genespivak Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 OK, at newegg, I have priced out 2 systems: System 1 is based on the Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L and comes to(557.91) System 2 is based on the Intel BOXDP43TF and comes to ($572.91) Both of them include these components (which I believe are compatible): Rosewill R220-P-BK BlackATX Mid Tower Case - Retail Rosewill RP550V2-S-SL 550W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready Power Supply - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W - Retail G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM Pioneer 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE - OEM MSI RX2600Pro-T2D256E Radeon HD 2600PRO 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail Is one of these boards better than the other? Is all of this compatible with OSX? And are these components ok to work together or are they junk? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146634-gigabyte-ga-ep43-ds3l-or-intel-boxdp43tf/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 The EP43-DS3L can overclock and works in OS X, so I would go for that. Both are good boards though. Not sure if the Intel board works...but it should! Anyway, I would go for the Gigabyte. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146634-gigabyte-ga-ep43-ds3l-or-intel-boxdp43tf/#findComment-1040445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
genespivak Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Cool. I'm leaning that way myself. The Intel board has one entry in the 10.5.2 HCL. Says everything worked OOB except LAN and Audio, but has kexts for those. Is G.Skill memory ok or should I spring for Corsair or something else? And that cooler was highly rated, but is there a better one for around 20-30 bucks? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146634-gigabyte-ga-ep43-ds3l-or-intel-boxdp43tf/#findComment-1041127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 The cooler is a bit noisy + overkill in my opinion. I like the Zalman range - effiecient + quiet. G.Skill is cool. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/146634-gigabyte-ga-ep43-ds3l-or-intel-boxdp43tf/#findComment-1041474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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