We told you about our affection for Hackintoshs before. With the recent Mac Pro spec refresh disappointing many and not taking advantage of modern technology such as Thunderbolt, USB3, SATA3 or just about anything less than three-years-old, maybe it is time to consider building one.
Lifehacker’s Adam Dachis compiled a long list of parts that will allow you to build a Hackintosh that matches or exceeds the new Mac Pro’s specs on the cheap (though we are not sure how a Core i7 3.4GHzis going to do versus a Mac Pro Xeon!). Here are the parts to build the base Mac Pro for only $1,148 instead of $2,499:
- Cooler Master RC-692-KKN2 Case ($90)
- Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H Motherboard ($99)
- Intel Core i7 3770 3.4 GHz CPU ($317)
- MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (448 Cores) PCI-E 16X Graphics Card ($300)
- 8GB Corsair DDR3 1600 MHz RAM, 2x4GB ($50)
- 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black 7200 RPM Hard Drive ($100)
- Corsair Professional Series 650W Modular Power Supply ($117)
- Asus 24x DVD-RW Serial ATA Internal Drive ($17)
- SYBA FireWire 400/800 Card ($28)
- Mac OS X Lion Download ($30) or Thumb Drive ($69)
Check out Lifehacker’s post for the mid-range and high-range prices. Or, head over to Tonyx86 and formulate your own Mac PRO.
- Apple rescinds: New Mac Pro is no longer ‘new’ (9to5mac.com)
- Refurb Apple Mac Pro Xeon 2.8GHz Workstations from $1,150 + $38 s&h (9to5toys.com)
- Andy Hertzfeld: The only thing that’s still high-end about [Mac Pro] is the bloated price (9to5mac.com)
- New Retina MacBook Pro surfaces on eBay for $3,898 (9to5mac.com)
- Apple spokesperson confirms new models and designs of the Mac Pro and iMac slated for 2013 (9to5mac.com)
- Apple MacBook Pro 2.3GHz 15″ Retina w/ AppleCare for $2,338 + $13 s&h (9to5toys.com)
