gokhan Bacak Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 hi guys now that i have abondoned amd i have chosen to build a intel system !!! (e6300 core 2 duo 975) The system i build has to be quiite powerfull after overclock of course !! but i am stuck at which motherboard to get ????? i am a fan of asus (the one with the remote looks nice) but whats a top of the range motherboard that will be a good overclocker and work in osx86 without that much modding ???? this set-up needs to fucntion as a dual-boot for me but primarily i need something thats fast and good for graphics also games in windows more so than osx ??? help so many boards to choose from i dont know which ones are the best. also should i wait for a future motherboard that may be better , any news ???? graphic cards again lost ????? help thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveGee Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 (edited) gokhan, I'm in the same boat as you but perhaps I've been researching things for a bit longer... Here's a message thread that I started which going into all the gory details of what I've learned to date (worth a read IMHO). But, here are the basics... Intel 975 based motherboards - Considered to be 'most supported' / 'most compatible' on Hackintoshes (aka: booting into OS X) - Longer track record (longest?) - More pricey than the 965 based mobos Intel 965 based motherboards - Starting to catch up on being feature complete / compatible - They have less of a track record (for now) - Less expensive than the 975 based mobos Motherboards based on 'other chipsets' (nvidia and the like) - From highly experimental to not supported at all (in the Hackintosh environment) - Of course running Windows on these mobos isn't a problem... - OS X is still very much a work in progress with these mobos (if it works at all) - Nonbooting systems and extreme lack of feature support is common at the moment - In short... tread into this territory only if you have a TRUE sense of adventure (and humor) All that being said, the two motherboards of choice (from what I've seen anyway) are: - The Intel BOXD975XBX2KR (Bad Axe 2 Extreme) - The ASUS P5W-DH Deluxe Those are both 975 chipset based... The ASUS has overclocking potential and the Intel doesn't (if overclocking matters to you). I think I just saw the ASUS at www.newegg.com or www.outpost.com for 219 and the Intel was a bit more expensive than that. Best advice is to 'buy what sounds most support' and then realize that a better or cheaper board may come up on the Hacintosh radar perhaps even mere moments after you place your order... I hope this helps some... but just remember, the rate of change (improvement) in feature support seems to be happening at a weekly (if not daily) rate so answers to 'what motherboard is best' don't have a very long shelf life as other motherboards become more supported. Dave Edited January 5, 2007 by DaveGee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokhan Bacak Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 thanks you sooo much dude yeah tahst the asus board i wanted anyway they seem to be getting most things working for it now !!! overlcoking is very important to me so the intel board is out but then i thought it was good for that ???? ati is the graphics cards im opting for pci-express x1650 will that work ??? so im going computer fair sunday looks like this is it !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveGee Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 (edited) Good luck my friend.. and I think that ATI card will work but to be sure you'll want to do some searching on this forum... Truth be told I still haven't gotten that far in my research... My order was: - Mobo / CPU - CPU / Mobo - Heatsync - Case - PS - Video card Not because the video card isn't important but because I knew it would take a fair bit of time figuring out which one I was gonna go with... All I do remember from my readings thus far is we have to stay away from 512MB cards... ( I think thats still true anyway ) - as for the rest I kind think I remember reading that the drivers available for ATI (and NVIDIA) each support quite a variety of different cards. Good luck and keep me posted! Oh do you have the JAS package updater for 10.4.8 Intel? If not I know I saw that (and other 'stuff' you may need) on one of usenet alt.binaries groups... if you have a good fast new host with alt.binaries.* support that's a really fast way to get what you need. Dave Edited January 6, 2007 by DaveGee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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