yojimaru Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Hello everyone, as you might guess, here is a confused guy about the computer specs. I have read tons of pages here, jumped one tutorial to another, carefully looked for signatures of people, digged wiki pages, and beleive or not i have nothing! I am already a linux mint user (an ubuntu derivative) for 3 years. I like terminal, bash stuff. And when i saw mac os x with terminal (!? weird yes i didnt know that), i was hypnotised :censored2: Anyway, i would like to build a system that will be around 440-550$ (with no screen), and installation will not be a problem (if is it possible of course, here is a mac noob willing to learn, remember). For motherboard i will buy something gigabyte DS3L or DS3R Rev. 2.1 i suppose. (?) I need a moderate Graphic Card around 80-100$. So could you pls suggest some MoBo+CPU+GraphicCard combaniton for me? Thanks and sorry for english. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142581-i-am-totaly-confused/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Well, if this is something that you can't do, then how are you gonna setup and work osx86? Osx86 is no where near perfect, you'll always need to do some work on it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142581-i-am-totaly-confused/#findComment-1011459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Obviously you've read enough to have narrowed it down to Gigabyte, and certain models. (Exactly on the right track, by the way). What's stopping you from proceeding? Mobo choice is the most critical- once you've narrowed that down, you're 90% done. You've obviously done some research on this- just narrow down exactly which board you want to use, and what install method you want to try. (IE: a downloaded distro and/or retail OSX) Take your time on board choice- it's well worth it to know exactly the ins and outs of what you're getting. Graphic card choice is also critical, but basically, it's hard to go wrong if you just pick a card that others are using successfully, and that meets your needs. CPU choice- pretty easy from there. Again, base it off what others are already using and that works with your board choice. A blind monkey could pick the rest of the components- it's pretty hard to screw up picking RAM, hard drives, optical drives and a case. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142581-i-am-totaly-confused/#findComment-1011516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan_Man Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Ya, U are definitely on the right track. I would suggest... processor - q6600 video card - 8800gt Might stretch the budget a bit but see what U can do. Khan Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142581-i-am-totaly-confused/#findComment-1012003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Get the iATKOS 10.5.5i disk, follow the guide in the news releases and updates section. You'll be able to update using the software updater which is a big plus. Go with the DS3L *from what i hear it overclocks better* Q6600 of course Anything over 4gigs of memory is just to show off at this present time lol You said 80-100 on the video? Get an 8600GT! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142581-i-am-totaly-confused/#findComment-1012277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I would actually go with a 3870, seeing as those are around $90-$100. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142581-i-am-totaly-confused/#findComment-1012692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yojimaru Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 Thanks for inspring replies. OK.. i gathered a spec.. and finalised like this: Mobo---------GA-EP45-DS3L P45/ICH10 GPU----------MSI 9600GT OC GDDR3 512MB RAM----------Corsair 2 GB (2x1) 1066Mhz DDR2 CL5 DHX PC2 8500 RAM x 2 (Total 4 GB) CPU----------Q6600 Quad Core 2.4 Ghz 8 mb cache 1066 FSB costs around 600$, sounds like expensive to me but it is ok. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142581-i-am-totaly-confused/#findComment-1013525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Thanks for inspring replies. OK.. i gathered a spec.. and finalised like this: Mobo---------GA-EP45-DS3L P45/ICH10 GPU----------MSI 9600GT OC GDDR3 512MB RAM----------Corsair 2 GB (2x1) 1066Mhz DDR2 CL5 DHX PC2 8500 RAM x 2 (Total 4 GB) CPU----------Q6600 Quad Core 2.4 Ghz 8 mb cache 1066 FSB costs around 600$, sounds like expensive to me but it is ok. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Looks good Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142581-i-am-totaly-confused/#findComment-1014958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalUser Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Thanks for inspring replies. OK.. i gathered a spec.. and finalised like this: Mobo---------GA-EP45-DS3L P45/ICH10 GPU----------MSI 9600GT OC GDDR3 512MB RAM----------Corsair 2 GB (2x1) 1066Mhz DDR2 CL5 DHX PC2 8500 RAM x 2 (Total 4 GB) CPU----------Q6600 Quad Core 2.4 Ghz 8 mb cache 1066 FSB costs around 600$, sounds like expensive to me but it is ok. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. i would suggest comparing against a 9800GT as well, as from what i've seen they can be obtained on sale for very cheap nowadays. newegg, like $90-100 after rebate w free shipping Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142581-i-am-totaly-confused/#findComment-1016807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybaster Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 what are the prices individually? the components are great, but I'd say the subtotal is a tad expensive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142581-i-am-totaly-confused/#findComment-1022561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesman Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 You have the same setup as I did, except I went with the EP45-UD3P, and like a previous poster said try to look at the 9800 GT, its what I have and this thing is a sure beast! Heating can be a problem, the quadcore tends to run around 58C without thermal compound. I put AS5 on it and now it runs around 43C normal, max of 72C at load. Make sure whatever case you have has a lot of good airflow and that your PSU can handle all your components. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/142581-i-am-totaly-confused/#findComment-1027099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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