hello!

i currently own a dual g5 1.8 and want to get a new hackintosh to replace this monster..
what i need:
stability, silence, compatibility
what i don't need:
the fastest processor, the fastest graphic card


i thought of following configuration:

1) asus pundit P2-P5945GCX:
http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=1&...amp;modelmenu=2
Socket 775, North Bridge: Intel 945GC, South Bridge: Intel ICH7, Integrated GMA 950 (DVI), 1 x SATA 3.0Gb/s, 1 x ATA100, LAN Realtek RTL8139D, AUDIO Chipset name: ADI AD1988B Azalia 8 Channel
2) cpu:
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200, 2x 2.53GHz, 266MHz FSB, 3MB shared Cache, boxed (BX80570E7200)
3) hd:
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB 32MB SATA II (HD753LJ)
4) memory:
Kingston ValueRAM DIMM Kit 4GB PC2-5300U CL5 (DDR2-667) (KVR667D2N5K2/4G)
5) dvd:
ASUS DRW-1814BL hellgrau (90-D40640-UANW/-UBNW) (ATAPI, because barebone has only 1 SATA)

everything together here:
http://geizhals.at/eu/?cat=WL-12896
price of this config would be around 595,17 dollar


what do you think in terms of osx86-compatibility, good choice?

thanks in advance,
michael

I think it will work well. Everything here looks like it will be fully compatible, so yes, a good choice.

thanks synaesthesia!

i will order the parts and give it a try.
hope the onboard gma 950 will work at 1900x1200

It will work, let us know how it goes...

currently installing osx.

instead of the e7200, i took a celeron 440 (2ghz, single core).
but overclocked to 2,8ghz, it feels snapier than my dual g5 (so far).

lan and gfx worked out of the box.
dvd-installation was possible via atapi-port.

trying to fix sound and sleep-mode...

Hi!

your setups looks very compelling to me. However, I would put in a new E8400 CPU and hope the overclocking works. Can you overclock CPU independently from RAM?

Did you get sleep mode and sound to work?

greetings,
-xenonite-

time to report some news:
except of sleep-mode, everything works pefect.

i was looking for "stability, silence and compatibility". i think the pundit delivers that.
it is really silent, had no problems with compatibility (except sleep) or stability so far.

i use a celeron d440 atm, overclocked to 2,8ghz.. no problems whatsoever..
i installed kalyway 10.5.2 vanilla and later the 10.5.3 combo update - no problems.
the gma950 (graphiccard) works out of the box at 1900x1200, all usb-ports, firewire-port and mediacard-slots work..
for sound you will need the taruga 1988b v4 installer but with that, everything works.

all in all i think its quite a good barebone for hackintosh-purposes.

<cite>However, I would put in a new E8400 CPU and hope the overclocking works. Can you overclock CPU independently from RAM?</cite>
i think so.. i am no expert, but you have jumperfree overclocking, i think it raises the v-core..
my 2ghz celeron is running at 2,8ghz. but check if the e8400 is already supported. i think it "should" work but atm its not in the list of officially supported cpus at the asus-support-database.

<cite>Did you get sleep mode and sound to work?</cite>
sound yes, sleep no. i installed sleep-kernel first but i couldnt wake it up after sleep (common hackintosh-problem i heared). then i installed vanilla-kernel. instead of sleeping, the pundit reboots.. so i have to avoid sleep-mode (i set energy-settings to only power down hd and display, works fine for me..).

btw: i am very happy with the performance too..
wins against a stock mac mini c2d: http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc1=293357&doc2=249775

i have the same configuration can you please explain to me which distribution of OSX86 you used for installing the leopard ?? thanks