barrysanders20 Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I'm looking to building a machine on a budget. I have experience building machines and with installing OSx86 on netbooks. I tried to base my pre-purchase decisions on guides around this site and the Internet. I would like to do some light FCP editing. Should I try upping the video card? Any comments or suggestions are welcome. Thanks. Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128357 Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115207 Memory: PQI TURBO 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820141366 DVD Drive: Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model AD-7260S-0B http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827118039 Video Card: ZOTAC ZT-95TEH3M-HSL GeForce 9500 GT 512MB 128-bit DDR2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814500155 Case: Rosewill R101-P-BK http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811147112 PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS-500-PCAR-A3 500W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817171031 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 GA G41MT-ES2L DDR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrysanders20 Posted July 4, 2010 Author Share Posted July 4, 2010 We're thinking alike. I had looked at some other information on this site and had decided on the G41. Mainly because it supported up to 8GB of RAM. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrysanders20 Posted July 10, 2010 Author Share Posted July 10, 2010 We're thinking alike. I had looked at some other information on this site and had decided on the G41. Mainly because it supported up to 8GB of RAM. Thanks Just an FYI. This build was successful. All components (sound, LAN, video card) are working correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbc23 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 What OSX86 installer did you use? These specs are looking almost perfect for the build I'm planning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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