It is a little annoying that case manufacturers don't think about this stuff and include PSU extension cables if the PSU is at the bottom of the case. This issue could be fixed by this, I will try it at some point: One small problem is that the PSU sits at the bottom so 1 of the cables from the PSU to the board (ATX 12V 8pin) couldn't be threaded through the cable-tidying system, and in fact runs underneath the PCI/PCIe cards near the edge of the case. Lots of space, a good cable-tidying system. It's obviously up to you how much research you want to do into coolers, you may be perfectly happy with the Intel stock cooler. It's designed for about 5 or 6 different sockets so there are way too many weird options. If you're considering this cooler, check the Zalman website for the docs/flash videos to see exactly how bizarrely fiddly it is.
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really couldn't believe some of the steps required. This cooler was really fiddly to install. It does not have firewire, but IMHO firewire is a dying platform, and if you have hardware that requires it, a half-decent PCI or PCIe firewire card will do the job just fine. This board has USB3 which obviously won't work in OSX yet. Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 (rev 1.0) Graphics card - Gigabyte 9800GT Silent (passive) This is just an example of a proven set of components that will work. It's up to your budget obviously, but you could definitely find more 'elite' RAM, hard disks, PSU, case etc. I was fairly pressed for time so there may be better components than these available for the money. I've included retail links to the parts in case they are hard to find. This guide is really for noobs like me so hopefully it's okay. I hope linking to guides on other sites is OK - there's a rule in the Genius Bar but it didn't mention anything on this forum.
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Tonymacx86 kext utility causing freeze update#
I'm going to be using it for high performance audio / DAW work with Logic 9 and plugins, so I'll update this thread with additional info about the reliability for this purpose after using it for a while. what I've written up here isn't rocket science and I can't take credit for any of it at all (apart from a few comments about some hardware components), but maybe it might help some people. Just built a pretty nice i7 hackintosh and thought I'd share my experiences.