Building a Desktop for Snow Leopard

[hahutzy]

Hi all, my goal is to try to stick with installing Mac OSX from the stock install disc and not from a distro.

 

This desktop will strictly be used for xCode iPhone app Development (that's why I saved on everything else but insist on a quad-core CPU).

 

I need some help confirming my build:

 

GIGABYTE EP45-UD3L Motherboard

(Any Intel Core 2 Quad Q-series processor) (1. any suggestion on which one installs the most seamlessly?)

XFX Geforce 9500GT Video Card (2. any other cheap suitable card?)

Random 4GB DDR2 800 RAM (3. do I need more? will more RAM improve xCode compile time?)

Random CD/DVD Drive

Random Harddrive

Enermax EG495P-VE Noisetaker 485W Power Supply

Pcie to Mini pcie to connect a DW1390 for WIFI (4. is this feasible?)

 

Thank you all for reading!

[Alessandro17]

1)I believe it is only a matter of performance. If you can afford it, the one in my sig is very nice.

2)I doubt there are many cards cheaper than that. Are you sure you can't afford something slightly better?

3)RAM is never too much, but 4GB should be OK. I would definitely delete that "Random". Make sure you buy a reliable brand (e.g. Corsair).

[hahutzy]

1)I believe it is only a matter of performance. If you can afford it, the one in my sig is very nice.

2)I doubt there are many cards cheaper than that. Are you sure you can't afford something slightly better?

3)RAM is never too much, but 4GB should be OK. I would definitely delete that "Random". Make sure you buy a reliable brand (e.g. Corsair).

 

This PC is only built with one application in mind: xCode

That is why I chose to get a quadcore. Compilation speed is CPU dependent.

The GPU is next to useless to me, because I won't be doing anything graphic intensive.

Thanks for the suggestion for the RAM!