SA: Build an Intel P55 Snow Leopard Hackintosh.
It's not quick or easy but is fairly painless
by Lars-Göran Nilsson
February 19, 2010
YOU MIGHT ALREADY have read one of the many guides on the net about how to get your PC running OS X. We have come across an approach that makes the whole install process a lot easier and thought weÂd share it with you. By a lot we mean that you donÂt need a Mac for starters, which should be a huge help to those who own only a PC and want to have a go at building a Hackintosh.
LetÂs start with a few prerequisites for this to work, first of all you need to have a P55 motherboard, although it might work on other motherboards and chipsets as well, but we canÂt guarantee it. For whatever reason it seems like GigabyteÂs range of P55 motherboards have the highest success rate, but some Asus, Biostar DFI, Intel and MSI boards will also work, just make sure you check which models are known to work by having a look here.
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Intel P55 motherboards use the LGA 1156-pin CPUs. The top-of-the-line processor that is claimed to work without patches (but some have issues, apparently) is the Core i7-860 ($280 boxed at NewEgg).
The comparable Apple machine (the 27" iMac quad with the upgraded i7 processor) is around $2100.
This seems to be a good Geekbench score for a quasi-similar system - http://browse.geekbe...ench2/view/220686
The usual issues of violating Apple's license apply, of course.
Cheers,
Scott.
(Who is waiting for the new desktops to come out before seriously thinking about going this route.)
