chezofruit Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Im currently running a 1.8GHz PowerPC G5 which cost a fortune new. I want to upgrade to a intel based machine, and Ive been looking into building my own 'Mac". Im struggling to figure out what the best components are to use. What im looking for is some sort of guide that shows what parts I can buy and what the mac equivalent is... can anyone help? I need it to run Logic, photoshop, final cut etc. so far this is all i could come up with: - Colors IT 8037-C43 Black/Silver Midi Case 400W + Power Cable - Serial ATA (SATA) Dual POWER Cable (IDE to SATA Power Adaptor) - ECS 7050VT-M5 microATX Board with Snd/LAN & VGA Motherboard - I KNOW THIS motherboard ISNT COMPATIBLE - CAN ANYONE SUGGEST A GOOD ONE?! - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz 3MB 1066FSB Socket 775 PIB - 2GB DDR2-800 DIMM what would this be the eqivelent to mac wise? thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 500GB SATA HDD - DVD-RW IDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Im currently running a 1.8GHz PowerPC G5 which cost a fortune new. I want to upgrade to a intel based machine, and Ive been looking into building my own 'Mac". That's what the project's all about. Im struggling to figure out what the best components are to use. Most do. What im looking for is some sort of guide that shows what parts I can buy and what the mac equivalent is... Why does the Mac equivalent matter? Lol. I need it to run Logic, photoshop, final cut etc. Those apps run fine. so far this is all i could come up with: - Colors IT 8037-C43 Black/Silver Midi Case 400W + Power Cable Any case will do. - Serial ATA (SATA) Dual POWER Cable (IDE to SATA Power Adaptor) Why? - ECS 7050VT-M5 microATX Board with Snd/LAN & VGA Motherboard - I KNOW THIS motherboard ISNT COMPATIBLE - CAN ANYONE SUGGEST A GOOD ONE?! Gigabyte P35 or P45 motherboards. - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz 3MB 1066FSB Socket 775 PIB Fine. - 2GB DDR2-800 DIMM Fine. what would this be the eqivelent to mac wise? What's it matter? O.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezofruit Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 I can get all this in a package for around £300 because Im stupid i guess! just wondering how powerfull I can get it...(i think) haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 You're wondering how powerful an OSX86 rig can be? You can make rigs that outperform Mac Pros, if you fork out the cash[dual socket motherboards, etc..]..but at that expense it'd be better just to buy a Mac Pro. My Mizuki rig comes quite close to 8 core Mac Pros, and it's just a quad[on Geekbench]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezofruit Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 how much that cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 It depends. If you decide to go the Xeon route, nearly as much as a Mac Pro if you aim for similar specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezofruit Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 what do you think of the deal i can get? the one for £300? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 I'd swap out the motherboard, and get some sort of NVIDIA graphics card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezofruit Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 I might be worht buying the deal to get the case, memory and Cpu etc? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Any way you can exclude the motherboard? Or is this an OEM machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezofruit Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 its a package deal, so not really, i can get a board off ebay for pretty cheap thou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineRaven Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Im currently running a 1.8GHz PowerPC G5 which cost a fortune new. I want to upgrade to a intel based machine, and Ive been looking into building my own 'Mac". Im struggling to figure out what the best components are to use. What im looking for is some sort of guide that shows what parts I can buy and what the mac equivalent is... can anyone help? I need it to run Logic, photoshop, final cut etc. so far this is all i could come up with: - Colors IT 8037-C43 Black/Silver Midi Case 400W + Power Cable - Serial ATA (SATA) Dual POWER Cable (IDE to SATA Power Adaptor) - ECS 7050VT-M5 microATX Board with Snd/LAN & VGA Motherboard - I KNOW THIS motherboard ISNT COMPATIBLE - CAN ANYONE SUGGEST A GOOD ONE?! - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz 3MB 1066FSB Socket 775 PIB - 2GB DDR2-800 DIMM what would this be the eqivelent to mac wise? thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 500GB SATA HDD - DVD-RW IDE It would be very close to current's iMac. I'm running on E8500 and its faster than current's imac but slower than quad. Cheers AP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphius Faydal Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I've had a great experience with my Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L (revision 2.0) on the iATKOS v4.1i disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezofruit Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 cheers, Im looking a getting a ASUS deluxe, im looking to spend around £300... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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