Manic Fanboy Yaz Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Okay, my original plan was to buy a new Mac Pro some time in the upcoming year. I realised, however, that what I really want to do is build my own computer, and dual boot it Mac/Windows, as I'm currently running a PowerBook, I don't want to give up Mac OS X's functionality, at all, so I'm looking to build a fairly powerful PC, preferably only with parts that will be supported out of the box. I'm probably looking to get a decent Core2 CPU (Probably the 2.67Ghz, as the XE is bloody expensive @_@), a good 2-4Gb of RAM, and an ATI X1900 (if compatible, may splash out for a better card, depending on budget and compatability). Am I right in thinking that the motherboard and processor are the only things I really have to worry about, and that any Core2 CPU should be fine? If so, could someone suggest a decent mobo that will work with not too much tweaking? If not, could someone just give me a general idea of what CPU/GPU/RAM/Mobo/etc I should be buying o.o? Thanks loads for any help anyone may give ^^; Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34706-hackintosh-from-scratch/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shimms Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 The wiki (http://wiki.insanelymac.com) has a hardware compatibility list for each build of OS X. I wonder though - if you're going to spend so much anyway, why not just buy a real mac? I know you want to build one, but if you buy a real one you'll never have to worry about compatibility, finding drivers or doing any tweaking - it just works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34706-hackintosh-from-scratch/#findComment-246859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Fanboy Yaz Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 That's what I've been thinking, there's still a question of whether or not I'll decide to do it, though I'm looking to spend about £1000 tops on the machine, and unless I want an iMac, which I don't, I'd be looking at about £1300-£1500 for the Mac Pro. Plus there's just the principle of the thing, I want something customised, I've wanted to build a machine from scratch for too long now =/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34706-hackintosh-from-scratch/#findComment-246958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMerlin Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Check out the Intel D945Gntlr Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34706-hackintosh-from-scratch/#findComment-247207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 also, checkout people's signatures. if it says it is all or mostly working, then there is a reference to work from. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34706-hackintosh-from-scratch/#findComment-247209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Fanboy Yaz Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 Cheers, thanks alot for the help, will keep ye all posted as I make decisions and build funds ^^; Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34706-hackintosh-from-scratch/#findComment-247241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
splintah Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 check my signature there is a thread for properly working rigs the thing with the hcl is that zou dont know how good and easy it works which is far too little info if you want to build one from scratch the most important thing is the motherboard Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34706-hackintosh-from-scratch/#findComment-248496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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