{"id":1510,"date":"2012-05-05T08:21:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T08:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2018-01-31T11:20:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T19:20:32","slug":"how-to-build-an-i5-2500k-pc-hackintosh-able","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/how-to-build-an-i5-2500k-pc-hackintosh-able.html","title":{"rendered":"How To Build An i5 2500k PC Mac-able"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A few weeks ago, my son told me his computer died, the <a title=\"fast computer i7 1366 i920 x58\" href=\"\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/i7-and-msi-x58-platinum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">i7 920<\/a> I built many years ago, I know the motherboard died, not the CPU, but the cost of getting a new X58 1366 is almost the same as getting a new set of Sandy Bridge i5 2500k and H61 motherboard, therefore, I got the combo on sale at Micro Center for less than $200.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>i5 2500k $179.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>GA-H61MS2H Rev 1.3 $74.95 &#8211; $50. (combo) &#8211; $15 (rebate) = $9<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I use 4GB memory sticks from the old i7 <\/em>(6GB).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Gigabyte H61MS2H Rev 1.3\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m284.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Gigabyte H61MS2H REV 1.3\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m284.JPG\" alt=\"GA-H61MS2H \" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"The Motherboard\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m34.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"The Motherboard\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m34.JPG\" alt=\"The Motherboard\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"CPU i5 2500k Sandy Bridge\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m37.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"CPU i5 2500k\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m37.JPG\" alt=\"CPU i5 2500k\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"DDR3 Dual Memory Sticks\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m59.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"DDR3 Dual Memory Sticks\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m59.JPG\" alt=\"DDR3 Memory Sticks\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This is a mini-ATX motherboard, smaller than the full size one, the motherboard stand-offs are different.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Micro-ATX Brass stand-offs\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m67.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Brass stand-offs\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m67.JPG\" alt=\"brass stand-offs\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Metal Bracket For Rear In-Out Panel\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m64.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Side Bracket For Rear In-Out Panel\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m64.JPG\" alt=\"side bracket\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The best is to install CPU, Heat sink and Memory Sticks before mounting the motherboard to the case.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"CPU socket with cover - remove cover carefully\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m39.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Remove the CPU cover carefully\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m39.JPG\" alt=\"remove the cpu cover\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"CPU 1155 Socket - Pins are fragile - Avoid touching them\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m40.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"CPU socket with pins - Don't touch the pins - Fragile\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m40.JPG\" alt=\"CPU socket with pins\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"place the CPU with alignment pins correctly in place\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m46.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Place CPU in socket with the alignment correctly\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m46.JPG\" alt=\"Place CPU in Socket\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"close the cpu lock cover and lock it\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m50.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"close the cpu lock cover and lock it\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m50.JPG\" alt=\"close the cpu lock cover\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vHpStFuTtAw?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Install memory sticks, make sure the key on the slots matched with the key on the sticks, press lightly to lock, if they don&#8217;t snap in lightly, don&#8217;t force them, something is wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Install DDR3 Memory Sticks\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m53.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"memory stick keys\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m53.JPG\" alt=\"install memory\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"DDR3 Dual Memory Sticks In\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m59.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"DDR3 Dual Memory Sticks In\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m59.JPG\" alt=\"memory sticks in\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DuLJ-_kj3-I?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Now we can mount the motherboard inside the case and connect power cables to it. The recommended power supply is 500W which we have. Make sure the stand-offs fit the motherboard&#8217;s mounting holes and the back panel fit through the metal sleeve.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"500W power suppy\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m65.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"500W Power Supply\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m65.JPG\" alt=\"500W power supply\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Mount the motherboard inside the case\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m68.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Mount the motherboard inside the case\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m68.JPG\" alt=\"mount the motherboard\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"connectors fit the metal panel\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m69.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"connectors fit the metal panel\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m69.JPG\" alt=\"connectors fit metal panel\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"The back side connectors \" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m70.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"the back side connectors\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m70.JPG\" alt=\"the back side\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tighten all the stand-off screws securing the motherboard to the case, connect power cables and 12V line (4pin yellow wires), connect front panel wires, USBs, Audio AC97, SATA drives and power.