nfsfan Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 hi my friend wants to build a low cost pc and when i showed him the hackintosh project he got excited about it.i suggested e2140 as the processor to him now the problem is the motherboard.i thought of asus p5gc-mx which is 945gc but in the osx86 wiki it shows that the lan is not working!! is there any low cost motherboard which is compatible?any with better onboard solution than a gma950? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101637-cheapest-motherboard-for-e2140/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfsfan Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 This ones for myself.i am looking for the cheapest possible solution to have media center up running on vista.hence i need a TV tuner card with a remote.what are options are available? do any of them work in frontrow?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101637-cheapest-motherboard-for-e2140/#findComment-725225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfsfan Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 anyone?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101637-cheapest-motherboard-for-e2140/#findComment-730387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwinn555 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 himy friend wants to build a low cost pc and when i showed him the hackintosh project he got excited about it.i suggested e2140 as the processor to him now the problem is the motherboard.i thought of asus p5gc-mx which is 945gc but in the osx86 wiki it shows that the lan is not working!! is there any low cost motherboard which is compatible?any with better onboard solution than a gma950? Asus seems to be keeping the chip sets for Lan a secret which makes it harder to get it working. I've got a very similar motherboard which I really am happy with. The Asus P5L-MX newegg still has for $69.99 . It too has been listed as Lan not working . There is now a driver for it on this site. Attansic L1 Ethernet driver. I used a cheap $5.00 generic Relink chip card for over a year now. Mac OS sees it as built in and doesn't require a driver. Intel GMA 950 works great for me. I added what is called an "Add2" card for DVI video out.I can still use the vga plug as well for 2 monitor use. Tiger required driver for the audio but Leopard seems to have the driver for audio build in . So in short I recommend the board I'm using . The other maybe fine with a cheap PCI ethernet card. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101637-cheapest-motherboard-for-e2140/#findComment-730656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherry-chan Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Asus P5K-VM is a good OC board with good Hack compatibility, but it is expensive ($110 on Newegg) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101637-cheapest-motherboard-for-e2140/#findComment-730718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
m16 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 gigabyte 945gcm s2c use the wiki.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101637-cheapest-motherboard-for-e2140/#findComment-730945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfsfan Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 thanks all! any ideas for the tuners and remotes?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/101637-cheapest-motherboard-for-e2140/#findComment-731719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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