New Hackintosh / PT7 monster HD PCI Rig

[Abomb97]

Hey Guys,

This thread has turned into a great resource to find working Intel Sandy Bridge systems....

1. Are you ready to take the leap an build a monster new Sandy Bridge rig?
2. Want to take your PCI(x) HD cards with you?!
3. Want it to support at least an HD2 PCI(x)?
4. Want it to be able to run both Mac & PC ?

I have searched the DUC, tonymacx86, and the rest of the web but could only find a few small threads hinting at incompatibilities with these older HD cards and the Z68 chipset boards...nothing definitive.

Have you built a "Hackintosh" OSX or Win7 HD rig using new gear?
Tried and true for sessions?
Do you have a better motherboard/chipset to choose?
Do you have a working system?


10/19/11 UPDATE:
The only Sandy Bridge Intel chipsets which support PCI natively are: B65, Q65, and Q67. All others (which bridge support via pcie) have not been shown to work with pro tools HD PCIx cards.

I found another great thread on the subject here:
http://tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?...4949&start=340

5 people have now reported successful "Sandy Bridge" builds with HD PCI-x cards based on the Q67 chipset:

"mikeonmac":
MB: GIGABYTE GA-Q67M-D2H-B3
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
RAM: 4GB Ram
VIDEO: NVidia GT210 1024MB
OS X 10.6.7 (Snow Leopard)
Pro Tools HD 9.0.2
HD|2 PCI-x


"mike661":
MB: Jetway JNAF92-Q67
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
RAM: 12GB Gskill
VIDEO: Asus Nvidia 210GT
OS X 10.6.7 (Snow Leopard)
Pro Tools HD 8.1.1
HD|2 PCI-x Accel


"mixchump":
MB: ASUS P8Q67-M DO/CSM
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
RAM: ???
VIDEO: nVidia 9500GT
OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)
Pro Tools HD 9.0.3
HD|2 PCI-x


"MrJoshua":
MB: Jetway JNAF92-Q67
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
RAM: Corsair 4x4GB (16GB total) DDR3-1333 memory
VIDEO: Onboard video from i7
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Pro Tools HD 9.0
HD|3 PCI-x Accel
UAD-2 Duo


"Peter Baird":
MB: Jetway JNAF92-Q67
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
RAM: GSkill F3-12800CL9D (16GB - 4x4GB sticks)
VIDEO: ASUS EN210 Silent 1GD3 (NVIDIA GeForce 210)
OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)
Pro Tools HD 9.0.5
Pro Tools HD|3 PCI Cards (Core/Accel/Process)
I-Star D-400-6-Red Chassis
OCZ-ZX1000W PSU
OCZ VTX-3 120G System Drive
2 Western Digital WD2002 Recording Drives
ASUS DRW-24 CD/DVD Burner
ESATA Card
Pictures: http://www.remotewest.com/Remote_Wes...rself_OSX.html

Anyone else have success getting Sandy Bridge to play nice with HD PCI-x cards?