My Hackintosh - Showoff yours

[Shardie]

Hi folks. This is my hackintosh - I call it MacPro mini. Made from 6mm board and perspex.

The specs are:
Gigabyte GA-EG31M-S2
Core 2 Duo 2.8
Seagate 1Tb HDD
4GB Ram
Inno 3D 9800GT Nividia 1GB
2in1 Creative Labs Speakers
Geiuns KB
Apple Mouse
Snow Leopard 10.6.2

Everything is compacted into the case including the speakers. I have NO heat problems as the fan on the top extracts all the heat. Also having no problems with the magnet from the bass speaker as its far enough away from the MB and VGA card.

Lets see your hackintosh

 

[limnos]

NICE

 

[Shardie]

A detailed diagram.

I forgot to mention that the Creative Labs speakers power supply and volume control are in the case as well. The power for the speakers are soldered into the main PSU via 220volts to its own transformer (cables hiding the transformer).

 

[Keeper]

that's pretty whacked, lol


how do you switch it on though?

 

[Shardie]

that's pretty whacked, lol


how do you switch it on though?

got a small button at the back - use an external DVD also

 

[marine1]

Looks amazing well done

 

[Shardie]

Looks amazing well done

thanks - the next one will be perfectly cut with a lazer - friend of mine owns a lazer cutter. Might make it out of metal then. Need to add some nice "feet" and a handle. Also looking for small grills for the front speakers.

 

[Shardie]

comes with a wallpaper too -

http://www.megagraphix.co.za/osx86/macpro.jpg

 

[koffiejunkie]

Having a speaking with a big magnet like that so close to my hard drive would make me pretty nervous...

 

[I am Penguin]

Oh my! .... thats what I would call a real Whackintosh, it looks better, probably performs better(/duck), than the real Mac'coy Cheaper too. Please do not let PeterCH see it as he would LOVE to upgrade.

 

[I am Penguin]

Having a speaking with a big magnet like that so close to my hard drive would make me pretty nervous...

Yep! unless it is shielded as it should be, then it must be coming from a real eX PC speaker box.

 

[Synaesthesia]

Very nice but every hackintosh user would prefer a real mac.

But well done. My favourite hackintosh is probably my sisters 13" laptop - a Lenovo Y300

 

[Shardie]

Okay guys to answer a few Q&A:
1. No the magnet is NOT powerful enough to affect any components
2. The costing was about R150 (the wood, wood glue and perspex)
3. Time - about 4 days (thats working on it for about 2 hours a day all because I planned as i wen along - If I had to make another it would take a day - Glue drying, spraying etc etc)
4. Yes its VERY fast - with a 2.8 C2Duo and a 9800GT VGA its should be fast. The only problem is that this motherboard bottlenecks cos its only DDR2 800 RAM.
5. Yes you right, any Hackintosher would love a real Mac. I would too. My wife runs a 20" iMac, but i prefer the little adventure.
6. I like that name though "WHACKINTOSH" - might just get my froend to lazer cut it on the front.

Im gonna add a few more things and will update the pics soon.

Thinking of getting a smaller PSU and a slimline DVDWriter and also a laptop HDD instead of the 3.2". I could make it abit smaller by 4cm on the top and side. The amazing thing is that is runs very cool - I suppose is creating a good vacuum being all compact. I also need to add front usb and audio. The reason I made it this size as well is that if any component breaks then its easier to change and I dont have to go looking for specialised parts.

anyone else got pics of their hackintosh?

 

[Sputnik]

Oh my! .... thats what I would call a real Whackintosh, it looks better, probably performs better(/duck), than the real Mac'coy Cheaper too. Please do not let PeterCH see it as he would LOVE to upgrade.

I don't think Peter is into pimp my ride kinda stuff

 

[PeterCH]

I don't think Peter is into pimp my ride kinda stuff

I don't care about the box as long as it's functional and the OS actually works unlike ahem - those other OS'es which require firewalls, antivirus programs, maintenance, defragging, registry cleaning etc....

Nice box and nice effort. Congrats.

 

[phiber]

No driver issues on hackintosh? ?

 

[Shardie]

No driver issues on hackintosh? ?

None at all. Not with my specs anyway. I tried to install an Intel mobo with a i7 chip - couldnt get the sound, network and sata ports to work, so yeah.

 

[JIMMYtheSKULL]

I have tried numerous laptops the closest i got to work was a fujitsu amilo pro, oh but the driver nightmares make me nice job on your though!!!

 

[bdt]

Oh HEY by blindingly great fortune I have that exact board! ....yayyy me! Guess I can revive an interest in giving this a whirl then.

 

[bdt]

That is aweful ...

OK so, if you're going to create the new word that means "DAMN that's good but man it's ugly", you're going to have to explain that you're crunching AWEsome and awFUL together...