Psygoat Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Looking to build a new computer this xmas, and I'm a bit stymied as to what motherboard to choose. I have a lot of experience with my old crappy hardware, of which I have lots, but I've never actually built a custom PC before. Basically i'm trying to find a motherboard and graphics card (already settled on the Intel Core Duo 2 or Quad, due to relative cheapness.) So, what boards stand out, relating to OS X compatibility? Any replies are greatly appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202019-christmas-list-ideas/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalUser Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 gigabyte all the way for dirt cheap core 2 duo or HTPC, the G31/G41 boards are popular for slightly more, a P45 board, maybe EP45-UD3L or UD3R if your considering core 2 quad, consider an i5 750 & P55M-UD2 combo as well. read my recent post here, more info: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=202059 as for graphics, virtually any nvidia 9000 or 200 series card will do nicely, depending on your budget & needs. for the most part all have the same compatibility, but dual-dvi beats dvi/vga/hdmi hybrid. ATI cards will work too, most popular cards are supported other than new 5000 series, but methods vary based on card, and i have little experience w em. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202019-christmas-list-ideas/#findComment-1357862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psygoat Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 thanks for the input, i'm definately considering the i5 as well, all depends on how much christmas money i get. will the 9000 cards work out of the box? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202019-christmas-list-ideas/#findComment-1358633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalUser Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 9000 series dual-DVI cards are as compatible as you can get on a hackintosh my 9800GT & 9800GTX+ run with no more configuration than "GraphicsEnabler=yes" in... com.boot.apple.plist i think oh, and for 10.6.2 a rollback of two Nvidia .kexts to their 10.6.1 version is needed to bypass a new bug. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202019-christmas-list-ideas/#findComment-1358649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psygoat Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 sounds good, thanks for the help! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/202019-christmas-list-ideas/#findComment-1358694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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