Mobo: Most Compatible, Most Affordable Core2 Quad Motherboard

[alvin777]

Hi. I'm thinking of upgrading to i7 but it's out of budget for now if I upgrade to an i7 mobo, CPU and DDR3. I'm on a quad CD2 (stable undervoltaged at 0.87 volts) with 4GB DDR800 Ballistix, 4870 1GB. The only one that's not working with my setup is the built-in sound and sleep. I can't find a work around for the 5.1 AL883 sound chip. I'm thinking if I buy a USB sound, I could already buy a mobo (I'll have redundant sound system).

 

What's the good, most affordable mobo (it does not have to be overclocking model since I stopped overclocking) compatible with Quad core Q6600 that's completely compatible with 10.6.2 (which I use now) that will have everything working especially the sound and will have sleep, OpenCL, OpenGL and Core technologies, without patches preferably?

 

Or should I just buy an i7mobo and CPU plus 4GB DDR3?

 

Thanks in advance. Gbu.

[heikland]

Take a look in the Tutorials section in this forum and the OSx86 Wiki Hardware Compatibility list.

You will find install guides and recommendations.

I personally, would go for a Gigabyte motherboard with Intel P43 or P45 chip.

[Suzuka]

Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L Rev 1.1, almost everything works oob for snow leopard, but I hear theres less success with the rev. 2 boards

[Cice]

i recently build a hackintosh with gigabytes ep45-ud3lr (about 70 €), works perfectly