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Power Cables\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m71.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Power cables \" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m71.JPG\" alt=\"power cables\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Front Panel Wiring and SATA\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m73.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Front Panel and SATA wiring\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m73.JPG\" alt=\"front panel and SATA\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Connect DVI cable from the motherboard to the LCD display, USB keyboard and mouse (PS2 if we have).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"DVI White Connector\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m184.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"DVI connector\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m184.JPG\" alt=\"DVI connector\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"DVI white connector\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m186.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"DVI white connector\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m186.JPG\" alt=\"DVI white connector\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Now, we can fire up the computer, the good thing about this motherboard is that it can load the old Windows 7 drive that we had with the i7 920, all we need is to put the driver CD in the CD drive and auto install all drivers and software, it works like a champ, flawless. The bios is F5 which F7 already came out, but we didn&#8217;t want to update something that works. Since the previous drive had Windows 7 in AHCI mode, we make sure the bios is set to AHCI or the Windows 7 won&#8217;t boot, and AHCI is ready for Mac LION OS X installation.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Cabled ready for firing up the motherboard\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m189.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Connections in the back ready for firing up\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m189.JPG\" alt=\"connection in the back\" width=\"141\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Bios set AHCI\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m288.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Bios modification\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m288.JPG\" alt=\"bios modification\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"AHCI mode for SATA\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m289.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"AHCI setting\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m289.JPG\" alt=\"AHCI setting\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Gigabyte Software Installation\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m75.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Gigabyte Software installation CD\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m75.JPG\" alt=\"Gigabyte software\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Gigabyte Software Installation\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m76.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Gigabyte Software installation CD\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m76.JPG\" alt=\"Gigabyte software\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Gigabyte Software Installation\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/sm_h61m77.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"Gigabyte Software installation CD\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/tn_h61m77.JPG\" alt=\"Gigabyte software\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Now, we&#8217;re done with Windows 7, next is to install Mac OS X lion and Ubuntu Triple Boot on the old drive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>How fast and energy efficient is this computer running Windows 7 with only 4GB RAM 1333Mhz speed (these days 6-8GB is standard), it&#8217;s better to have 4GB dual channels than 6GB non dual channel, Windows 7 don&#8217;t use all 4GB for software running anyhow. Since 8GB dual channels\u00a0 DDR3 now is under $30, it&#8217;s ok to get them, but I used my old ones 2x2GB.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I used Xvideo to convert my HD 1280&#215;720 home videos to DVD for family members to see, compare this to the old i7 920, it has the same performance or better, but the power that it uses is amazing 40W vs 189W.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a class=\"preview\" title=\"power consumption and CPU clock drops when idle\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/performance\/sm_cpuid.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"cpu clock and power drops when idle\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/performance\/tn_cpuid.jpg\" alt=\"when idle\" width=\"250\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"xvideo performance 26minutes for 75minutes movie \" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/performance\/sm_xvideo.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"75minutes in 26minutes to DVD\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/performance\/tn_xvideo.jpg\" alt=\"time rendered\" width=\"250\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Convert a 2 hr mkv movies to DVD.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a class=\"preview\" title=\"cpu clock up and fps is high for encoding\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/performance\/sm_xvideo1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"cpu clock up while encoding\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/performance\/tn_xvideo1.jpg\" alt=\"mkv movie to dvd\" width=\"250\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"31minutes for 2 hour movie\" href=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/performance\/sm_mkv.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[h61m]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"31 minutes for 2 hour movie\" src=\"\/media\/h61ms2h\/performance\/tn_mkv.jpg\" alt=\"31minutes for 2 hour movie\" width=\"250\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><\/ul><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A few weeks ago, my son told me his computer died, the i7 920 I built many years ago, I know the motherboard died, not the CPU, but the cost of getting a new X58 1366 is almost the same as getting a new set of Sandy Bridge i5 2500k and H61 motherboard, therefore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/how-to-build-an-i5-2500k-pc-hackintosh-able.html\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,13],"tags":[77,90],"class_list":["post-1510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building-pc","category-hackintosh","category-sandy-bridge","tag-ga-h61ms2h-rev-1-3","tag-i5-2500k"],"views":4807,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6826,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions\/6826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}