New Year and an AMD 270X Build 2014 Hackintosh

Start the year with a little power house, this build is incredibly good bang for your buck. Packing an i5 4670, 8GB 1866MHz ram, 1TB SSHD and of course the R9 270x GPU, the GPU is incredible and great for its value. It works seamlessly in MAC OS X. You can even hook up a Triple monitor set up.

There are many option add-ons depending on your needs. All you need to do is contact me for more information.

Colours

black $1,349.99 AUD white $1,349.99 AUD red $1,349.99 AUD orange $1,349.99 AUD blue $1,349.99 AUD green $1,349.99 AUD

*Postage $169.00 AUS only*
*Pick Available West Melbourne, Contact for details*

  

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The New Year is Coming and So Is this Custom 2014 Monster Corsair build.

Today, there is a new build in the midsts. It's the 2014 Monster Corsiar Build. This amazing machine packs the i7 4770K (Overclocked for your convenience), 32GB of Corsair Vengeance Pro Ram, 256GB SSD (for OS), 2TB SSHD (Storage), Corsair H100i (cooling), The GTX 780 (GPU) and powered by the Corsait RM1000w PSU.
If you've ever wanted a Hackintosh, this is it for you. The amount of power this thing has for its price is unmatched. The build comes in three colours:  Black, Silver and Arctic White.  

There are many option add-ons depending on your needs. All you need to do is contact me for more information.

Colours

White $3,499.00 AUD Black $3,499.00 AUD Silver $3,499.00 AUD

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AMD R9 2xx Series GPU Hackintosh

Today I have spent the day testing out the new R9 2xx Series graphics cards, and to my surprise they work perfectly OOB (Out of the Box). What more could you ask for? I tested the Gigabyte 270x, 280x and 290x. The only one that I had issues with was the 290x. I'm really hoping to get this working as soon as possible. I ran the 270x and the 280x through a triple monitor set-up and they work seamlessly. The build I used was my personal build with the i7 3930k OC @ 4.8GHz, 16GB 2133MHz ram, GA-X79-UP4 and a 240GB SSD.

This is great news for new customers looking to purchase a build as we all know that the AMD card are better value for the dollar.  

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6 Core Mac Pro Hackintosh

The parts are here for my Mac Pro Hackintosh. This is a showcasing build that will show Mac OS X Mavericks running on the Intel 3930K 6-Core CPU (Which of course will be Overclocked). I choose the simple yet awesome motherboard - Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4. I willl be testing this with the AMD R9 290X (Watercooled) and 32GB 2133MHz Ram. 

Stay Tuned to see how the build comes along.

The Budget Hackintosh 2014 Build

THE BEST BUDGET HACKINTOSH 2014

 This build will be my base model for the coming year 2014, it will cover pretty much all of your needs plus more. I have carefully chosen the best parts for the job and trying to keep it under budget. First of all we will start with the case as that's what most of you will be looking at. I choose the NZXT H230 because of its size and silence. Who really want to hear the noise of fans in their build?

As you can see there is plenty of room to work with and room for upgrades. There is both a black and white variant of this case so it all comes down to preference. I personally like the white case over black.

The CPU I picked is the i5 4670k as it's simply a great processor and is great for a budget build. 

For the Ram I picked out the G.skill 16GB 2133MHz 2x8GB Ram, this is perfect and great when you're on a budget. The motherboard to complement all these parts is the Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP, this board simply just works. 

As for the storage space and boot drive, I picked the SanDisk Extreme 128GB as the Boot drive and a Seagate 1TB SSHD as the storage. I also thought i would just put in a GTX 760 2GB GPU. There will also be a WiFi card added for your wireless needs.

Aerocool Templarius 650w PSU powers all of these. Not only does it look good but it also goes hand in hand with the white NZXT Case. All these parts are perfect for hackintosh and work amazingly. 

The Cost of this build is: $1,650.90 Including GST.
*Postage is $169 within Australia only*

Colours

White $1,650.90 AUD Black $1,650.90 AUD

There are many option add-ons depending on your needs. All you need to do is contact me for more information.

  Please don't hesitate to ask any questions, your business will be greatly appreciated. If you want to get in contact please call Robertson Design Technology Melbourne

PH: +61426279566 Email: deon@robertsondt.com

Updating Your Mavericks to 10.9.1

The original installation media for Mac OS X Snow Leopard was a 10.6 DVD. The DVD was only updated once to version 10.6.3. In order to provide more frequent updates to users, Apple is now slipstreaming the latest version of OS X directly into the download. Upon fresh installation, no updating is necessary!

