehalem is basically a Dual CPU architecture version of the Core i7. Saving, €1,352, for a faster Machine with a way better Graphics Card. Happy? Very. Regards, Anil.

By: hisham

hisham — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:26:49 +0000

Thanks for sharing your setup and install info, Anil! I haven’t tried Kakewalk, but from what I hear it seems like a walk in the park for installing OS X!

By: Anil K solanki

Anil K solanki — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:22:39 +0000

Hi Hisham,

Thanks for sharing your BIOS settings! I have a Hackintosh based on the GA-EX58-UD5 mobo from Gigabyte, and I just upped my Geekbench (64Bit) score from a very fast 9310 to a stupid/crazy fast 12900! Simply by changing one setting in the BIOS.

For those who are interested, my Hackintosh build is below. I used the Kakewalk method for getting OS X running, which is so easy, it really has to be tried.

My Hackintosh build:

Software: Kakewalk super easy installer for Gigabyte MOBO’s http://puru.se/

Mac OS X 10.6.3

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 FW9
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 2.6GHZ
COOLER: ARCTIC COOLING FREEZER 7 PRO Rev 2
MEM: Corsair DDR3 Memory 2GB x 3 (6GB)
GPU: XFX ATI Radeon HD4870 1Gb
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700Watt
CASE: LANCOOL PC Dragon Lord K58
OPTICAL: SATA Samsung SH-S223B

In total my Hackintosh cost me €950, $1280, £845. I live in Italy, the Italian Apple Store charges € 2.302,00 for a single 2,66 GHZ Nehalem CPU MacPro, Nehalem is basically a Dual CPU architecture version of the Core i7.

Saving, €1,352, for a faster Machine with a way better Graphics Card. Happy? Very.

Regards, Anil.

By: hisham

hisham — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:24:21 +0000

You’re welcome.

To change your Mac’s model name from Mini to Mac Pro, the easiest way is to use digital_dreamer’s script, option 10 “Modify Mac model name”.

By: Loupi

Loupi — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:03:08 +0000

THANK YOU, that exactly what it was… now i am done, got dual boot w7 and SL
i overclock to stable 4.2ghz, well 4 but turbo boost turn on gave a the .2

my geekbench 32 is 11392, pretty happy over all.
was it worth it? i think so… but my mac pro is loud :( the psu i guess..

on the other hand i have the gtx 295 working full resolution… i dont think you could get a better mac at this point for 2300$ cdn , thats for sure.

the only thing is the profile is calling my mac a MINI? love to change that… my ego you know… :) if anyone knows how…

By: hisham

hisham — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:22:05 +0000

For those looking for my overclock settings, I've snapped pics of the BIOS setting screens (was having problems saving the actual setting on a USB). Get them here.

By: hisham

hisham — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:19:57 +0000

@ Jason Seems like some had success. Though whether it's stable remains to be seen. @ Loupi You probably forgot to set the partition active (digital_dreamer's script ensures that you do, though). Try the procedure here