asus P5LD2-VM and intel core 2 duo e6600 ?

[albester]

Hello!

 

I have never built an hackintosh, but I am thinking about it now..

That is.. I am building a pc, but I want to have components that might work with osx aswell,

 

Anyways..

 

I have found that the asus P5LD2-VM might be a good choice. BUT from the info in the webshop I am buying from, it says that the P5LD2-VM supports core 2 duo...

BUT in the info about E6600 it says it needs intel 965 chipset... and the P5LD2-VM has 945g express chipset?

 

So I am a bit confused here....

 

anyone that has some tips?

 

And here is the "pc"parts I have chosen...

Asus P5LD2-VM

Asus GeForce 7300GT 256MB DDR2, Silent, PCI-Express

Corsair Value S. PC5300 DDR2 2048MB

Samsung SpinPoint T166 500GB SATA2 16MB

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775, 4MB, BOXED

 

any comments ?

 

regards

al bester

[kle500]

I think you are correct on your choices.

Mine works very nice with the E6400

But keep an eye on Revision 2 of that board.

I have found mine here in Greece in a lot of different shops, but only one had the Rev.2 version.

Only Rev2 is capable for C2D

 

I too have the Samsung HDD HD401JL, but i think a Seagate or better a WD 500 will be faster than the Samsung.

For even better system disk, a Raptor is excellent choice. (I wish i could boot from my SCSI U2W 10.000 Atlas)

I have no experience from a dedicated VGA card, as i am with onboard right now, but i am looking through the topics on what model of Geforce to choose from.

[boo50]

take BAD AXE =)

mobo is the main thing in any machine.

and if u wanna 100% compatibility - you have no choice - only Intel bad axe.

better go with e6300/6400 cpu and overclock it little on this killer mobo and you'll get FASTER machine at all for the same money.

 

here is my XBench results.

and Geekbench results

Edited March 1, 2007 by boo50