Sub-£200 Hackintosh

Here are the specs of my soon-to-be-built hackintosh…

Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L iG31 Socket 775 mATX Motherboard
Manuf Code: GA-G31M-ES2L
£ 32.35

Intel Celeron Dual Core CPU – E1500 2.2 GHz (800 MHz) Socket 775 512kb Cache
Manuf Code: BX80557E1500
£ 34.63

Asus 8400GS Silent 512MB DDR2 DVI VGA Out PCI-E Graphics Card
Manuf Code: 8400GSILENTP512MA
£24.86

Crucial 2GB DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 RAM
Manuf Code: CT25664AA800
£ 34.00

Shiny Piano Black/Silver Slim MicroATX Mini Tower Case With 400W PSU
Manuf Code: 908BL
£ 31.05

Netgear GA311 PCI Network Card
Manuf Code: GA311-100PES
£ 16.49

Sony AD-5240S 24x Dual Layer SATA DVD±RW
Manuf Code: AD-5240S-0B
£ 15.30

TOTAL : £ 188.68

Ok, I’ve cheated a little bit – I already had an old 80GB SATA Hard Drive which I will use for this PC, but they can be picked up for around a tenner on ebay…

7 Responses to “Sub-£200 Hackintosh”

  1. geek&destroy  on February 17th, 2010

    Hey, did you get your sub £200 hackintosh off the ground in the end?

    G&D

  2. finster  on February 17th, 2010

    Yes thanks – works great with Snow Leopard using this guide here: http://www.infinitemac.com/f57/guide-retail-snow-leopard-dvd-install-for-g31m-t3672/

  3. Helmi  on April 15th, 2010

    Hey just wondering, is everything working fine on your hackintosh? Im trying to build a slim hackintosh, but will probably use a better graphic card and use the max 4gb memory ram. Might also consider using core 2 duo. Im so excited about it. :-)

  4. finster  on April 16th, 2010

    Yes Helmi,

    Everything works fine. Be careful with the graphics card – this can be a major pain to get working if you get one that isn’t quite compatible.

  5. Ray  on September 16th, 2011

    Hey, does it still run? :) Are you using Snow Leopard or Lion on it? I’d love to get me a hackintosh in that price class, too, but it should run at least Snow Leopard (better Lion!)

    Thanks

  6. finster  on September 16th, 2011

    Hi, No, I sold the hackintosh – never tried running Lion on it…

  7. Ray  on September 16th, 2011

    Aww okay, thanks for the reply though. Cheers!


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