daxleet Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Does this setup look good? I already have the graphics card and RAM, so I can't change those. The rest shouldn't be a problem, though, correct? Can anyone recommend any different parts that might be better? I want to set up hackintosh with the least "hacking" (patches, etc) possible. Thanks guys! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxleet Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 Oh hi. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-825915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadone Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Everything looks good, you should have no problems installing Leopard on that. I recommend 4GB ram because its dirt cheap and you will notice the difference. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-825980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitallysick Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Looks good but that case is damn expensive. I got a full atx with a 500 watt powersupply for 80 dollars at newegg. I would then use the extra money saved to buy some faster ram, look for the gskill 1066 i think they have 2gb for 55 dollars at newegg. Also you can get this for $129.00 Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz at newegg. An over all better processor for almost the same price, faster to. You should check these things Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-826031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't get the E4500, the E7200 is the same price and is rated at 2.53 ghz per core, and has more cache than the e4500, and has more of a fsb than the 4500, and is a smaller die size than the 4500! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-826045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbobson Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 good point there's a reason why E4xxx CPU's are cheap. The rest of that should have no issues running OS X Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-826065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxleet Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 After thinking about it, I don't plan on upgrading this PC for a while (I don't mind having outdated hardware, just as long as it can run OS X to its max potential) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115017 So I think quad core would be a good investment. What do you guys think? The HCL says it is fully compatible Also, I switched the DVD burner to http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827151154 How's that? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-827127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drvr8 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 unless you're planning on using the stock heatsink, the OEM version of the q6600 is onsale for $184.99 at newegg, no shipping charge. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-827216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Quad core really only if you plan to run a lot of programs at once. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-827227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacPub Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 your wasting your money on that video card.....its 128bit for god sakes....they cards up to 768bit now and 2gb vram...an extra 70 bucks you can get a card 2 times better in every way. I personally wouldn't get below 256 bit. Most games now a days you cant even play them on medium settings with a 128bit. Just need to see which ones are compatible for osx86...that part i dont know anything about, but i do know your wasting money on that video card. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-827228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Memory interface like that only will effect things like AA and AF. But the 8800GS only has 192-bit memory, but it beats the hd3850 which features 256-bit memory. It depends on the speed of the memory, type of memory(gddr3 for example), the IQ of the core, the number of shaders, and the cores clocked frequency. For $80, a 8600 is fine. There is no card you can get that's a full 256-bit memory for $80(NOT including rebates) Now say it was in the $100 price tag, then that's money wasted right there. But, it's a mid-ranged card. It's not made to play games at the highest quality. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-827230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxleet Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 your wasting your money on that video card.....its 128bit for god sakes....they cards up to 768bit now and 2gb vram...an extra 70 bucks you can get a card 2 times better in every way. I personally wouldn't get below 256 bit. Most games now a days you cant even play them on medium settings with a 128bit. Just need to see which ones are compatible for osx86...that part i dont know anything about, but i do know your wasting money on that video card. Luckily I don't care about games. I have an xbox 360 for that. Thanks for the post, though. Don't mean to come off as a jerk. I actually already own the video card and the RAM. I made this thread mostly for the CPU, case, DVD drive, hard drive, and motherboard. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-827237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacPub Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 i said an EXTRA 70 bucks, and i personally owned about a year some months ago a 8800GS OC from evga and its crapped out not even 4 months after i bought it, the right side dvi gave out and then wouldn;t render right, would crash the game, and then it eventually just stopped rending at all, it wouldn't even render a poser 7 model with NO animation. i strongly do not recommend the 8800gs. My card at work as a quadro fx5500, great, i love it, i think about stealing i all the time, but i need my job. lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-827241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 You had a bad card, that doesn't mean that all of them are bad. It happens. Only cards that have over 768-bit are the GTX series, which the HD4870 is close with it, and only has 256-bit memory. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-827244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Just for the record, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the 8600GT card- it's a good card for Hackintosh, especially if you're not playing games. Most entry-level Hacks are going to have cards with 128bit GDDR2 or GDDR3 memory, and it's all most non-gamers need. I use the EVGA 8600GT every day for Final Cut, Photoshop, Parallels, Motion, DVD Studio Pro, and it handles them all perfectly. Even a lowly $30 7300GT can handle most non-gaming tasks just fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-828010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacPub Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Since everyone seems to be experts on hackintosh VC's, can someone tell me how a low-mid grade quadro card works on hackintosh? is it even supported, im building a system and its going to be used for modeling and animation rendering, any suggestions? it needs to be able to tie me over till i am able to get my mac pro. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-828026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Yeah, my mate has a hackintosh with a Q6600 and just a Geforce 6600 128mb card, it's so fast, I don't think I've ever seen OS X run as smoothly as on that rig. I say go for the Quad Core Q6600 processor if you want it, it's a fantastic CPU, and your graphics are fine as they are. The E7200 is a good choice too, as was mentioned earlier. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-828033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Since everyone seems to be experts on hackintosh VC's, can someone tell me how a low-mid grade quadro card works on hackintosh? is it even supported, im building a system and its going to be used for modeling and animation rendering, any suggestions? it needs to be able to tie me over till i am able to get my mac pro. What's the model? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-828166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacPub Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 i was looking at the Quadro FX1500 but really any of them in that price range would work. edit: if not the fx1500 how about the GeForce GTX 280? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/116582-building-hackintosh-pc/#findComment-828885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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