frank754 Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 I'm new to to forums here and have spent all day researching this. I'm a big Linux/UNIX fan and this is the first time I will be trying Apple, although (for history's sake, I did program a few ancient Apple III's using Pascal in 1983 for a non-profit group.) I hope someone can come forward and answer a few questions. I'm trying to put together a new hackintosh compatible box, and definitely the old 1.1 GHz Celeron I have (no SSE2 or 3) will have to be sidelined. I don't have much of a budget, but after a long search found this: Asus P5KPL-CM http://www.partspc.com/Recommend.asp?ProdID=16367 It's in the Asus P5K line you guys highly recommend, but comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo Wolfdale E7200 2.53GHz 3MB 1066MHz LGA775 45nm Processor (sorry for the large text, I was pasting it from that site) The mobo is capable of up to: Front Side Bus 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz (1600 is overclock speed) Memory 2 x DIMM, Max. 4 GB, DDR2 1066/800/667 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory Dual Channel memory architecture Overclock speed and it's only around $180 with the CPU included. I researched the Wolfdale on some overclock forums, and while it's a new but inexpensive chip, it has no trouble clocking higher (close to 4 GHz in some cases, and runs cool with no major "fannage" required other than the usual. I'm not an experienced system builed though I have done so a few times, also changed clock settings, etc. Is this a good choice? I'm not into heavy gaming, but do some gaming, mostly "lite" 3d stuff, but often also some dvd processing using transcode and frame resizing on long videos. I also have an Nvidia 6200 OC pcicard for this unit (it does still have 2 pci slots). What's the deal on the magic number 1333? I'm fairly sure if I order this they will set it to 1066 FSB as per the chip recommendation, do I need to reset it to 1333 for a big jump in performance, or would the default do fine? If I got this, would 2 or 3 sticks of PNY Optima 1GB DDR2 667 MHz memory do fairly well (they say not to go to 4 sticks or there may be some problems)? http://www.amazon.com/PNY-OPTIMA-PC2-5300-...5434&sr=1-5 Appreciate some good advice, and have a great day.... <h1 class="parseasinTitle"> </h1> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank754 Posted September 15, 2008 Author Share Posted September 15, 2008 I decided to go for the cheap Intel Atom project posted on this thread: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=113623 So hopefully thats a good choice for now. Entire system from Newegg incl 3 day shipping & rush processing for $282.08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candykane Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 MOVE TO BUYING AdVICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolbet Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Mobo is fine. Kalyway 10.5.2 has audio driver in stock. You need a video card, built in is not working (because it is not real video card). Built in ethernet is not working too - i couldn't find any drivers. I have a ethernet card from old pc, found on the street and is working... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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