Hi all,

I am still new to these forums, but have been doing a lot of reading and research. I have put together what I would like to build using Leopard 10.5.2. Any comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here is my potential build.

That's a broken link... if you post your possible spec straight here it'd be easier to advise

Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail
Model #: Sonata III 500
Item #: N82E16811129024

GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3P LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Dynamic Energy Saver Ultra Durable II Intel Motherboard - Retail
Model #: GA-EP35-DS3P
Item #: N82E16813128083

XFX PVT84JUDD3 GeForce 8600GT XXX 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Model #: PVT84JUDD3
Item #: N82E16814150229

Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 Allendale 2.2GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E4500 - Retail
Model #: BX80557E4500
Item #: N82E16819115031

G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail
Model #: F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
Item #: N82E16820231122


Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Model #: ST3500630AS
Item #: N82E16822148136


SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S203B - OEM
Model #: SH-S203B
Item #: N82E16827151153


Subtotal:$709.89 but there is a $30 mail in rebate. If you'd like prices of each let me know and I'll post. Thanks again .

Remarkably similar to my Spec, and you should have absolutely no trouble running leopard. The graphics card should be more than capable of Quartz and Core Animation, which is where the real test is in a home-built system.

Even sound?

I should imagine sound would work, I've used four different realtek devices with various builds and never had a problem

Hi, I'm interested in doing a new build as well.

I've seen a lot of recommends for the P5W DH, but this Gigabyte motherboard seems to be a bit newer and has more SATA ports.

I've just started reading thru this forum. I am wondering what the recommended install method would be for this board and say a Nvidia 7300?

Aaron

Will people please do their own research by reading the 10000s of posts already on the forum rather than cluttering the place up with questions like these.