OSX_68_UK Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Afternoon all, following on from my last post I have come up with a spec that I am happy with financially. I have checked it against the WIKI's and believe that other than patching the Audio this setup should be fine for a hackintosh. If you have time could you please let me know if you can spot any potential problems: Source, www.ebuyer.com Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard £60.45 Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18) Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty £54.99 Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2GHz Socket 775 800MHz FSB L2 1MB Cache Retail Box Processor £42.3 ASUS 8800GT 256MB DDR3 Dual DVI HDCP HDTV out PCI-E Graphics Card £84.95 Samsung HD753LJ 750GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm *32MB Cache* - OEM £57.99 Hiper 630W 85% Efficiency PSU - SLI Ready £56.24 Antec Mini P180 Black MATX Case - No PSU £60.07 Pioneer DVR-215BK 20X SATA DVD±RW DL Ram Int Black - OEM £17.49 Thanks in advance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118797-build-specs-for-reviewcomment-if-possible/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrock42 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Im interested to see if the 8800gt fits in the Mini P180 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118797-build-specs-for-reviewcomment-if-possible/#findComment-841710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
m16 Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 you will probably want a bigger case Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118797-build-specs-for-reviewcomment-if-possible/#findComment-841862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 It probably could fit in there, but it would be really annoying to try to fit it in there. For an Antec case, I would at least go for the three hundred for a mid tower. I'm planning on buying one. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118797-build-specs-for-reviewcomment-if-possible/#findComment-841932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSX_68_UK Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 Thanks for the advice, I will get a larger case. Has anyone noticed anything else with my spec that could cause a problem installing OS X ? Also, and I know this is off topic slightly (sorry), how does one determine what wattage of PSU to go for? TIA It probably could fit in there, but it would be really annoying to try to fit it in there. For an Antec case, I would at least go for the three hundred for a mid tower. I'm planning on buying one. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118797-build-specs-for-reviewcomment-if-possible/#findComment-842319 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrock42 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 well its not a great answer, but newegg has a wattage calculator -> http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html I added like 100 watts for peripherals and usb or firewire powered stuff Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118797-build-specs-for-reviewcomment-if-possible/#findComment-844545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSX_68_UK Posted August 4, 2008 Author Share Posted August 4, 2008 Thanks very much, this is great advice. well its not a great answer, but newegg has a wattage calculator -> http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html I added like 100 watts for peripherals and usb or firewire powered stuff Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118797-build-specs-for-reviewcomment-if-possible/#findComment-844569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrock42 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I did some research on the min p180 and then yesterday I saw it in a computer warehouse near my house. It was the last one and the guy let it go for $79. So i threw my comp in there. It runs really cool compared to my old heap, which was a foxcon $29 speacial. and super quite. I still was able to use one of the lower hard drive spaces. the other one has the pci-express power cable running thru it. I've never owned a nice case except for a G5, but i didnt have the pleasure of building that. It is rather heavy for such a small case but I cant nock it. now I have confirmed the front panel in isnt working though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118797-build-specs-for-reviewcomment-if-possible/#findComment-845402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSX_68_UK Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 So if I understand you correctly your conclusion is that this case runs pretty cool, pretty quiet and a full size 8800 GT card fits in with no problems? When you say the front panel is not working is this only in OS X (I notice from your Sig that you dual boot to vista)? The reason I ask is that I plan to triple boot Xp Pro, Ubuntu and OS X. Thank you for your time. I did some research on the min p180 and then yesterday I saw it in a computer warehouse near my house. It was the last one and the guy let it go for $79. So i threw my comp in there. It runs really cool compared to my old heap, which was a foxcon $29 speacial. and super quite. I still was able to use one of the lower hard drive spaces. the other one has the pci-express power cable running thru it. I've never owned a nice case except for a G5, but i didnt have the pleasure of building that. It is rather heavy for such a small case but I cant nock it. now I have confirmed the front panel in isnt working though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118797-build-specs-for-reviewcomment-if-possible/#findComment-845533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrock42 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 With out doing anything my hard drive temps went down from around 50C to below 40C and my CPU temps are down from 35C to 29C. I also have a Zalman CPU cooler which I had in my old case as well. I cant monitor the 8800gt but I assume its running cooler. One problem is the eSata connection uses one of the sata ports on the front so I'd have to give up a hard drive, so I'm not using that port. I ordered a Silicon Image 2 port sata raid from Amazon to fill that gap so I'll let you know how that works out. front panel works fine in vista and I assume the same for XP. the driver is actually pretty cool. you can choose how all of the ports function pretty much. The manual sucks a rock for the case. Well i just put a lot of IKEA furniture together so I guess I'm looking for the pictures. The manual says it had one usb jack that was 9 pin, where it actually had 2 that were 5 pin. both usb ports power well and are USB 2.0. And it came with a carriage and face plate to place a 3.5 device. I guess this could be a hard drive with out using the face plate. One gripe about setting the case up is my 4 pin power cable was not long enough to use the cable management in the back. So it goes right thru the front of the case. Also the sata power cords are set up so that they have to go from the back to front on the top hard drive carriage. All in all, way less cables are seen though. I originally installed ubuntu, but wasnt using it at all, so I wiped it. I'm thinking about reinstalling becasue I found a pretty neat video mixing app that is Linux only. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118797-build-specs-for-reviewcomment-if-possible/#findComment-845764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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