SrRaven Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Hello everyone, first time posting here allthough I have been lurking around for quite a while. I am currently in the process of wanting to build a new PC (that I will buy in the next month or so) and am currently looking at this barebone PC. ASUS T Series T3-M2NC51PV Mainboard Processor Socket: Socket AM2 Chipset Type: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 / nForce 430 Data Bus Speed: 1000 MHz Ram Installed Size: 0 MB / 4 GB (max) Technology: DDR II SDRAM Form Factor: DIMM 240-pin Storage controller Type: 1 x Serial ATA - integrated, Serial ATA - integrated Controller Interface Type: Serial ATA-300 RAID Level: RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD Channel Qty: 3 Storage controller (2nd) Type: 1 x IDE - integrated Controller Interface Type: ATA-133 Channel Qty: 1 Graphics controller Type: Integrated Graphics Processor / Vendor: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Video Memory: Shared Video Memory (UMA) If you guys could tell me if it would work (in some kind of manner and with fiddling around enough) or if its a useless cause I would very much appreciate it. If I need to also buy special Ram to higher the compatibility, also would like suggestions. If my HD a 200GB SEAGATE ST3200820A Barracuda with 7200RPM also is not the best solution, tell me and I will turn it into an external only hard drive. Planning to buy: AMD Athlon X2 4850e with it as CPU and Corsair DIMM 2 GB DDR2-800 Kit (TWIN2X2048-6400) as Ram. Thanks in Advance! Dean PS: If you are wondering, to me OSX86 would be really nice as I like the Design of it and it would work well with my iPhone but if it won't work in a million years I will just use Linux or Windows on it. PPS: According to the HWCL from 10.5.2 it should work...I think. Please confirm ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122628-building-a-new-pc-need-some-simple-advise/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB1 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 If your building from scratch and really want an reliable OS X system why pick a barebones then ask if it works and say your not bothered if it will work! Better to do some research and buy stuff that works. There are a few boards and other components that work very well, scrutiny of HWCL should help you decide. From personal experience the Asus P5k VM works pretty much OTB and has plenty of future processor upgrade scope, currently I'm running retail install updated to 10.5.4 with 9.4 vanilla kernel everything working spot on. BTW the board is also great for overclocking(got a 2.2 core 2 running @ 3.1ghz. I have no experience with AMD setups, and would prefer anything that runs retail installs (simpler for software upgrades) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122628-building-a-new-pc-need-some-simple-advise/#findComment-867815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrRaven Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 The reason I am picking a barebone is for the size, I really don' t want to for a tower again. Thats why I am saying that if OSX86 works with it I am more then happy, but would survive if not. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122628-building-a-new-pc-need-some-simple-advise/#findComment-867967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
juragan Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 The reason I am picking a barebone is for the size, I really don' t want to for a tower again. Thats why I am saying that if OSX86 works with it I am more then happy, but would survive if not. Barebone or not, it doesnt matter. the matter is the chipset. look for barebone that has a compatible chipset. the first thing is: - processor (of course...) - ATA/SATA chipset (eq. jmicron) - audio (realtek alc888, etc.) - LAN (realtek RTL8111C) - Wifi (broadcom chipset, etc.) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122628-building-a-new-pc-need-some-simple-advise/#findComment-868005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 If you want to avoid headaches in OSx86, do NOT get the nforce chipset or AMD CPUs. It's prone to kernel panics with NVidia graphics cards, and other misc. issues that are annoying to fix. Yeah sure people have it up and running 100% depending on their hardware, but if you're interested in nearly everything working out of the box right away, go with some sort of Intel chipset, like p35, and an Intel CPU. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122628-building-a-new-pc-need-some-simple-advise/#findComment-868044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 OMG!! again there is an HCL Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122628-building-a-new-pc-need-some-simple-advise/#findComment-868045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB1 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 For a reasonable priced barebones the new MSI Wind Desktop will be very easy to OSX, there's lots of stuff about the Wind / Advent lappy's with OSX here - http://forums.msiwind.net/mac/ Link to the MSI Wind desktop. http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec....C&class=npc Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122628-building-a-new-pc-need-some-simple-advise/#findComment-868114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrRaven Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 Thanks for all the advices, will look into the alternatives. I definitly need a Barebone though, so will see if I find a good barebone with a Intel chipset. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122628-building-a-new-pc-need-some-simple-advise/#findComment-868206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
juragan Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 For a reasonable priced barebones the new MSI Wind Desktop will be very easy to OSX, there's lots of stuff about the Wind / Advent lappy's with OSX here - http://forums.msiwind.net/mac/ Link to the MSI Wind desktop. http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec....C&class=npc that should work tho.. or this from MSI http://www.twenga.co.uk/offer/3791/6538424478160959010.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/122628-building-a-new-pc-need-some-simple-advise/#findComment-868234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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