thisdavidg Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 I have been planning on building a custom pc for some time now. The ability to run tiger on a new system while being stable is pretty awesome. I have put together a list of what I think would be great hardware for running tiger. If anyone can verify any promising or potential problems for this hardware, please let me know. D915GUXL Pentium 640 3.2ghz Hyper Threading ddr2 4300 = 1gb of ram Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JD 250 gb SATA CD-RW Sony CRX230E1B2 52x32x52x E-IDE/ATAPI DVD+-RW Samsung TS-HSS2U/BEBN thanks for any information Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2730-building-a-custom-pc-with-tiger-in-mind/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple fanboy Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Well, ditch the CD-RW. Who needs two drives anymore. The one does everything. Software takes care of the rest. I "prefer" Seagate hard drives, a little quieter, and a 5 year waranty. The board should work fine, just make sure the lan chip is intel, not yukon marvell (or whatever the name is). The ram should be 2x512 so you can run dual channel. And of course you should do a native install using release 1. The only hack you have to enable is checking the box indicating that you have sse3. This is almost exactly like my system and EVERTHING works right out of the box! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2730-building-a-custom-pc-with-tiger-in-mind/#findComment-17482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxale08 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 some parts are cheaper at newegg.com then most other places, I would shop around Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2730-building-a-custom-pc-with-tiger-in-mind/#findComment-17511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 I have a very similar setup that worked PERFECT with only the Maxxuss 0.5 patch applied to the install DVD, no other mods required. Intel D915GUXL (Make sure to get the GUXL with 10/100, not the GUXLK with gigabit). P4 650 3.4 Ghz 1GB DDR2 WD2000JS SATA2 200GB And 2x Pioneer DVR-110's which are fully supported after using PatchBurn Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2730-building-a-custom-pc-with-tiger-in-mind/#findComment-17518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisdavidg Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 How about two 1 gig sticks = 2 gigs of ram? What would the best install method be? I installed tiger on a l3600 asus laptop and it worked great. Only problem was that I could only use 6 gigs. Basically for the system specs listed for the computer what install would be the best? thanks for the replies Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2730-building-a-custom-pc-with-tiger-in-mind/#findComment-17526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple fanboy Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 DS: What's patchburn? I was able to burn a data dvd using my 110d in the finder. Do I still need this patch? thisdavidg: More ram, the better. Just make sure you use two identical sticks. You will see deminishing returns after the first gig I think. If you have this much of a native system, go with the release 1 install off DVD. It will run the best and you won't have to patch anything except the DVD itself. It will take care of "everything" upon installing on the HD. To all: I bought my system (not including case, keyboard, mouse, powersupply, and monitor) from Newegg for just over $400 not including shipping. I will ALWAYS check Newegg before buying anywhere else! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2730-building-a-custom-pc-with-tiger-in-mind/#findComment-17696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
matix Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 i made the mistake of ordering a 915 guxlk, but i'm going to run out and get a $9.99 card listed on the HCL... so if you want gigabit for other purposes, by all means,get a guxlk. Will post a report of my system as soon as i get it built. 915guxlk, 2x512 ddr2 dual channel kit, lg dvd burner, celeron D 2.66, WD 120 gig ide. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2730-building-a-custom-pc-with-tiger-in-mind/#findComment-17749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisdavidg Posted September 21, 2005 Author Share Posted September 21, 2005 update- just ordered from zipzoom fly. Should be here by the end of the week. They have great deals. Thanks for all the help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2730-building-a-custom-pc-with-tiger-in-mind/#findComment-17876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nek Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I was thinking of building a custom PC from a shuttle to make a Mac OS X friendly system. I wanted something with the latest interfaces so it could evolve... I went for this: *Shuttle SD31-P1, has on it's mobo: north bridge: INTEL 945G south bridge: ICH7R Creative Sound Blaster Live 7.1 Broadcom 5751 *Pentium D 830 *Mushkin DDR2 533 2GB (2 x 1GB) *Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s *LINKSYS WUSB54GS USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter (I've seen a driver for that, so I could always use it instead of the built in network card) What do you guys think? One problem might be the network card... But then I think some drivers are around for that. And as soon as we got some geforce drivers I'll slap a 6800GT in there ^^ But what about the sound card? what good USB ones work without too much fiddling around? thanks for any info! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2730-building-a-custom-pc-with-tiger-in-mind/#findComment-19463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
matix Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I was thinking of building a custom PC from a shuttle to make a Mac OS X friendly system. I wanted something with the latest interfaces so it could evolve... I went for this: .... *Pentium D 830 *Mushkin DDR2 533 2GB (2 x 1GB) *Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s *LINKSYS WUSB54GS USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter (I've seen a driver for that, so I could always use it instead of the built in network card) What do you guys think? ..... Nice system, but it's going to get hot in there! from HCLPart page: Intel Pentium D - System Profiler reports one CPU, but activity monitor shows two. Seems to support SMP Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2730-building-a-custom-pc-with-tiger-in-mind/#findComment-19584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nek Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 thanks for the info matix. But I heard that the shuttle had a pretty devent cooling system and that it was pretty silent We'll see if the mb melts Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2730-building-a-custom-pc-with-tiger-in-mind/#findComment-19617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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