wootcat Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Hi! New member here. Nice board! I've been a Mac user for about 12 years. My current Mac is an old "Windtunnel" 867MHz DP PowerPC. I need to replace it, but funds are short and I can't afford a new Mac right now, so my thoughts have turned to building a Hackintosh. I have an XP box I built myself that is in need of updating, so I thought I'd try the OSx86 route, but finding information on compatible hardware at a decent price is difficult! Most of my searches turn up motherboards that are no longer available. Where does everyone here go to find motherboards that have a good chance of being "Hackintosh-able"? I've been looking for a Core 2 Duo motherboard with gigabyte networking and PCIe 2.0 for under $100. Thanks for everyone's input! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154169-finding-current-components/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smart Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Have a look through this list: http://www.osx86library.com/hardware/brows...ep=2&hwCa=1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154169-finding-current-components/#findComment-1087033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Consider the Gigabyte EP45-UD3R Very well supported for retail OSX, and currently about $99 after rebates from newegg. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154169-finding-current-components/#findComment-1087046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wootcat Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 Have a look through this list: http://www.osx86library.com/hardware/brows...ep=2&hwCa=1 Hard to find anything on that list that's still available (at least from newegg) Consider the Gigabyte EP45-UD3R Well, this certainly looks like a viable mb to try. If I was interested in a triple-boot system (XP, OSX, Ubuntu), is there a generally accepted order in which they get installed? Also, what about this board (GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard)? It's about half the price. Anything that's an obvious "no" here? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154169-finding-current-components/#findComment-1087755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaap Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 A better list to check out that's still a lot more complete than that 'library' is still the 10.5.2 HCL. I've built several systems using a GA-G31M-S2L- however, I haven't done a retail install with that board ( I used the old Leo4allv3 distro), and I haven't used the specific update G31M-E2SL. I know the updated board has better audio hardware (ALC883 vs the old ALC662) I'm pretty sure the E2SL works fine for OSX, just I don't know about a retail install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154169-finding-current-components/#findComment-1087759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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