viau Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 So here is what I had in mind as a setup: Ram (4gig of kingston hyperX 1066mhz) : http://www.sohodiffusion.com/produit.asp?num=9975 GFX ( ATI HD3870 depends on the mobo tho) : http://www.sohodiffusion.com/produit.asp?num=8827 Proc (Q9550): http://www.sohodiffusion.com/produit.asp?num=7845 Case : http://www.sohodiffusion.com/produit.asp?num=7878 HDD : http://www.sohodiffusion.com/produit.asp?num=9582 DVD : http://www.sohodiffusion.com/produit.asp?num=7649 PSU : http://www.sohodiffusion.com/produit.asp?num=4939 Fan : http://www.sohodiffusion.com/produit.asp?num=8801 I know this info can be found somewhere but I was looking into the HCL and it's just too confusing for my little head. I want feedback from people who actually tested motherboards with success! I wanted a motherboard for about 200$ maybe a bit more or less I dont really care, but I wanted it to be compatible with OSX. Any thoughts? Thanks David Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/127582-i-need-recommendations-on-the-motherboard-i-should-buy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaaseyRacer Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I do not think the 4870 has support with osx yet. If you require OSX to work you will probably want to look into another graphics card. If you are dead set on that card, I would get a cheaper card to pass the time until that card is working with osx. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/127582-i-need-recommendations-on-the-motherboard-i-should-buy/#findComment-902231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
viau Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 its the 3870 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/127582-i-need-recommendations-on-the-motherboard-i-should-buy/#findComment-902514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaaseyRacer Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Sorry about that. My eyes ain't what they used to be. As far as a board, I have seen good results lately with the GA-EP45-DS3R, and in general there seems to be a lot of support Gigabyte boards on this forum. There are some nice Asus boards, as well. Do some searching on what ever you decide to make sure you can handle what ever tweaking you are going to need to do. There is no such thing as a straight forward hacintosh build. There is always some complication. P.S. To maximize compatibility change the DVD-R drive to a Pioneer DVR-216 SATA drive. IDE is dead man. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/127582-i-need-recommendations-on-the-motherboard-i-should-buy/#findComment-904508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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