Locometro Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Hey guys I'm a noob on the OSx86 project, I've been reading all about it all week long, I've made the decision of making my own "hackintosh" and I've titled this subject v2.0 due to the fact I have the exact same needs that another person post it a few days ago in this forum, although I'm gonna take the Q6600 and the 8800GT (as he did after), but my problem is I can't find the same mobo is out of stock everywhere, I was wondering if there is another I could although in the library it pretty much indicates that this is the best mobo, should I just wait or anyone has a suggestion : So since the release of CS3, I feel like my G5 dual 2.0ghz is starting to suffer in performance. It has 4GB ram (max), but even with that, running photoshop, indesign, and illustrator starts to kill performance. I didn't want to upgrade to CS3, but some client start sending me files with CS3 and I could not open them up (mainly indesign). ANYWAY. I spent $3475 on my G5 3 years ago, and don't have another $3000 to spend on another MAC (pro), and thinking I can settle for a hackintosh. I've read through the Wiki HCL MANY times, but can't really piece things together. I would like something equivlent to the QUAD CORE MAC PRO. From my research, this is what I found: GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS4 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz 4 gig of ram GeForece 8600gt Does this make sense? Will it get me reliably/stable close to a Quad Core mac pro? I am willing to spend up to $1000-$1200, so if anyone can hook up a list that will FOR SURE be 100% working, I would really appreciate it. My main concern is that everything be working reliably (I do quite a bit of freelance design work, and have to work with some very large files). Thank for ANY help. p.s: if there is something better/more stable but cost a little more, I don't mind. please let me know, I don't mind putting in a few extra $. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113847-hardware-n00b-v20/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 [...] but my problem is I can't find the same mobo is out of stock everywhere, I was wondering if there is another I could although in the library it pretty much indicates that this is the best mobo, should I just wait or anyone has a suggestion First, welcome to the OSx86 community Locometro. I was the first person to reply on the first topic you quote. Yep, I know it's out of stock at some places. But you can take a look in newegg.com a great market for hardware. Possibly here you'll find the Gigabyte DS3 mobo. Also, if you had a eBay account and Paypal account, you put your eyes on it also. Ex: eBay link All the hardware you chose is likely at 99% out of the box. For sure, some little mods and hacks but put some time on it and after, enjoy you Hackint0sh. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113847-hardware-n00b-v20/#findComment-806343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
packrobottom Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 take a look at the hardware in my sig I'm running osx 10.5.4 vanilla everything works. I'm running My Q9300 stably at 3.3 gig on air. I ordered all my parts on newegg Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/113847-hardware-n00b-v20/#findComment-806977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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