AHTuttle Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I'm building my first hackingtosh. I have iDeneb 1.1 and it seems to be promising from trying it on my Sony TX laptop. So I want to build a desktop from scratch. Priorities: ease of install, compatibility now with ideneb 1.1 and with future OSX86 development, quiet, cheap, reasonably powerful. I'd like up to 8GB ram (start with 4GB), Intel core 2 proc (probably Q6600), nvidia 8800ish graphics (cool or at least quiet hopefully). I'd like audio, network and hopefully firewire to work with a minimum of fuss if not out of the box. Shutdown and sleep is important, stable is a must etc. What mobo and video card do you think will fit those requirements well? I just want to start with a good, solid, trouble free foundation. Thanks in advance for helping a total newb. Is there a simple list of the classic, well supported motherboards? Or a filterable list? Just going through the hardware lists is a little frustrating. Very hard to tell what looks promising with my requirements. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/127715-mobovideo-recs-for-ideneb-v11/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 8800gt starts off around $110USD. Pretty good price for performance imo. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/127715-mobovideo-recs-for-ideneb-v11/#findComment-904379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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