thefighter Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 I need a few tech spec's of cheap components that will be fully compatible with mac from the word go. Nothing more than $260 or £150, as I will be buying a macintosh case from ebay, which will be costly. Thanks guys TheFighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 read the HCLs on the wiki, and do your homework. best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefighter Posted April 19, 2006 Author Share Posted April 19, 2006 I hate doing my homework, lol I've got stupid exams at the moment, so I'm stuck researching. I was just wondering If anybody had already found a cheap system, so that I didn't have to research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefighter Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 Sorry back again. I read on here http://www.osx86.theplaceforitall.com/howto/ for some hardware tips, what do you recon? Mobo - Intel D915GUX (Used by Intel Developers?) or ASRock 775Dual-915GL Micro ATX Intel Read the site, this guy did his homework!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merak Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 i had bad experiences wiv asrock, i've an asus, it does its work well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefighter Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 I want something fully supported really, no extra kexts or anything. So that it is swift and I will have no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gid Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 you want 100% support?, save and buy a mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefighter Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 Near 100% support. So that I don't have to do what I'm doing now, which is bashing my head against a wall, trying to get my SATA hard drive working on a nForce chipset. Also, it will be a fun project for me. I'm dead bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 The hardware I have listed in my sig works 100% (you don't really need the USB sound card - my onboard sound chip has some bad static problem, so I disabled it). You could even go with a cheaper Celeron, but this model has pretty much all of the features needed. The DVD drive I used is what comes in a PowerMac currently, so it works 100% without PatchBurn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefighter Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 Owwww Right after I do 2hours research! lol Chipsets: Intel 915G Express Chipset Intel 915GV Express Chipset Intel 910GL Express Chipset These support mac pretty much from the word go apparently (According to http://www.osx86.theplaceforitall.com/howto/). A list of Intel Chipsets with the fully supported GMA900 - http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma900/index.htm A list of Intel Boards with the different chipsets - http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/index.htm Look at the boards in comparision using - http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/linecard_perfmain.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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