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worldwidejustindomination
Hi guys, Im not new to the cracking world, but I am new to the OSx86, after reading about this I decided I would like to start one. I have some hardware but I am not sure If i will be able to run OSx86 on it.

Here are the items

AMD Athlon 64 3500+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103533

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813189001

Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822140166

DVD-Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827106988

PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817103932

Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130214

Ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820146969

It would be great if you could help me!
Metrogirl
You know, there's no way of telling until you try it... Go for it. Other folks are running OSx86 on similar hardware so you should at least get something. Probably you'll find that it all starts up but various things don't work properly ... but don't be disheartened - there's loads of advice on this forum for fixing things. Try it out. Let us know what happens. Then ask questions and lots of people will help you get it all working.

It's only by all the experimentation and fiddling about by everyone that we've got as far as we have. Take a deep breath - dive in - and tell everyone what you found. Hey, if it works, you'll be helping someone else.
Edd
Seconded, I felt that the amount of info on the wiki about compatibility can put you off if you feel you aren't compatible, but I have a pretty low-end laptop (One of Toshiba's Equium efforts) and OSX works incredibly well. As Metrogirl said, just give it a go, if done by partition or on its own hard drive not a lot can go wrong.
JAWS13
Looks like a nice rig. Are these parts primarily going to be running Xx86, or are you planning on running windows/overclocking? Maybe spent a little extra cash for the DFI NF4.
worldwidejustindomination
Primarily runnin g OSx86 [ :
Zeph
Youd be better off getting an Intel P4 3GHz HT or above, 512MB RAM+, on an Intel Mobo with built in Intel GMA900 Graphics as this is the only hardware that is 100% compatible.
worldwidejustindomination
but If I was to have all that, would they all be compatible for Mac OSX? I want to build a mac system, but i want it also to be fast
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