bigfame Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hi all, Ive had both macs and pc's in the past and am wanting to buy a intel quad core barebones system from a reputable site online that will have the most parts to work right out of the box with leopard. Im not really a pc making guy but have gotten a few barebones kits (case with mother board and processor and fan already installed, then added ram hard drive dvdrw etc) so Im looking to go that route. Ive seached google but Im not very familar with thats pretty much headache free compatible with leopard so if any of you guys could help me out and link to a site that has something ready to buy I would greatly appreciate it. I can get the ram harddrives and dvdrw etc I just need assistance in finding a case with a quad core processor and onboard ethernet etc that will work well as Im not good at editing system files in osx. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117160-wanting-to-buy-intel-barebones-system/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfame Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 after some digging I found this.. can anyone confirm the compatibility of the parts: http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wishli...Number=12223247 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117160-wanting-to-buy-intel-barebones-system/#findComment-829975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 That setup will work fine (again, one of the most common Hackintosh types) , but you do realize that's a wishlist of individual parts, not a barebones system? I know it may seem to you a big leap, but if you've put together a barebones system, you have all the skills required to put together a system completely from scratch. Laying a processor into a slot is not hard, installing a heatsink isn't hard, lining up some case risers and screwing in a mother board isn't hard, nor is attaching a few power cables. The rest, you've done before. I mention it only because the best way to be absolutely 100% sure you get exactly the Hackintosh you want, is to assemble it yourself, and you'll probably pay a bit less. That said, a great way to find barebones kits that are Hackintosh compatible, is go to www.pricewatch.com and search the barebones category for compatible motherboard-types. For example, barebones systems using the Intel DG31PR mobo (which is 100% OSX compatible): http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?...mp;m=&view= Or search google for <compatible mobo> + barebones kit. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117160-wanting-to-buy-intel-barebones-system/#findComment-830244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfame Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 hey Zaap thanks for your reply. Yeah I realized I wasnt gonna get very far unless I put all the pieces together myself so I ordered that setup. Luckily for me my next door neihbor puts PC's together so Ill probally have him help with the motherboard, processor, and cpu fan. After that its a piece of cake. Im gonna actually get another hard drive and use 1 for Leo and 2 for Vista. Is making a boot menu very tough for that? once again thanks for replying! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117160-wanting-to-buy-intel-barebones-system/#findComment-831170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 hey Zaap thanks for your reply. Yeah I realized I wasnt gonna get very far unless I put all the pieces together myself so I ordered that setup. Luckily for me my next door neihbor puts PC's together so Ill probally have him help with the motherboard, processor, and cpu fan. After that its a piece of cake. Im gonna actually get another hard drive and use 1 for Leo and 2 for Vista. Is making a boot menu very tough for that? once again thanks for replying! No need to put together a boot menu it is built in on that board just hit F12 when booting and it lets you select the device you want to boot from any of your various hard drives, usb devices, network and many more... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117160-wanting-to-buy-intel-barebones-system/#findComment-831322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfame Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 sweet thanks for letting me know! Everything should arrive by Monday so Ill let you guys know how its goes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117160-wanting-to-buy-intel-barebones-system/#findComment-831503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Im gonna actually get another hard drive and use 1 for Leo and 2 for Vista. Is making a boot menu very tough for that? once again thanks for replying! As stated, you can use F12 to select which drive to boot from. However, if you want a more flexible and streamlined method, I'd recommend using a Linux LiveCD that installs the GRUB bootloader. IE: PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu, Open SUSE, etc. GRUB is pretty easy to set up to boot any OS on the machine. Also, since you're going to be using Vista, you can use Easy BCD to boot other OS's from the Vista bootloader. Check out the Multi Booting and Virtualisation forum for threads on various methods for booting multiple OS's. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117160-wanting-to-buy-intel-barebones-system/#findComment-832122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfame Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 nice thanks for letting me know. I appreciate the replies. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117160-wanting-to-buy-intel-barebones-system/#findComment-832625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfame Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 Just wanted to post a follow up. Everything arrived and was put together with no problems. Installed Kallaway 10.5.2 everything worked out of the box sound, ethernet, video (at 1024x768) then installed the nvidia drivers found on this forum and got full resolution (1440x900 for my 19" LCD) and now everything work perfectly. If anyone reading this wants a headache free system get what I got. Worked perfect and costs about $750.00 shipped. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117160-wanting-to-buy-intel-barebones-system/#findComment-837477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 bigframe, Do you have any system clock (loses several minutes per hour) and/or sound crackling issues, since you have the Q9300? (a 45nm processor) If not, are you using either the modbin kernel, or Chameleon, or vanilla kernel? I'm just curious to confirm for myself before I invest in more systems using 45nm processors the definitive way to go to avoid clock issues (completely unacceptable for Final Cut use), and that indeed all 45nm processors need to have this taken into consideration. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117160-wanting-to-buy-intel-barebones-system/#findComment-837569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfame Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Im not having any crackling or system clock issues. I did the Kallaway 10.5.2 install with all the defaults. I didnt even choose graphics (thats why I installed those drivers later). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117160-wanting-to-buy-intel-barebones-system/#findComment-838385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Thanks for the reply bigfame. I'm glad your system works for you without any of those issues, believe me! I'm just confused more than ever exactly what the issues/solutions with 45nm chips are or aren't. I hate randomness- much prefer neat cause and effect solutions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/117160-wanting-to-buy-intel-barebones-system/#findComment-839529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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