Shanems3 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Tell me what you guys think. my 3year old, Intel Mobo C2D pc has crashed on me.. and well it lasted along time, but now is a time to upgrade. My previous pc was a DG965wh Mobo and a e6300 C2D, ran OSx pretty well, but it died so the new plan. I work around alot of Server grade computers so.. i am basically building a workstation that will act as a Desktop pc. i just ordered the Mobo. Was last peice of the puzzle. ASUS DSAN-DX Dual LGA 771 Intel 5100 SSI CEB Server Motherboard Right now i have 2 3.2 ghz Dual core 5060 series processors waiting for the board. This will basically get me to 4 Cores of 3.2ghz , 1066 FSB. I am thinking the Processors will later be changed to Quads at a lower Ghz but only time will tell. Memory- the motherboard can only hold a mear 48gb... lol.. i have 2gb waiting for it, but will soon upgrade it to at least 8gb. The video card is getting donated from my previous PC, its a ATI x1900gt. It works pretty good and will surve its purpose The PC will have 3 Internal Sata Hard drives, Which includes a Rapter 74gb, but will also have 3 SCSI 73gb hdds in Raid 0. All this will be running under a dual boot OS, Microsoft windows Vista 64Bit edition and Osx86. So in summary, 2 3.2 GHZ Xeon Processors (thinking of getting 2 2.3ghz quad cores) 2gb DDR2 667mhz FBdimm (For now, 8gb soon) 1 73 GB Raptor HDD 1 160GB Seagate HDD 1 250GB Seagate HDD 3 73GB SCSI HDD in a Raid (also vista only, dont have a scsi controller for Osx) x1900gt Radeon Video card Sata Blu-ray Disk drive/dvd drive (i guess vista only, dont see any Blu ray support for Apple yet..) Sata DVD writer with CD-rw 1 650 Watt Server grade Power Supply I nickname this project "Project Overkill" When i build a PC for myself. i go overboard because it will last me 3-4 years.. hehe... video games and multitasking here i come.. lol Only thing i am missing is a sound card.. any suggestions that are the Mac friendliest, i have a usb soundblaster , might just use that.. what you guys think... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyrax42 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Hang on to the processors till you see how much use the cores get. I doubt more than four is really of much use. I'm waiting on my parts for my first hackintosh build, and it's a quad core (Q9450 that hopefully will run at 3.2 GHz) with 8 gigs of RAM. OS X really likes RAM. Eight is proper overkill. I'd call two a bare minimum (as does Apple these days). I have just one gig in my ibook and it drives me insane. So I'd focus on upping the RAM above other parts at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanems3 Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 I had a good hack, but like i said the thing got hit with a power surge.. :censored2: so time for a new one.. ill see how much use the cores get.. another question, i am lookin to get a video card.. if i get the 8800gt off nvidia's web site for a intel mac pro. will it work in my system and also work in windows.. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanems3 Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 Well, due to new egg miss labeling the specs of the board, i sent it back and am now awaiting the ASUS Z7S WS board. its a better board and the memory it calls for will actually fit in it. The dsan-dx takes DDR2 ECC non FB dimm.. sooo.. the new board will be better in all ways, this board has 2 PCIe 2.0 slots, pcie 16x (8 electrical slot), 1 pcix slot, 1 pci, has external esata slots with its own controller. Osx will be installed this way on a 1 TB external drive while windows vista 64 will be installed on internal hard drives in a raid (stripping). everthing is in except for the new mobo, should be here friday. I also have some UV die(bright orange) to go with the Dexcool GM antifreeze and 3 black lights, with a 120mm fan that is uv reactive to replace the Thermaltake radiator fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaaseyRacer Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Loose the X1900GT if you can, that card is a huge pain in the ass to get working in Leopard (read my signature). 8800GT works well and there is a ton of support for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanems3 Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 trust me , i know, i worked with some of the guys when it first came out. i have the kext saved on my pen drive that get it to work though.. so its not a big deal for me.. but it will be replaced eventually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaaseyRacer Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 What Kext files are you using? I had to install the ATI utility, by tricking the sysctl into thinking that I have a G5. Then after the utility was installed switch the sysctl back to stock. Then I had to run the JCCool 1950 installer. Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. If you have an easier way I would love to know. Also keep us updated on the install process on the newboard. I am half tempted to try this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanems3 Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 its the jcool method but he modified a kext file just for the 1900gt, if you use his original it has artifacts on the screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanems3 Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 ITS ALIVE, just not with osx.. lol.. Vista 64 is extremely fast, the 3.2ghz chips i had were incompatible, had some 1.6 quads laying around, i have 2 3ghz quads comming as for osx , still working on that.. windows was tonights agenda, osx tommorow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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