mst0192 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I think it will work well. Everything here looks like it will be fully compatible, so yes, a good choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mst0192 Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 thanks synaesthesia! i will order the parts and give it a try. hope the onboard gma 950 will work at 1900x1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 It will work, let us know how it goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mst0192 Posted May 23, 2008 Author Share Posted May 23, 2008 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-xenonite- Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 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- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mst0192 Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 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..). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mst0192 Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepdark Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 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 have the same configuration can you please explain to me which distribution of OSX86 you used for installing the leopard ?? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrBernhard Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I do have a problem (btw i am no native speaker): The FireWire won't work in osx. So I bought a PCI-FireWire-Controller, and that way I found out that the PCI doesn't work as well ... Does anybody have a 'driver' or kext which would make it work. btw: I jused the iPC 10.5.6 distribution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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