If you downloaded Mavericks from the App Store prior to December 16, 2013, you most likely have 10.9. To re-download Mavericks and update your Installation App to 10.9.1, simply log into the Mac App Store and click Download. When the download finishes, the app will automatically open. The updated 10.9.1 Install OS X Mavericks App can be found in the Applications folder. You can then re-create your UniBeast installation USB.

Credits Go to TonMacx86, Best Hackintosh Site out there www.tonymacx86.com

The New Mac Pro 2013

The Mac Pro is finally here!! 

But at a very high cost. Here in Australia we are looking at spending $12,091.21 For a Mac Pro with 12-Core 2.7GHZ 30mb L3 Cache, 64GB 1866MHz Ram, 1TB Pci-e SSD and of course the dual AMD FirePro d7000 6GB V-Ram.

  If you are willing to spend this much, I would say get it. They're a great platform to work on and powerful. But still their lack of customisation is a big downfall. Yes the new design is small and looks pretty, but is it completely practical?

I see that it can be great if all you buy is from Apple, but what happens when you need to attach more extensions into the I/O? I would love to get my hands on one of these. If anyone is feeling generous and wants to donate, please do. 

I would love to do a comparison to my current Hackintosh to the New MacPro.

 

Mavericks 10.9.1 Update Caution

Recently Apple released the latest update to OS X Mavericks 10.9.1. Be very careful when updating as you will lose your Audio Driver. There is an easy fix for this by running Multibeast 6.0.1 and selecting your Audio driver that suits your motherboard.

Thanks to TonyMacx86

• OS X Build 13B42
• 13.0.0 Darwin kernel- not updated.
• Updated Intel graphics drivers
  
  • If you use patched or modified drivers, you will need to re-apply changes to the updated drivers.
• NVIDIA and AMD graphics drivers not updated
• This update will replace your audio drivers.
  
  • You will have to reinstall AppleHDA using MultiBeast before or after reboot
  • If you use VoodooHDA, you will not need to make any modifications
• Storage drivers not updated - TRIM patch persists upon reboot

Leave a comment if you are having any issues affecting your build.

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The Phantom has Been Cooled

Yes that's a beast of a Hackintosh, this personal build of mine is Overclocked i5 3570k to 4.8GHz and runs amazingly. After four days of getting the water cooling loop set up and missing parts from my order, I've got it all up and running. The case is the NZXT Phantom 820 it's a full tower case allowing for incredible amount of space and plenty of room to add anything.

I used a XSPC water cooling system and added an extra 360mm Radiator and a water block for the r9 290x, everything is running swimmingly and not one leak at all.

 This build was built for the purpose of showing off what you can actually achieve with hackintoshs as opposed to apple products.

 Customisation is basically endless, you are able to choose what you need and what you can afford without the premium.

Hope you enjoy the pictures and please contact me any time if you are interested in purchasing or just want a free quote on a hackintosh or even just a custom made PC 

Please don't hesitate to ask any questions, your business will be greatly appreciated.

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Robertson Design Technology Melbourne

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The new NZXT Kraken G10

There's a new GPU cooler on the market and it's actually pretty cheap and makes use of CPU liquid coolers. The NZXT Kraken G10 is a mount that will go on basically any GPU which is very surprising. It's also not only limited to NZXT CPU coolers please refer to the website for compatibility.

http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/138-kraken-g10-gpu-bracket.html

This amazing thing is going to be great for those who want to get new out of their graphics card, especially owner of the AMD R9 290X which runs incredibly hot and is loud.

This is something I will definitely be purchasing down the track to do a review on.

Please don't hesitate to ask any questions, your business will be greatly appreciated.
If you want to get in contact please call
Robertson Design Technology Melbourne
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The Phantom

This baby is about to get filled with some awesome goddies, stay tuned to see how it looks in a few days.

Dual boot windows 8.1 and OS X Mavericks should be a nice piece of work.

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Robertson Design Technology Melbourne

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The Bitfenix Phenom

 Today I reconstructed my Basic Hackintosh Build into the awesome little Bitfenix Phenom Case, this little case is more than meets the eye, it is surprisingly cool and quiet. Although it's a small space to work in, it really seems to utilize all of it. I was contemplating putting a H100i closed loop water cooler in there but changed my mind, as this Hackintosh is not really that powerful and wouldn't require it. 

Just for the sake of it, I put in the incredible AMD R9 290x Radeon graphics card to see how it would fit. To my surprise, it fitted perfectly inside this little case. One thing i think that is needed is some new flat ATX cables to save space and do some cable management.

 

All in all this case is one of my favorite and and will show case some build in my later blogs with complete prices.  

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Robertson Design Technology Melbourne

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Email: deon@robertsondt.com