djbelly Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 hi all, im new 2 this board and would first thx to all who made this possible. first im sorry 4 my english is not my default lang. i wanna build a hackmac from scratch up, but the question is witch are the best parts fort it ? without many trouble fixes patches . i will be happy if a hackintosh legend would help me doing this. i will buy everything new to make it easyist to do. mainboard cpu (core 2 duo or better quad core) gfx ram optical drive sata 1. wich are the best hardware without so many troubles 2. wich distro or guide 2 use i got 1 priority the mainboard must be compatible with a g4 case. iam a macuser since 3 years but now i will try a hackintosh. greetings Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/194073-best-hardware-choose-for-hackmac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimes Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 hi all, im new 2 this board and would first thx to all who made this possible. first im sorry 4 my english is not my default lang. i wanna build a hackmac from scratch up, but the question is witch are the best parts fort it ? without many trouble fixes patches . i will be happy if a hackintosh legend would help me doing this. i will buy everything new to make it easyist to do. mainboard cpu (core 2 duo or better quad core) gfx ram optical drive sata 1. wich are the best hardware without so many troubles 2. wich distro or guide 2 use i got 1 priority the mainboard must be compatible with a g4 case. iam a macuser since 3 years but now i will try a hackintosh. greetings hi, Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P CPU: Core 2 Quad GFX: Nvidia 8500 GT Optical Drv: Any USB Wireless: Edimax wireless 802.11 b/g (only 32 bit snow lepard) http://lifehacker.com/5360150/install-snow...acking-required Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/194073-best-hardware-choose-for-hackmac/#findComment-1310185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbelly Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 hi, Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P CPU: Core 2 Quad GFX: Nvidia 8500 GT Optical Drv: Any USB Wireless: Edimax wireless 802.11 b/g (only 32 bit snow lepard) http://lifehacker.com/5360150/install-snow...acking-required thx m8 , maybe some more other spec... other config. and have u tried this ? greetings Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/194073-best-hardware-choose-for-hackmac/#findComment-1310382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelblender Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 i second the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P. tried this with an old 8600GT and Snow Leopard and it works like a charm. everything just works. just follow the instructions on the lifehacker page. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/194073-best-hardware-choose-for-hackmac/#findComment-1310610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbelly Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 i second the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P. tried this with an old 8600GT and Snow Leopard and it works like a charm. everything just works. just follow the instructions on the lifehacker page. thx , yeah the tutorial is absolutly great. but my problem is 2 find the motherboard in germany(out of order at this time /hard 2 find . and the other question is ... can i use a other quad proc. like the q8200 or q9400 ?? the 96 series are little bit out of my budget. greetings and thx alot 2 u guys Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/194073-best-hardware-choose-for-hackmac/#findComment-1310615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbelly Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 i just can find these boards... GA-EP45-UD3R GA-EP45-UD3LR can i do this with this boards ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/194073-best-hardware-choose-for-hackmac/#findComment-1310786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
geiman Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 i just can find these boards... GA-EP45-UD3R GA-EP45-UD3LR can i do this with this boards ? For the *most part* the ep45 boards with just one letter difference are all about the same, so you should be good to go. For instance, I have a GA-EP45C-UD3R and it works great. You might want to search this site for the board you wish to purchase; chances are someone else has them and you can see how easy/well it works for them. Since the Gigabyte boards are very popular here you should have no trouble finding someone who is running it. For instance, check here: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=181903 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/194073-best-hardware-choose-for-hackmac/#findComment-1310882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbelly Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 thx alot, i will do my mod i hope next week. and then i can show u the results. cya soon Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/194073-best-hardware-choose-for-hackmac/#findComment-1311285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nozz93 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 If you need WLAN, try the ASUS WL-138g V2 (must be V2), it works out of box with 64Bit Snow Leopard. If not, try another PCI slot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/194073-best-hardware-choose-for-hackmac/#findComment-1311935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbelly Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 thx 4 u help. i try this wlan card. cant wait 4 the parts Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/194073-best-hardware-choose-for-hackmac/#findComment-1312023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbelly Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 hi ppl, i just got some luck and i shot a GA-EP45-UD3P for 111.-€ on ebay. i buy sum intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 - LG DVD - 650W PSU - GF 9400GT 512MB(maybe not so good) - PowerMac G4 Case) now im waiting for my HD. any ideas wich ram i should use ? or wich is most stable and powerfull, for snowleo install? greetings all belly ps. keep in mind that i will try the lifehacker guide. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/194073-best-hardware-choose-for-hackmac/#findComment-1317462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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