christiankelly Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Right now I have a core2 box with an Intel Badaxe 2 8G Ram and a Nivida Evga 8800, I have been very happy with it, everything works very well in Windows/Mac, but I want to upgrade. I want to get the best supported core 7i motherboard I can, I’m thinking about the GA-EX58-UD5 it seems like everyone likes Gigabyte and there are some posts on how to get everything working. If I go with this will EVERYTHING work on the mobo? Is the best mobo to get hands down or is there something better or close, for the i7? I’m going to put in the i7-960, and 12GB or RAM. (See Newegg numbers below) On the video card I want to get the GTX 285 1GB, because I do video editing with the upcoming Adobe CS5 it can use this card for acceleration that is just amazing for video editing. Will this be an ok card to pick for a OSX? I have read about some problems with the 2GB version of this card, but not much on the 1GB I’m not sure if that’s because it works or not. Below is what I’m thinking on the parts LMK if you have changes that will make it work better with OSX. Thanks so much http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143190 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145235 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128362 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215159-want-to-buy-the-absoulte-best-for-my-x86-mac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DouchePirate Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 I'm doing something similar and would really like to know about the gtx 285 in particular. I have been searching and searching but i'm just not sure if its 100% working, because obviously thats important for cs5 (using cuda for the MPE). I look forward to hearing more as this is the one thing holding me back from building my hackintosh. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215159-want-to-buy-the-absoulte-best-for-my-x86-mac/#findComment-1449595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiddy22 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 I'm also looking to build an i7 hack and need to know about a good mobo. Is the one listed solid? Is there a better one? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215159-want-to-buy-the-absoulte-best-for-my-x86-mac/#findComment-1449739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackilroy Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 I'm also looking to build an i7 hack and need to know about a good mobo. Is the one listed solid? Is there a better one? The EX58 is a great motherboard, quite a few people use them — I have one in the hackintosh I'm building right now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215159-want-to-buy-the-absoulte-best-for-my-x86-mac/#findComment-1449893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiddy22 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 thanks, do you know if it works out of the box? how much patching is required? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215159-want-to-buy-the-absoulte-best-for-my-x86-mac/#findComment-1449948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebes1099 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Is there a reason you wouldn't spend the extra $10 and get this mobo instead? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128422 It has USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215159-want-to-buy-the-absoulte-best-for-my-x86-mac/#findComment-1451784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackilroy Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 OS X doesn't support USB 3 or SATA 6. Chiddy: I recommend you read this topic. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215159-want-to-buy-the-absoulte-best-for-my-x86-mac/#findComment-1451939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafootballer Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 why are you getting a 285 if you want the best get the 295 or wait for 480/470s to be supported Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215159-want-to-buy-the-absoulte-best-for-my-x86-mac/#findComment-1452044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebes1099 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 OS X doesn't support USB 3 or SATA 6. Chiddy: I recommend you read this topic. True, it doesn't yet. But if you're going to dual boot at all you can take advantage of those. Also, for the extra $10, if it doesn't create any extra work, you might as well at least to future proof yourself. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215159-want-to-buy-the-absoulte-best-for-my-x86-mac/#findComment-1452190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
christiankelly Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 why are you getting a 285 if you want the best get the 295 or wait for 480/470s to be supported The reason for the 285 is it's the only non Quadro gfx card supported in CS5 for the new Mercury Engine http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/performance/ I'm still not 100% sure this would would on OSX86 but I'm hopeing Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215159-want-to-buy-the-absoulte-best-for-my-x86-mac/#findComment-1455897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangten Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I would still think AVID's AMC would smoke Premier and you also have Final Cut... there is however a huge price difference. I've never heard any complaints about either one and thats on machines that are not very powerful. In film school they never used anything but AVID. Trust me the machines @ the University were dated but not the software. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/215159-want-to-buy-the-absoulte-best-for-my-x86-mac/#findComment-1455926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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