projekt k Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 so i set these up in the shopping cart to see what the price is. its 825.67 as a grand total. If i would have any compatibility issues please let me know. also if you know of maybe a cheaper graphics card i might be interested in. I would like to to be compatible and closer to the 100 mark where I can still play some games. I'm not much of a gamer but like to play every now and then. Basicly if the graphics card can run a dvd smoothly but not be to crappy that would be nice thanks. LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30 - OEM APEVIA X-Navigator ATXA8NW-SS/500 Silver Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply - Retail Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000CSRTL 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Retail Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KHX6400D2K2/4G - Retail GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E7400 - Retail BFG Tech BFGE98512GTXPBE GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154566-any-opinions-on-this-build/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 i think it's better if you build an I7 Heres a I7 setup GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $199.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128375 everything works in Leopard and it overclocks an 920 to 4GHZ easy Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - Retail $289.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115202 It overclocks like a dream 4ghz with an aftermarket cooler CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $149.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145220 these are the best memorys for overclocking I7 atleast for me 9800GTX+ video card -$139.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate - Works great with OS X after installing the Nvidia 9xxx series video drivers and adding the EFI strings for it. Both CI and QE work perfectly. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814143166 500 GB Western Digital SATA Hard drive - $64.99 - Plenty of space and pretty cheap too. SATA interface so there won't be any OS X issues. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136073 Samsung 22x DVDRW drive - $24.99 - Works perfectly and has a SATA interface. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827151171 Antec NSK4480B ATX case with 380 watt PSU - $74.99 - Plenty of room and includes a great power supply. Should run quiet and cool. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811129032 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154566-any-opinions-on-this-build/#findComment-1089232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Shoveler Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Core i7 is still expensive and I don't think you can use the retail Mac OS X kernel (please correct me if I'm wrong). The OP's proposed system looks pretty good to me. It's pretty similar to my system, which is rock stable. Get a good CPU heatsink and clock that bad boy! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154566-any-opinions-on-this-build/#findComment-1089460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
projekt k Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 can i switch my cpu to the core 2 duo and still have a pretty satisfying speed. my lap top is a core 2 duo with 4 gigs of ram and im pretty satisfied with its performance. and considering the fact that i like the performance of the G5's and newer iMacs will i be fine with the core 2 duo? and im not even thinking about a core i7. intel has already announced another chip beyond the i7, ill stick to the more known and tested cpu's that are used in hacked macs. if anything this board i believe supports the core 2 extreme so ill just upgrade to one of those later or just build another mac. thanks for the help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154566-any-opinions-on-this-build/#findComment-1089680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Shoveler Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Core 2 Duo should be fine for most uses. Many programs aren't optimized for more than 2 cores anyway. Something like an E7400 should fit your budget, and I bet it will overclock halfway decently besides. The mobo you picked is a good one. It'll give you lots of room to grow when you can afford a Core 2 Quad. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/154566-any-opinions-on-this-build/#findComment-1089762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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