jackt283 Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Although I would love to get something a bit more... AMD, I think this is the best machine I can get for the dollars. Keep in mind that this thing is going to be used for more high end stuff - audio and video production - and XP Gaming... CPU: Pentium D 920 - or 930 (depending on price at computer fair) Thats a Dual Processor 2.8 or 3.0 with a FSB of 800 and 2MB of L2 cache for each processor. MOBO: Some D945G Motherboard - Firewire isn't really needed, I'm just after the 9220 Codec and a bunch of PCI slots. Also, are all D945G motherboards EFI compatiblie (not that this really matters...)? HD: Perhaps 2 160-250GB SATA Drives RAM: At least 2GB, hopefully 4GB of 533 or 667 DDR2 SDRAM. GPU: X1600 Pro PCI-E - Now it seems to be that this card is fully supported under 10.4.4? Anyway I can get something better later on. OPTICAL DRIVE: Pioneer 110D or BenQ DL Burner. CASE & PSU: No idea yet. What sort of case, and power supply's do people recommend? I'm guessing I need at least 450W and a number of fans. What do you think? NOTE: This Machine seems to be all the rage at the moment, I've done a fair wack of research and I'm pretty keen on it - so go on... unsettle it for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10072-heres-what-i-am-going-to-buy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danman Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 You will get graphic glitches with anything other than onboard Intel GMA video, I've gone back to GMA from an ATIX1600XT as I couldn't stand it (you also can't run full screen games or iphoto slideshows aas the mouse pointer get spread across the whole screen and you have to reboot to fix it) Other than that its probably a good setup to go for Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10072-heres-what-i-am-going-to-buy/#findComment-64079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackt283 Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 Damn - Graphics glitches. Damn. Why isn't this mentioned on the HCL!! I went to a computer fair yesterday and bought various organs for this beast that I am building. Here's what I got: X1600 Pro PCI_E (damn graphics glitches!) __ AU$199 Western Digital 7200RPM Sata II 200GB HD __ AU$129 Pioneer 110D __ AU$65 Case (built there from scratch) 600W PSU, two intake fans on the front, one large exhaust fan at the rear and one intake fan on the side __ AU$197 19" Phillips Trinitron CRT __ AU$245 So I got about half what I need (cost wise). I'm pretty happy. The computer fair seemed to be far cheaper than anywhere on the internet. But I'll need to get the mobo and Processor (RAM too) from various - or one online shop. I'll keep you informed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10072-heres-what-i-am-going-to-buy/#findComment-64248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I can tell you that you picked the perfect burner since with 10.4.4 and later it will be shown as "Apple Shipped/Supported" in System Profiler and works great with all built-in apps. With 10.4.3 it will require PatchBurn, but still works fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10072-heres-what-i-am-going-to-buy/#findComment-64312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackt283 Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 I can tell you that you picked the perfect burner Thanks for the confirmation. I plan to run 10.4.4 So yesterday I ordered the last of the parts. Intel Processor D 920 - Au$399 D945GNTLKR - Au$181 2GB 667 DDR2 - Au$264 All up Au$1700, beats the {censored} out of Au$2700 (education price at that!!!) for a 20" iMac from the Apple Store. When they rock up, hopefully late this week, early next week. I get to begin assembly. I'm excited! Any words of warning? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/10072-heres-what-i-am-going-to-buy/#findComment-65189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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