anybody want to buy a core i7 hackintosh?
two hdd's in it, one with snow leopard 10.6.2 and the other with windows XP sp3. i had a third WD green terabyte drive with windows 7 but it fried on me a week ago. runs like a dream but i can't keep a desktop pc in my hands anymore
specs are as follows:
CPU -
core i7 920 with d0 stepping [run at default clockspeed]
Mobo -
DFI LANParty UT X58-T3eH8
RAM -
6gb ddr3 OCZ gold @1600 mhz
PSU -
Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W
GPU -
EVGA GTX 260 192 core
Case -
Antec 900
Audio:
Auzentech 7.1 Prelude internal card [actually has 64mb of ram in it for gaming :lol]
Other:
HDD's:
750gb SATA WD Caviar Black [running Snow Leopard]/160GB IDE Seagate drive [Windows xp]
Optical:
Sony Optiarc Black 24X DVD-R/12X DVD+R DL
Heatsink:
Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme - 1366 RT
Card Reader:
Rosewill 74-in-1 Internal Card Reader
Keyboard: $5 Gear Head KB2200B, does the job just fine but nothing special
i don't need to tell you
this setup is prime for overclocking that i7, and that's why i built it. why haven't i overclocked recently? i got too wrapped up in schoolwork and had to reset the mobo at one point; never got back to oc'ing it
because it runs osx i don't feel bad saying it would cost another $1000 above parts as a mac pro with these specs, but i'm not going to do that. i'll stick with the 'cheapest core i7 mac pro on the block' pitch i've been running through my head and say that
i'm looking to part with it for $1475, $1425 local pickup.
my next step if i sell it will be to most likely buy a macbook pro, so the funds are going directly towards that
also selling a monitor for local pickup [midwestern tri-state area], the incredible beast of a CRT, the
Sony GDM FW900 for $350. it's fantastic and the best monitor i've ever seen in my life. unfortunately it's huge and weighs like 110 lbs. for pros only :0