So many routes to glory. Which do you recomend for less headache.

HeavySausage · #1 08-22-2010, 12:27 AM

I have been reading a lot of the posts on the installs for different MB's, but I just find it very overwhelming when figuring out which route to take. There seems to be 20 different ways to go about the install. I was hoping if someone did happen to have the time to look at the config I am thinking, that would be great. I originally was going to use a 256gig SSD drive with a split partition for win/osx, but I thought after reading the boards that it would be better to Install Windows 7 on a seperate SSD, and install OSX 10.6 on another SSD. I have a spare MBP to help with the install if it helps.

This is the Level 10 system I have spec'ed out from ibuypower.com:

i7 980X Processor Extreme Edition (6x 3.33GHz/12MB L3 Cache)

[3-Way SLI] EVGA X58 SLI Classified w/ 2x Gb LAN, 4x PCI-E 2.0 x16

12 GB [2 GB X6] DDR3-1866-Corsair or Major Brand

NVIDIA GTX 480 - 1.5GB - EVGA Superclocked-3-Way SLI Mode (Triple Cards)

2 separate 128 GB SSD's

2 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s-Single Drive

[10X Blu-Ray] LG BLU-RAY Re-Writer, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive-Black

I found a post on getting the GTX480's to run minus open CL, I am just unsure about the firewire support with the MB. I would be using a Prism Orpheus Firewire AD/DA for sound, and I already have OSX drivers for that device.

Also, once Mac Pro's start shipping with 3.3 6cores, will that help getting correct CPU usage to work?

I don't care about running SL in 64bit mode. The 32bit Hybrid mode that all Mac's start with as a default is good enough since they 32bit will still see your full memory allocation and some apps like Logic Pro will use all the aviable Ram if needed.

Thanks again for reading.

rog1121 · #2 08-22-2010, 05:05 AM

I would just do a Retail Install. Distros don't always get what you need and you start from scratch. I would use EMpire-EFi and the once you installed the OS and booted into it with the Empire-EFi CD I would update to 10.5.4 and would get the legacy 10.6.4 kernel and run myhack installer.

Its the way i did it

if you could downgrade your card to the ATi 57xx series that would be great because Snow Leopard now supports them. Audio and Ethernet should be much of prob.

But if you still want to use your 480 GTX i would go look on netkas.org