2 years ago a buddy and I built 3 machines from hardware at turkcom
running OSX Tiger.. they have worked brilliantly for 2 years.
In fact we brought a mac pro dual core to colour correct and finish editing
an HD video job in Final Cut Pro, The video card was knackered within 2 days
so our only solution was to use the Hackintosh we had built. It did the job brilliantly.
equally as fast on all accounts save HD rendering (which is generally an overnight job anyway).
Cost of Mac pro dual core = 120,000B
Cost of Hackintosh = 30,000B
We are in the process of building new 'Hacks' using the new OSX Lion.
We are happy to build extras if anyone is interested at 35,000B
(Standard PC Box, any fancy box will be extra)
Not sure on processor yet BUT it will be fast
32 GB RAM and 2TB hard disk (of course this can be any config you want)
reply if interested and we will do an exact Hardware spec in a few days
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Hackintosh (Osx On Pc Hardware)
Started by MrPlumbs, 2012-01-15 09:57
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21 replies to this topic
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nikster
Gold Member Posted 2012-01-15 21:54:28
Admittedly probably won't buy one but I am interested in the hardware specs nonetheless. 32GB RAM for 35k baht sounds pretty good... is it that cheap now?
32GB costs 50K baht in the Apple store 
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pitrevie
Senior Member Posted 2012-01-16 11:01:01
Good luck with that, I am building my own PC and finding it very frustrating. First I picked a good motherboard with very good reviews found it advertised on several of the Thai websites but unobtainable. Then I tried both Pantip and Fortune Tower, all the shops have it listed but none have it in stock. Found the same with cpu coolers, listed but not stocked. I am saving my list until I can get them from Amazon when I next visit the UK.
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steve187
Senior Member Posted 2012-01-16 11:28:45
Good luck with that, I am building my own PC and finding it very frustrating. First I picked a good motherboard with very good reviews found it advertised on several of the Thai websites but unobtainable. Then I tried both Pantip and Fortune Tower, all the shops have it listed but none have it in stock. Found the same with cpu coolers, listed but not stocked. I am saving my list until I can get them from Amazon when I next visit the UK. If in uk look for a motherboard bundle, can save some money, ccl online, maplins, scan etc. #7
Starbooks
Sponsor Posted 2012-01-16 15:47:10
We have one of 'Plumbs' Hacks running at our shop, had no problems at all....
#8
kuripot
Member Posted 2012-01-17 00:33:18
Recently converted an Asus X53E (aka K53E ) laptop to run Lion. Specifications are 15.6" screen i5 cpu 8gb ram 320 hdd . Cost was a little over 19,000 baht equivalent.
I found enough information to do it on the Tonymac and Insanely mac forums. It is extremely stable and has all but replaced my mac desktop. It benchmarks using geekbench very similar to similar specification macbook pro's. 
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pitrevie
Senior Member Posted 2012-01-17 08:53:06
Good luck with that, I am building my own PC and finding it very frustrating. First I picked a good motherboard with very good reviews found it advertised on several of the Thai websites but unobtainable. Then I tried both Pantip and Fortune Tower, all the shops have it listed but none have it in stock. Found the same with cpu coolers, listed but not stocked. I am saving my list until I can get them from Amazon when I next visit the UK. If in uk look for a motherboard bundle, can save some money, ccl online, maplins, scan etc. Thanks but I am looking at a specific Asus board and the better ones tend not to be included in a bundle. I always found Novatech good for bundles but for some reason their site appears to be unobtainable these days from outside the UK. However this is an interesting thread as I have never put together a Mac so I would be interested in seeing the component build. #10
Starbooks
Sponsor Posted 2012-01-17 09:37:28
yep, If you want to do it yourself google 'OSx86 project' for all compatable hardware........
#11
MrPlumbs
Senior Member Posted 2012-01-25 16:02:18
Starting a hackintosh build tomorrow, will post spec soon
#12
MrPlumbs
Senior Member Posted 2012-02-03 15:44:16
Hack is running just fine.....
i5 quad core intel 3.29GHz Gigabyte Ga867M Motherboard 8GB RAM GT 440 video card Running Lion 10.7.2 This benchmarks faster that imac 27" Will post pictures soon cost is 28,000B if anyone is interested Monitor not included (But supports most) Edited by MrPlumbs, 2012-02-03 15:46:29. #13
moddeydhoo
Advanced Member Posted 2012-02-07 09:01:21
Hack is running just fine..... i5 quad core intel 3.29GHz Gigabyte Ga867M Motherboard 8GB RAM GT 440 video card Running Lion 10.7.2 This benchmarks faster that imac 27" Will post pictures soon cost is 28,000B if anyone is interested Monitor not included (But supports most)  have very kindly allowed us to set up a demonstration of this new build. If you want to see it in action come up to Starbooks on Soi Khao Noi (map on their website) any time.
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Somtamnication
Super Member Posted 2012-02-15 18:11:21
Love to see the pics. Apple app store works fine?
#16
Spoonman
Platinum Member Posted 2012-02-15 18:27:47
Interesting, would you be willing (and what kinda baht) to set-up up a dual boot win7/hack on an existing machine.
Spec of machine are, Mobo - Asus P8H61-EVO CPU - i5-2500k, 3.30Ghz Ram - 8gb G-Skill DDR3 1600mhz GPU - GTX 460 #17
Spoonman
Platinum Member Posted 2012-02-23 09:47:42
Interesting, would you be willing (and what kinda baht) to set-up up a dual boot win7/hack on an existing machine. Spec of machine are, Mobo - Asus P8H61-EVO CPU - i5-2500k, 3.30Ghz Ram - 8gb G-Skill DDR3 1600mhz GPU - GTX 460 No Reply to this from Mr Plumbs and has been offline since the 9-Feb-12, did the last "hack" build fail ? Edited by Spoonman, 2012-02-23 09:48:33. #18
Somtamnication
Super Member Posted 2012-02-27 19:39:16
LOL. Yep, still waiting on the pics. Takes only a few seconds.
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TheLaughingMan
Super Member Posted 2012-03-05 10:35:36
Recently converted an Asus X53E (aka K53E ) laptop to run Lion. Specifications are 15.6" screen i5 cpu 8gb ram 320 hdd . Cost was a little over 19,000 baht equivalent. I found enough information to do it on the Tonymac and Insanely mac forums. It is extremely stable and has all but replaced my mac desktop. It benchmarks using geekbench very similar to similar specification macbook pro's.  Screen Shot 2012-01-16 at 17.25.36.pngI want to make a hackintosh laptop, have you had any problems? Maybe I'll buy the same model to hack #20
Jumbo chilli
Senior Member Posted 2012-03-05 10:56:29
My hackbook pro(?)
It is "HP Probook 4430s" running Lion 10.7.3. Rock solid and stable, I can tell you that.  Cheers PS: When I compare with my real macbook pro(2010), the hp hack performs equally stable if not better. Attached Files
Edited by Jumbo chilli, 2012-03-05 11:21:56. #21
Starbooks
Sponsor Posted 2012-03-16 17:14:25
Mr Plumbs has sold his house and is moving, I believe he'll be back online soon
#22
Spoonman
Platinum Member Posted 2012-05-01 14:14:20
Mr Plumbs has sold his house and is moving, I believe he'll be back online soon where did he move to, seems to a fairly long journey. |
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