Electric_Sheep Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I'm wanting to build a cheap hackintosh in a smallish form factor, utilising the MicroATX motherboard. These are the only boards available to me, which i believe are osx86 compatible. GA-EG31M-S2 GA-945GCM-S2L GA-G31m-S2l GA-G31M-ES2L I was wondering which board i should go with. At the moment im leaning more towards the GA-EG31M-S2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148528-microatx-buying-thoughts/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 They all work. I would also get the EG31M-S2. The G31M-S2L works well for me. Remember you have to get a compatible graphics card too, like a cheap nvidia 7300 256mb Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148528-microatx-buying-thoughts/#findComment-1051606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric_Sheep Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 Thanks. How about a Asus 8400GS 256MB over the 7300 256mb? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148528-microatx-buying-thoughts/#findComment-1051674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 it will work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148528-microatx-buying-thoughts/#findComment-1051805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaaseyRacer Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 You skipped over this: GIGABYTE GA-E7AUM-DS2H Highly recommended. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148528-microatx-buying-thoughts/#findComment-1052430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocus Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 @MaaseyRacer: Why is this board so recommended? Is it 100% compatible? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148528-microatx-buying-thoughts/#findComment-1052922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoinggg Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Well, be carefull with p5kpl-am, bought it to build a file server and can't make it enter aqua, at the moment boot finishes the screen becomes black. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148528-microatx-buying-thoughts/#findComment-1054855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 @MaaseyRacer: Why is this board so recommended? Is it 100% compatible?Yes, despite the higher price, it is a great board. It is 100% compatible, and has a built in nVidia 9400M graphics card (just like the new Macbook) - decent built in graphics! Of course it has overclocking options and supports the 45nm Quad cores, but so do many other boards. It also has Firewire, eSATA, HDMI, Optical S/PDIF Out (not sure if that works) and support for 16gb of RAM! So a wonderful motherboard for OS X. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148528-microatx-buying-thoughts/#findComment-1055392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunDevil2008 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 This board can only support 2 gb of ram. Its unstable past that. Yes, despite the higher price, it is a great board. It is 100% compatible, and has a built in nVidia 9400M graphics card (just like the new Macbook) - decent built in graphics! Of course it has overclocking options and supports the 45nm Quad cores, but so do many other boards. It also has Firewire, eSATA, HDMI, Optical S/PDIF Out (not sure if that works) and support for 16gb of RAM! So a wonderful motherboard for OS X. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148528-microatx-buying-thoughts/#findComment-1062815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
akore Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 EDIT: it looks like all but the last one are deactivated "I cannot find the eg31m where do you see it? (not on newegg)" Is the g41 compatable? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148528-microatx-buying-thoughts/#findComment-1065355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepraxXx Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I want to buy the GA-G31M-ES2L with ALC883. Did the Audio work full? Is there any other thing to patch? edit: Did the VGA Onboard work? Intel 3100 ? So I see in iDeneb 1.3 there is a Patch, Intel 3100 did this work? QE/CI? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148528-microatx-buying-thoughts/#findComment-1066015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
emig647 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Yah the audio works on the es2l. "ALC662 The Onboard soundcard for this motherboard is not supported, and there are no drivers (yet), however the motherboard does support Azalia HD sound. There is a driver for that which you should get and install once you have OSX actually running." Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/148528-microatx-buying-thoughts/#findComment-1067093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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