alyssa Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I've seen some great recommendations but all are for $600ish systems. I want something more powerful. Something closer to the newest MacPros or as close as $1,200 to $1,600 would get me. Are there any motherboard/CPU combos that are more powerful that will work for OSX86 system? Also I want to get good RAM. I'm not a gamer but I do HD video editing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Heres a I7 setup GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail 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 CORSAIR XMS3 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail 9800GTX+ video card - 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. 1000 GB Western Digital SATA Hard drive - Samsung 22x DVDRW drive - And any case + powersupply but atleast 550W and an aftermarket cooler if you want to overclock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEHAWKs Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Here is a Setup that i Built For Someone Doing Video And Audio Work it Comes in at $1,573.88 it has a EVGA i7 Motherboard http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWi...tNumber=8194054 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyssa Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Heres a I7 setupGIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail 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 CORSAIR XMS3 12GB (3 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail 9800GTX+ video card - 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. 1000 GB Western Digital SATA Hard drive - Samsung 22x DVDRW drive - And any case + powersupply but atleast 550W and an aftermarket cooler if you want to overclock Great list Nick! thank you! Now I just have to find a quiet power supply and smaller quiet case. Here is a Setup that i Built For Someone Doing Video And Audio Work it Comes in at $1,573.88it has a EVGA i7 Motherboard http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWi...tNumber=8194054 Thank you for your list THEHAWKs. Why did you choose the EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard? It's currently $299 and was just wondering why this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastachief Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Its the quality of they board, get it you wont regret it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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