glassJAw Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 I'm going to build a budget PC with old part since I have found some interesting stuff. First of all I'm going to get this motherboard. A AsRock 775I65G. http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetai...st=pricegrabber A Celeron D processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819112207 I have 512 megabytes of DDR ram by Corsair. I have a 80 gigabyte hard drive with 8 megabytes of cache by Western Digital I have a Geforce 6600 GT AGP by PNY What do you guys think? I'll only have to spend about a 100 dollars and I should be set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Aren't you forgetting about a cooling fan, a case, and a mouse + keyboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 I already have all that, none of those contribute to OSX86 working after it's installed Those were just the main components I worried about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 Well I ordered the motherboard and processor. I'll let you guys know what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 (edited) Thanks, do you think that Celeron processor is faster than a AMD 2500+ Barton? Edited January 30, 2007 by thricemike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 NEVER get a celeron. you should've gotten a cheap Pentium 4 or cheap Pentium D. and with that low end processor, and 512mb ram, XP is gonna eat it all away. With iTunes, xfire, AIM, and 2 tabs in firefox, I'm using about 510MB RAM. Not to mention my proccessor is on the 15%+ side. however, I do think i have a virus eating at this machine :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delfire Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 (edited) I gotta agree with Lkr here. A Celeron processor is VERY risky, even for a budget pc. I once got a celeron for my parents' pc (They used to be on a PIII) and it was quite sluggish on XP. Newegg is THE place to shop for parts but even buying from them cannot justify the buying of a celeron. If you are willing to spend just $30 more, check this out: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819116215 Personally I would take even the barton you mentioned over the celeron. Edit: Oh {censored}, I just read that you already bought the processor...well you could always run linux and get the most performance . Edited January 31, 2007 by Delfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Hey, your budget PC is pretty good! The most important thing is that the Celeron-D is SSE-3 because that allows you to run 10.4.8 with titan/natit. But I'm pretty sure it is. As for RAM usage, a very good windows version with regards to that is TinyXP rev 05. I've used it on and old celeron (P4 2400) and 384mb of Ram, and it worked a LOT better than normal xp. It's been reduced with a tool called nLite. And in OS X , disable the Dashboard to free up some RAM, you should be good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 Ya, this is just a minimalist computer. I just want to run OSX86 fully. If everything goes smooth, I'll buy more ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 Would people be interested in a guide on this if it goes through well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 you celeron will do fine but for the love of god add some more RAM! 1Gb minimum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alucard! Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Why do people buy a celeron ? All of you know it is a peace of and it has a l2 low memory chase.. I just do not get the people.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu.Walker Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Why do people buy a celeron ? All of you know it is a peace of and it has a l2 low memory chase..I just do not get the people.. Probably because it's cheap and has SSE3. Great cheap setup for OSX86. The OS would love to have more ram though, and it's easier to add more just in case. I pretty much understand thricemike's reasoning for choosing those components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassJAw Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 (edited) The system installed perfectly and everything works! Only thing that doesn't work is the main sound slider on the computer. I can change the volume via speakers. Only OSX86 is installed, nothing else! Edited February 10, 2007 by thricemike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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