wootcat Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 My goal: Build a box that can eventually boot in either OS X, XP, or Ubuntu. What I'm considering: GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $53 Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E7400 - Retail - $120 EVGA 896-P3-1260-AR GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail - $200 Kingston HyperX 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model KHX6400D2LL/2G - Retail - $26 LITE-ON 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model iHAS122-04 - OEM - $22 I have a case, am hoping my power supply is beefy enough for the job (don't remember what's in the case right now), and hope to reuse my current hard drive. Comments? Red flags? Warnings? I've built about 3 boxes before, but this will be my first Hackintosh. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155708-my-first-stab-at-this/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wootcat Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 No comments? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155708-my-first-stab-at-this/#findComment-1097842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Get a 4870 instead of a GTX 260 - it is supported and the GTX 260 isn't. The price also just dropped. Netkas suggest you get a dual-dvi model. Not with HDMI etc. Your PSU should be about 460-500W at least. Otherwise, all good. Maybe get 4gb RAM (2x2gb), it's so cheap! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155708-my-first-stab-at-this/#findComment-1098035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Change the CPU to E5200 and overclock it! It clocks to 4GHZ easily and would pull less power Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155708-my-first-stab-at-this/#findComment-1098216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wootcat Posted March 5, 2009 Author Share Posted March 5, 2009 What I'm considering: GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail - $53 Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail - $73 Video card ??? (PCIe 2.0/NVIDIA/DVI) - ~$200 Kingston HyperX 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) KHX6400D2LL/2G - Retail - $26 LITE-ON 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model iHAS122-04 - OEM - $22 Okay. I changed the CPU to the E5200, that sounded like a good trade-off. Synaesthesia, I really want to stick with NVIDIA. A couple apps I use right now are really troublesome with ATI cards for some reason. I did not know the GTX260 wasn't supported. I guess I also missed that it was an HDMI card. What would you then suggest for a supported NVIDIA card at around the same price or less? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155708-my-first-stab-at-this/#findComment-1098825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 The best current working nVidia card is the 9800GTX+, now called the GTX-250. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155708-my-first-stab-at-this/#findComment-1098980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 HD4870 would work perfectly Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155708-my-first-stab-at-this/#findComment-1099076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wootcat Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 What about this card? Would it be compatible? PNY VCG98GTXPXPB GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail Thanks for all your help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155708-my-first-stab-at-this/#findComment-1099812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Yeah it would work. There's nothing wrong with ATI though, the only thing it lacks is CUDA. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155708-my-first-stab-at-this/#findComment-1100099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wootcat Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 Yeah it would work. There's nothing wrong with ATI though, the only thing it lacks is CUDA. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155708-my-first-stab-at-this/#findComment-1100148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdratlif Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Motherboard only supports PCI Express 1.0. 2.0 cards should still work (backwards compatible IIRC), but if you're looking for killer graphics, you might want to find a mobo that supports PCI Express 2.0. If you're not, I have the same mobo and am using an nVidia GeForce 8400 GS. Works great. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=156467 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/155708-my-first-stab-at-this/#findComment-1100613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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