Swizzle Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Nerds, lend me your ears! What would be the best motherboard/processor combination for a homemade Mac that would give me maximum OS X compatibility, with a minimum of patching? Keep in mind that this machine would also double as my main windows XP box, and hence should give me good performance in games as well, so no Celerons . Edit: Wrong forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 pentium d with a intel 945g mobo and x1600xt video card Or for super gaming. Core 2 Duo with an intel 975xbx and a x1600xt video card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swizzle Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 Any reason why the motherboards are different? They're both the same socket right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gu3d3s Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 hi, yes, the sockets is same, but a processor is different. i recomend a X1900XTX video card... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swizzle Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 hi, yes, the sockets is same, but a processor is different. i recomend a X1900XTX video card... Core due has different motherboard requirements to the pent D? :S Yeah, the video card will be pretty straight forward. Shame everybody has trouble with the 9600XT though, I only got mine early last year. What chipset are the Core 2 Duo imac, and Xeon macpros using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swizzle Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 ok how's these two? http://www.arc.com.au/?CPUP4775CD2E63 http://www.arc.com.au/?MB775GA8I945G should work fine together ye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobNyc Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Ye. the Intel mobo's work flawlessly. Next comes ASUS i think. x1600 or x1900 then ? Pentium D flies I hear . C2D for l33t lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottleNeckKiller Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 I will be spending my dollars on Asus P5W DH Deluxe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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