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# My new Hackintosh - Core i7 860 on GA - P55A - UD4P (v1)
- URL: https://tim.sodhis.org/my-new-hackintosh-core-i7-860-on-ga-p55a-ud4p-v1/
- Published: 2010-08-30T06:54:59.000Z
- Updated: 2010-09-08T09:08:47.000Z
- Author: Tim Sodhi
- Tags: #wordpress, #Import 2026-01-11 22:49

It took me some time, but after a lot of work and sweat, I am on a stable OSX (10.6.4) install on a Core i7 system. What a beast of a machine! I have it running stable, with an uptime of nearly eighteen days. The machine specs follow:-

- Core i7 860 Quad Core @ 2.8 GHz
- ~~4~~ 8 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1600MHz
- nVidia GEForce 9800GT (512 MB RAM)
- 11.5 TB of HDDs (RAID-0)
- Gigabyte GA – P55A – UD4P (version 1)
- Creative X-Mod External Soundcard USB.

About the last part, I decided to circumvent the inevitable tussle with OSX and Sound cards, and just get the best external soundcard out there – the Creative XMod. Just plug it in, and it works out of the box. The proof is in the pudding. I am running in the 64 Bit mode, with 64 Bit KEXTs. A how-to will follow.

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