Just wanted to post back about my progress. After much deliberation & reviewing things, I finally went ahead with the install today with hope of joining the ranks of other fellow hackintosh members. It was a very interesting journey & after about 6 hours including (eating, bio breaks, researching, & installs) I finally have my system running 10.6.4

Thank you slayer for the guide, I will admit I didn't use it at the beginning, but rather a tonymac method, but in the end your guide saved my ass a lot of headaches. From the right files, to the correct procedures, & even ways to edit EFI strings once 10.6.4 was installed. So credit to you slayer & other's around the net that provided information.

Now I just need to research how I go about installing a new Windows 7 type system

edit 1: I'm currently running the Voodoo HDA audio kext, but my sound is static at times, or it comes & goes. I have to move around the computer & deal with the cords to get sound back, never had any issue in windows. By chance is there another kext I should look into?
Motherboard: x58 EVGA Micro