RichieUK Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I know there are plenty of contibuters on here that do an insane amount of content for newbies like myself but I've been trying to track down a recent guide as to how to build a PC that will run osX. The latest one I've been able to find is by LifeHacker, a excellent blog that I read just about every day:http://lifehacker.com/software/hack-attack...-800-321913.phpThis tutorial was put up in November last year though and I've been struggling to find a guide more recent. If they were based in the UK, I'd probably order a Psystar computer but seen as the import tax and shipping would make it the same price as Mac pro, I reckon the best way to go is to build one from scratch. I know the osx86 wiki has a full guide on what parts work/don't work with osX but no recommended spec or combinations that work well together (apart from prebuild machines). I think the ideal thing is to make a PC that is of Mac Pro standards or similar to one of the Psystar machines.Is there a chance anyone is able to write such a tutorial? or point me in the direction of a more recent one?Thanks! EDIT: Doh I should really look more before I post lol http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=112708 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113235-request-build-a-osx86-machine-tutorial/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sWORDs Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 It's very easy. Get a Gigabyte p35 board DS3(L/R/P), DS4 or DQ6 with a Core 2 Duo/Quad processor, SATA dvd/hd drives get a nVidia GF8 card, and USB keyboard/mouse. Check the DDR2 (P35C/P35/EP35) or DDR3 (P35C/P35T) Memory Support List for compatible memory. Then install like this. Extreme (1200 euro): - Premium case + Premium PSU - GA-EP35-DS3P rev. 2.1 (Firewire/Energie efficient, no DDR3 support but who cares) - Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q9450 or Xeon® X3350 (2.66GHz, 12MB cache, 1333Mhz FSB, Yorkfield 45nm) - 4x MICRON MT16HTF25664AY-1GAEZES (8GB DDR2 1066) - nVidia 8800 GTS 512MB (Might be very usefull for Snow Leopard with Cuda) - If you buy 2 or more SATA HD's and also have a spare drive (you need a working installation to clone and edit from before booting the array) you can use Apple Software RAID with this guide, which will increase your performance a lot. Don't care about the word software, the raid controllers on desktop boards also use software RAID. - SATA burner Cheap (270 euro): - Standard Case 400 Watt - GA-P35-DS3L rev. 2.0 - Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 (2Ghz, 1MB cache, 800MHz FSB, Conroe 65nm) it's a Core 2 Duo, don't mind the Pentium name - 2x Kingston KVR667D2N5/1G (2GB DDR2 667) - nVidia 8400 GS 256MB - Samsung Spinpoint T166 320 GB - Sony AD-7200S Black Or anything in between. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113235-request-build-a-osx86-machine-tutorial/#findComment-801415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sWORDs Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 EDIT: Doh I should really look more before I post lol<a href="http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=112708" target="_blank">http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=112708 </a> I recommend the installation steps I posted, without devicestrings reboot/shutdown/sleep won't work 100%, and you can use the onboard lan then. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113235-request-build-a-osx86-machine-tutorial/#findComment-801561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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