"Keep away from her, you bitch!" ....

Should call it "Vasquez".....

Hudson: "Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?" Vasquez: "No. Have you?"

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Kerplunk!

Yup, that's Ripley This Gigabyte mobo is insanely awesome, I'm glad its the one I picked. I would recommend it to anyone building a rig.

That i7 chip is the epicenter of my right wing extremism.

Using a stock cooler or going aftermarket?

hahaha, brilliant. I need to rewatch Aliens again.

On topic, good stuff. Just the GPU is bit weak compared to the rest of the components. What is the main purpose of the machine, do you plan doing some video-editing or CPU rendering or working with MathLab...? i mean anything CPU-intensive, what would justify that 3770.... if you bought it mainly for gaming, you would be better with weaker CPU (i5 3570) and stronger GPU... 

EDIT: Oh, looking at the OP again, i somehow skipped the Hackintosh part before. I suppose the 7770s are mounted into MacPros, therefore the choice of this GPU.... 

Depends on the game..... it's my first generation i7 that makes FSX suffer .....the GPU is a GTX590 ...

I went with the stronger CPU and weaker GPU for my rig 4 years ago (Phenom II X4 955 BE and the 260 GTX) and have no regrets. Only until last year have I had to turn down some of the higher graphics settings. 

Hey, graphics cards are often easier to upgrade than entire chips and mobos ... certain situations depending.

When I ordered everything I got a low profile Cooler Master heatsink, but one of the cheap plastic mounting clips broke when I popped it through the board. After considering what I would do, I just put the stock one in and sent the broken one back for a refund. Seems like the temps are cool idling at around 35 Celsius, and that's lower than what I saw reported. I can't max out this CPU no matter what I throw at it, so I don't even see the need to overclock or generate higher heat levels at this point. I can probably hold off on any cooling solutions for now. The passmark burn in test went good too.

And what was the final tally on your creation...?

It would be gauche for me to discuss money on the internet.

No problem, still on the fence on building, stock or option pc from retailers...The building scares me a lil bit but I'm pretty sure I can walk through the process from watching different "How to" sites and videos...

Build your own. Any problems you can find lots of help right here. The part where you have to be the most careful is when you drop in the chip. You don't want to bend any of those tiny pins. 

Thanks, the easy part IMO will be the case, the mobo and processor depends on interoperability as well as gfx card and the power supply enough to run the entire rig...