This is a component level hardware compatibility list. We want to keep it as accurate as possible, but please, do not entirely rely on this list when buying hardware. Add which parts you have working in the categories listed below, or create a new category. Please keep alphabetical order inside the categories. The categories themselves are ordered by popularity. Please list any caveats or problems as well.
ONLY add hardware that you have TESTED. Don't add hardware just because you think it might work.
Please add hardware into tables.
This is for 10.7.3 builds only.

When installing and tweaking your Hackintosh, one the first things to do is enablie the full power of your graphics card. Apple's OS X uses Quartz Extreme and Core Image (QE/CI) technologies as foundations in the operating system, which if aren't enabled, leave the user with graphics artifacts, mouse tearing, inability to change resolutions, and bad refresh rates. You may have graphics at boot, but here are 2 ways you can check to see if your card is fully accelerated.

The NVIDIA 9500GT Thread

Got Dual Graphics Cards Working on Lion

We love building hackintoshes, but seeing as Mac OS X wasn't exactly made to run on third-party hardware you're bound to run into problems now and again. When you do, here's how to deal with them.

Troubleshooting a hackintosh generally involves a lot of trial and error, many surprises, and plenty of frustration. This guide seeks to take away a little of that frustration by helping you 1) deal with some common issues, 2) figure out issues not discussed here, 3) find people to help you out when you're stuck. We'll help you out with a bunch of examples, but what you want to take away from this guide is how the solutions were found and not so much what they are. At some point you're going to encounter a new issue or one nobody's discussed online just yet. While you can be the one to start the discussion, you can also be the one to solve the problem yourself and share the solution. This guide aims to get you in the right mindset so you can troubleshoot your issues on your own.

Building a hackintosh—that is, installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware—used to require extremely restricted hardware choices and quite a bit of know-how. Now your options are vast and the installation process is fairly simple. With that in mind, here is our always up-to-date guide to building a hackintosh that will walk you through purchasing compatible parts, building your machine, and installing OS X all on your own. Thanks to a new process, it's even easier than before.

Currently Up-to-Date Version: Mac OS X 10.7.3 (UniBeast Method)
If you're looking for the former method of installing Mac OS X Lion using TonyMac's EasyBeast utility, we have archived it here. While there's really no reason to follow those instructions if you're looking to install Lion, you can use them to help you install Snow Leopard.

[GUIDE] A fast and easy way to install Lion

Installing Chameleon with boot0, boot0hfs and boot0md install methods.
Updating Chameleon only by replacing boot file.
Downloading latests revs from server.
EFI Partitions are supported!
org.chameleon.Boot.plist editor.
SMBios.plist editor.
Themes downloader.
bdmesg diagnostic messages reader.

For those interested in getting their Dell Optiplex 745 PC powered by the new Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion", here is the corresponding link to the osx86project wiki, I wrote this entry after successfully getting it to work.

osx86project wiki link for the Optiplex 745

Liebe Verwandten !

wir sind ja alle eine grosse, begeisterte Familie von OSX86-Verwandten, die sich in ihrem Privat-Familien-Forum austauschen ! Daher weise ich Euch kurz nochmals darauf hin, wenn Ihr in unser Familen-Forum eintretet oder einfach nur kurz Lesen oder Schreiben möchtet, Ihr mit Eurem Klick auf die Forenseite & natürlich einer Anmeldung, folgende Bedingungen als einverstanden akzeptiert und Ihr damit auch wirklich zu unserer wunderbaren und liebenswert-einzigartigen Familie gehört ... und dies vollkommen kostenlos und beitragsfrei:

- root86.org übernimmt keine Haftungen jeglicher Art !
- root86.org wünscht einen Originalkauf der Software OSX !
- root86.org finanziert & bildet weder Hacker noch solche aus !
- root86.org präferiert weder Raubkopien, noch illegale Machenschaften !

- Die aktuelle Hardware sollte in die Signatur eingetragen werden !

For those running a Hackintosh (a PC built to unofficially run Mac OS X) who haven’t upgraded to or installed Mac OS X Lion yet, your excuses to delay the 10.7 update are dwindling. The newly released Unibeast tool from the ever-resourceful TonyMacX86 makes the entire process easier than ever. The requirements for using Unibeast are simple: