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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126038-asus-p5kpl-cm/ 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126038-asus-p5kpl-cm/#findComment-891866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
candykane Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 MOVE TO BUYING AdVICE Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126038-asus-p5kpl-cm/#findComment-893837 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/126038-asus-p5kpl-cm/#findComment-1020641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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