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Hi,

 

I need some advice for my first Hackintosh.

 

First I need to know if I should go for a cheaper version of X58 or buy a good old p55 (which everybody seems to be using)

 

These are the p55 I´m considering:

 

Gigabyte S1156 GA-P55M-UD2

Gigabyte S1156 GA-P55A-UD3R

MSI P55-GD65

Asus P7H55-M PRO

 

The GA-P55M-UD2 seems to have everything I need so I don´t see why I should get a more expensive, if you think the other are in some way more compatible with Hackintosh then comment.

 

Here are the x58:

 

MSI X58M

MSI X58 Pro-E

ASRock X58 Extreme

 

 

Are those compatible with mac os? Or do I need to buy more expensive like GA-X58A-UD3R.

 

Is X58 in some way more difficult to set up than p55?

 

 

Thank in advance

 

Thordur

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X58 is no more difficult than P55, and there are a lot of people using both platforms. I have an EX58-based hackintosh myself.

 

I would stick with Gigabyte for motherboards in most cases, they've got the most support and are very easy to get working. If you wanted to go with a P55 system, I'd get the P55M-UD4P or the P55-UD2. I wouldn't use any of those X58 motherboards – I would go with the Gigabyte models. Don't forget that you can also check here for a list of confirmed hardware working with 10.6.3. It's not complete, but it's pretty good. You can also look at just 10.6 or 10.6.2 for more ideas.

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