Asus vs. Gigabyte (S775)

[ik_ben_Mark]

I want to buy a new mainboard because I cant get OSX (Snow Leo or Lion) working on my current mainboard. The AsRock P5B-DE. But because it is a socket 775 system, I'm a bit doomed for buying a new mainboard (in the Netherlands) because they are hardly sold anymore. So I have to buy a used one. I found two possible mainboards:

 

Asus P5W DH Deluxe

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

 

I would like to install Lion and if possible 100% working. What is the best way to go?

Both boards have their own advantages and disadvantages (not looking at osx86). The main (dis)advantages:

 

Asus:

+ 4 DDR2 slots (can use all my current memory)

- full ATX (not ideal to build this in a G5 case which I already own)

 

Gigabyte:

+ mATX (see asus)

- 2 DDR2 (see asus)

 

This is my current system:

- AsRock P5B-DE

- Q6600

- Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT

- 6GB DDR2 (2x2GB 2x1GB)

 

Here you can find the manufactor information of the mainboards:

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Soc.../P5W_DH_Deluxe/

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-p...spx?pid=3500#ov (dont know which revision it is atm)

 

Asus:

- Intel 975X

- Intel ICH7R

 

Gigabyte:

- Intel G41

- Intel ICH7

[dci693]

I want to buy a new mainboard because I cant get OSX (Snow Leo or Lion) working on my current mainboard. The AsRock P5B-DE. But because it is a socket 775 system, I'm a bit doomed for buying a new mainboard (in the Netherlands) because they are hardly sold anymore. So I have to buy a used one. I found two possible mainboards:

 

Asus P5W DH Deluxe

Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L

 

I would like to install Lion and if possible 100% working. What is the best way to go?

Both boards have their own advantages and disadvantages (not looking at osx86). The main (dis)advantages:

 

Asus:

+ 4 DDR2 slots (can use all my current memory)

- full ATX (not ideal to build this in a G5 case which I already own)

 

Gigabyte:

+ mATX (see asus)

- 2 DDR2 (see asus)

 

This is my current system:

- AsRock P5B-DE

- Q6600

- Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT

- 6GB DDR2 (2x2GB 2x1GB)

 

Here you can find the manufactor information of the mainboards:

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Soc.../P5W_DH_Deluxe/

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-p...spx?pid=3500#ov (dont know which revision it is atm)

 

Asus:

- Intel 975X

- Intel ICH7R

 

Gigabyte:

- Intel G41

- Intel ICH7

 

I have both of these boards. I have the G41M running 100% on Snow Leopard. Everything works including sleep and QE/CI using an Asus 8400GS graphics card. I only have it at 10.6.6 because I've not wanted to mess up sleep on it.

 

Somewhat sadly, my Asus P5W has never been opened! (It's still in the box.) I know I've read on these boards that it works great with Snow Leopard, I've just never tried it.

 

I think if a board works with Snow (using DSDT), it will work with Lion, but don't quote me on that.