optimusp Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Hi everyone, My old Celeron 2ghz is starting to show it's age. (Not to mention the 32mb pci graphics card). I want to purchase a new Motherboard, CPU and Graphics card. Does anyone have advice on what would be the most compatible setup with 10.4.8? For Motherboard and CPU options, I'm really lost. However, for GPU's, from what I've in the forums however, 6600 Geforce seems to be the way to go. Does it need to be AGP, or can it be PCI-E. If you were to purchase a new mobo/cpu/gpu combo, what would you pick? Thanks for the help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45349-hardware-buying-advice/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbrush Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I would think that PCI-e is a better choice, remember there is no intel mac ever had a AGP slot. And definitely Intel CPU as well for obvious reasons. Hi everyone, My old Celeron 2ghz is starting to show it's age. (Not to mention the 32mb pci graphics card). I want to purchase a new Motherboard, CPU and Graphics card. Does anyone have advice on what would be the most compatible setup with 10.4.8? For Motherboard and CPU options, I'm really lost. However, for GPU's, from what I've in the forums however, 6600 Geforce seems to be the way to go. Does it need to be AGP, or can it be PCI-E. If you were to purchase a new mobo/cpu/gpu combo, what would you pick? Thanks for the help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45349-hardware-buying-advice/#findComment-324159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret-Simpson Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I personally, would buy a real mac, or if you're set on customisation: Get an Intel motherboard with a 945 chipset, and a GMA950 video out. SMP is a plus, but make sure the board is listed in the wiki as having good support, and is DDR8500 capable. Get 1 or more Intel Core 2 Duo processors or Multicore 64 bit Xeons. As much DDR2-PC8500 as you can. That's the 1066mhz one. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45349-hardware-buying-advice/#findComment-324692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
whocares Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I LOVE my Asus P5W-DH. The only thing not working on it right now is wireless. Best yet is RAID works. 8GB max ram is nice too. Plus no fans on the MB. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45349-hardware-buying-advice/#findComment-324871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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