pokwer Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 *edit, posted in wrong place... please ignore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobs808 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I am sorry, but I am being forced to huijack a thread. No matter what I try over the last 5 days, I have tried 10 to 20 times I cannot make a new topic in ANY forum. I enter my post it then it says "you must enter a post" when I submit it, and then erases the entire post I just entered! Ahh, this is so frustrating, so I am going to use this thread to post my issue... === Ok, here' s my topic - I am building a Quad Xeon Hackintosh. I pasted the info from Apple's site for their current MacPro, and then the list of hardware I am buying. How does this look?... === From Apple's Site...Mac Pro (8 cores standard, up to 3.2 GHz) -Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Harpertown" processors -2GB memory (800MHz DDR2 fully-buffered DIMM ECC) -ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics with 256MB memory -320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive1 -16x double-layer SuperDrive === So, here's my custom parts list... -MOTHERBOARD: Asus Z7S = $480 @ newegg -CPU: Intel Quad Xeon E5420 - BX80574E5420A = $330 @ newegg (QTY = 2) -MEMORY: OCZ Platinum Rev2 PC-6400 DDR2 800 (1GB) - OCZ2P800R21G = $23 @ amazon (QTY = 4) Do I need EEC instead? -VIDEO: ATI Radeon HD 3870X2 (1GB) = $275 @ tigerdirect I heard that MacOSX OSx86 will only recognize 256mb...? -AUDIO: (on board) -OPTICAL: 20x Pioneer DVR-116D = $70 @ amazon -WIRELESS: MA688ZM ??? What will work in both MacOSX OSx86 (show up as "Airport") and work in Windows? === I will primarily be using this computer for HD video editing on Premiere Pro when booted into Windows and HD video editing in Final Cut Pro when booted into MacOSX, so a lot of rendering. I will NOT be playing games on it at all, but I will be using it also for a webserver and mail server for my personal domains. NOt a ton of traffic, but enough to be left on 24/7 and also why I am going with Xeon CPUs on a 771 socket mobo rather than Core2Quad on a 775 socket. So, will this setup work well for runniong OSx86 and Windows? Also, if you can answer my questions above, I'd appreciate that too. THANKS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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