casserole Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I apologize if this is a FAQ, but I didn't find much information outside the HCL. According to the HCL 10.4.3/4/5, compatibility of recent AMD CPU is fine. However, the board compatibility is way better with Intel chipsets and Intel boards. I am planning to build a system with an AMD Athlon64 3000+ Venice or faster and therefore a 939-socket board. Reasons for this: Predominantly XP-use, fileserver 24/7 and office -> as quiet as possible, very silent system from time to time OSX for keynote and osirix -> decent power. I am told that AMD CPUs throttles down way better than P4 and undervolting makes (nearly) passive cooling/very low noise cooling feasible. Has anybody such a board for 939-CPU running with the following working: SSE 3 working PATA/IDE working SATA working Ethernet working onboard graphics/passive graphics adapter working resolution at least 1280 x 1024 x 32 CI/QE working OpenGL working USB 2 working Anything I forgot? I prefer less püatching and less fiddling around, if thsi is feasible. Any other suggestions? Thank you for any input Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12279-socket-939-board-running-flawlessly-anywhere/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0nfused Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I don't think you'll find an Athlon board that will fulfill all those requirements. Most Athlon boards with built-in video come with the Nvidia Geforce 6150 which doesn't support CI/QE. And the majority won't have working built-in Ethernet. You're better off buying a cheap supported ethernet card and cheap ATI vidcard (even those have mouse tearing issues). Look on the HCL for specifics. I'm recommend an Nforce 4 board and an Athlon 64 3000+ if you're going for Cool N' Quiet. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12279-socket-939-board-running-flawlessly-anywhere/#findComment-77690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
casserole Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 I don't think you'll find an Athlon board that will fulfill all those requirements. This distinct statement will save me a lot of time. I'm recommend an Nforce 4 board and an Athlon 64 3000+ if you're going for Cool N' Quiet. I'm told that the Nforce 4 gets hot. What do you think? Any alternatives? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12279-socket-939-board-running-flawlessly-anywhere/#findComment-77814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wipmac Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 planning on getting an 'ye old asus a7v and a fast athlon 64 x2 4200 ..need the a7v for solid audio-jobs..the nf4 boards wont run well with audio cards and x2 cpus..so this setupp gives bing xp bang for the buck (check www.soundonsound.com - if audio on windows is your task) plus should work well for osx - even though onboard sound seems to deliver only 1 channel (no stereo) with that board. but i need a fast xp machine for audio jobs - and osx for sniffing into it...even though mouse tearing with my 9800 pro will occur of course.. but qe/ci, sata pata ethernet resolution at least 1280 x 1024 x 32 USB 2 should work... dunno about opengl and of course no onboard gfx .. but why onboard gfx if qe/ci DOES work? mouse tearing suxxx..but hey.. its a fast xp machine Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12279-socket-939-board-running-flawlessly-anywhere/#findComment-77874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrunner Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 I prefer less püatching and less fiddling around, if thsi is feasible. Any other suggestions? Thank you for any inputI know you are asking for a 939 Socket solution, but if you want maximum compatibility, minimum or zero patching and the least cost, the solution is a Celeron D (eg, 331, 336) with an Intel 915 mobo (such as Asrock 775 dual 915GL). Everything works in 10.4.5, even the audio input and you don't need any AMD or SSE2/3 patches. The 90nm 1.25 to 1.4V Celeron D is not high performance, but it run cool, support EMT64 (331,336 etc series). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12279-socket-939-board-running-flawlessly-anywhere/#findComment-77891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 You're not going to get a perfect working Hackintosh (yet, anyway...). I've got an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice, and I have SSE2 and SSE3 working... I use the DFI Ultra-Infinity board. The only thing that doesn't work is the ethernet (which can be solved by buying a compatible NIC (I got the 3Com905C-TX)). Firewire is detected, but I haven't tested it as I don't use it... On-Board audio works (with a bit of tweaking). Oh, and SATA won't work with an nForce 4 board (not sure about nForce 3), but use PATA anyway, because that's most compatible. If you want graphics to be working (QE/CI) you're going to need an ATi Radeon series card.... Look here: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...&hl=ATi+Drivers http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...&hl=ATi+Drivers http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...&hl=ATi+Drivers Hope I've helped Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12279-socket-939-board-running-flawlessly-anywhere/#findComment-77915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fesob Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 ...from time to time OSX for keynote and osirix -> decent power. I'm using a PC which is an HTPC to, so i is very quiet. Cpu: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (not SSe3) MoBo: MSI nForce4 Ultra (i've modded the nVidia chipset cooler, now it's passive). Ide channels firewire and usb2 working (no sound but give me time, SATA untested) Graphic card: Ati sapphire hybrid x800 (modded with zalman passive cooler) CI/QE enabled (mouse tearing though) My main reason to play with OsX is Osirix and Osirix isn't working It's in applications, it loads correctly, i try to load the dicom data (a cd with radiographics images) and those are acquired but then i have no patients in the list, so i can't use Osirix to watch images I've found just another thread talking about installing Osirix (not working in an environment with 10.4.5 but no QE/CI enabled). I'd really like to know if you're able to use Osirix flawlessly... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12279-socket-939-board-running-flawlessly-anywhere/#findComment-338998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 look my sig, all working flawlessly sata, lan whatever Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12279-socket-939-board-running-flawlessly-anywhere/#findComment-339001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyywalker Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 yeah check my sig too.. all work..patch needed just for sata and graphics.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12279-socket-939-board-running-flawlessly-anywhere/#findComment-339105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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