fragreaver Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Hi everybody, as you can guess, I'm new to this forum, kinda new to osx86. Me and some friends tried to get osx86 to run, with no success. But now my crappy system is completely out of duty. I think, the mainboard and the cpu are bricked. Well, if that's not an opportunity to get myself a osx86-compatible system? I have read through several Postings in the Board, and now I'm considering to buy the following hardware: CPU: Intel Core2Duo E6300 MOB: Gigabyte GA-945P-S3 1. Will everything work fine without much hazzle? (Sound, Network, USB etc.) 2. Is there a better Mainboard, maybe with better o/c-possibilities (max. 140€)? 3. What OSX86-Install-Disc is currently the best? No Link, just names! I'll search for myself 4. What Ram shall I use? 5. Any Restrictions about the GFX-Card? Or is a FX5200 enough? Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 On one of my systems i have a E6300 with a gigabyte GA945G-S4 or sumfin, it works fine, and ram, well anything but generic and at least 1gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasys Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 1. Should be 3. Jas' OSX 10.4.7 Disc. Go with that first , OSX 10.4.8 might have lots of improvements , but to play safe lets go with the old one , since they are a lot of kexts for it 4. DDR2...... 5. If you want OpenGL/QE/CI , go with ATi for now -or- get yourself a GMA 950..I think it uses a PCI-E slot , so FX5200 would not even work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragreaver Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 Thanks for the answers. I'll check aroun a few other mainboards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragreaver Posted November 1, 2006 Author Share Posted November 1, 2006 Okay, I did some financial researches, actually, a complete core2duo-environment would cost me about 500 bucks, inlcuding cpu, mobo, ddr2-ram and gpu. Now I checked out the alternatives with AMD. The following hardware-components are as good as bought CPU: Athlon64 (939) 4000+ MOB: Asus A8N-SLI SE GPU: Gigabyte X1600 SilentPipe II The components were spyed out using the wiki-hardware-list. In this one, the gpu and mobo seem to be pretty ok, with a little patching here and there. I guess, this is a good PC to try out, maybe work normal, with osx86...or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliquis Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Just buy a real mac if you are going to get a new system. Put the money where your mouth are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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