Petarded Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 I've searched the forums and there's just waaaaay to much info for me to decide on my own. I'm trying to build a pretty decent OSX86 machine spending about $700-800, I have a spare case but might consider getting another one. I was just wondering what hardware would you guys use to build your own box. Any help would be great thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4668-best-hardware-to-buy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasch Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 I've searched the forums and there's just waaaaay to much info for me to decide on my own. I'm trying to build a pretty decent OSX86 machine spending about $700-800, I have a spare case but might consider getting another one. I was just wondering what hardware would you guys use to build your own box. Any help would be great thanks. Get yourself an Intel board based on the 915 chipset. I originally purchased a D915GUXL and is 100% compatible. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4668-best-hardware-to-buy/#findComment-29691 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 If buying now, hold off & look at what 10.4.3 brings.. maybe a 945 board with an ati gfx card would give better performance/future proofing.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4668-best-hardware-to-buy/#findComment-29692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
defylogik Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 running a MSI 915g combo board with a p4 2.66 processor, a benq 16x single layer dvd and a eide hdd partitioned into two. everything works flawlessly. cost me 250 without the hdd to get it built, +whatever you wanna spend on a case. i think the msi board takes any 775 processor they have out now. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4668-best-hardware-to-buy/#findComment-29737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 If buying now, hold off & look at what 10.4.3 brings.. maybe a 945 board with an ati gfx card would give better performance/future proofing.. Does 10.4.3 support OpenGL with ATI cards? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4668-best-hardware-to-buy/#findComment-29750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 i think the msi board takes any 775 processor they have out now. dual-core requires a 945 or 955 chipset... Does 10.4.3 support OpenGL with ATI cards? see: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?s=...indpost&p=29675 it's yesterdays news, someone may know more by now.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4668-best-hardware-to-buy/#findComment-29777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFMan Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 see: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?s=...indpost&p=29675 it's yesterdays news, someone may know more by now.. Aww... {censored}. I just bought an i915 board with a P4 630 yesterday... At least the motherboard supports both PCI-E and AGP, so I can plug in my X800 to try this out and possibly get dual-monitor support. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4668-best-hardware-to-buy/#findComment-29791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petarded Posted November 21, 2005 Author Share Posted November 21, 2005 Ah damn, guess I'll have to wait. I've never really used OSX all that much, but when I tested it on my Sony laptop for a few days I fell in love with it. Had to dump it for XP again though, it didn't support my Wacom tablet all that well. That's why I wanted to build a dedicated OS X beast and run it full time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4668-best-hardware-to-buy/#findComment-29868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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