Evostance Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Ok guys. I was here back in the day of Tiger where it was all a nightmare to get sorted. However I hear since the release of iDeneb v1.3 and Leopard, installing OSX on a PC is a piece of cake. I, however have one problem. I have 2 SATA harddrives that are stuck in RAID 0 with windows on them. If I partition them for OSX i loose everything. The easiest way of overcoming this problem is simple. I shall buy a new harddrive. Now, I am far from being a computing noob however, OSX86 is somewhat new to me. It would be appreciated if someone would point me in the right direction of a harddrive according to my system specs Mobo: Asus P5N E-SLI GPU: 8800GTS 640mb (G80) CPU: E6750 HDD: 2x Hitatchi SATA 160gb Do I get a IDE HDD or a SATA one? Also, does it need to be of a set size and rpm? If someone could point me in the right direction and tell me if my PC is compatible it would be much appreciated as I am currently getting iDeneb v1.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMac Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Ok guys. I was here back in the day of Tiger where it was all a nightmare to get sorted. However I hear since the release of iDeneb v1.3 and Leopard, installing OSX on a PC is a piece of cake. I, however have one problem. I have 2 SATA harddrives that are stuck in RAID 0 with windows on them. If I partition them for OSX i loose everything. The easiest way of overcoming this problem is simple. I shall buy a new harddrive. Now, I am far from being a computing noob however, OSX86 is somewhat new to me. It would be appreciated if someone would point me in the right direction of a harddrive according to my system specs Mobo: Asus P5N E-SLI GPU: 8800GTS 640mb (G80) CPU: E6750 HDD: 2x Hitatchi SATA 160gb Do I get a IDE HDD or a SATA one? Also, does it need to be of a set size and rpm? If someone could point me in the right direction and tell me if my PC is compatible it would be much appreciated as I am currently getting iDeneb v1.3 It shouldn't make a difference, but I'd go for SATA. iDeneb IS a piece of cake, though you'll need a few pointers at first to get everything running as should. basically, at least for me, there were a few BIOS changes I needed to make, such as No Execute Memory Protect enabled, and above all, changing the ACPI Suspend type to S1. When you install, be sure to run Disk Utility, partition it with MacOS Journaled, and set it for Master Boot Record (see the options when partitioning). People here are very helpful and enthusiastic, so if you run into any troubles, just ask (though see the stickies as most of the info is already answered and highlighted). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evostance Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 Would you say http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131269 or http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw...gory_oid=-31455 Are ok? I dont want to waste my money like I did last time. I bought a drive, it didn't work so I had to send it back and pay PnP and restocking costs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBogieMan Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I'm running a Deskstar P7K500 250GB in my machine, nice and quiet and relatively quick for the price. I used Leo4all V2 on my install and had no problems at all with it showing up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitallysick Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I would go for the patriot 64gb ssd at newegg.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket6 Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I would go for the patriot 64gb ssd at newegg.com yeh i will have four of them and raid 5 them ..... my dad's comp has one of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct....M%20(WD800AAJS) and runs fine and quiet, quite cheap aswell at £28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evostance Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 Thanks Bucket6. Will probably get one of them from ebuyer tomorrow when they have happy hour. Hopefully they will knock the price down a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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