dark4181 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 keep in mind i'm on a budget. no more than $1300 can be spent on this rig Case: Thermaltake Aguila Aluminum = $118.99 Watercooling System: Thermaltake Big Water 735 = $111.99 Zalman Northbridge Cooler = $9.95 Mobo: EVGA nVidia Sli 680i = $174.99 Intel Core 2 Duo: Conroe E6300 = $181.00 Corsair, XMS2 2x1GB RAM = $199.00 EVGA nVidia 7-series 512mb GFX Card = $112.99 Seasonic M12 600W Power Supply = $149.99 Samsung DVD burner = $38.99 Sony Floppy Drive = $13.49 most of these things have free shipping and are not taxed.. all said, these things add up to $1183.98, but there are $150 or so worth of mail in rebates, so i'm within budget enough that i may get an E6400 instead of the 6300 hardware guru's, what do you think of my selections in general? also, how hard would it be to put OSX86 on as well? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47996-building-a-new-rig-vista-first-osx86-dual-boot-maybe/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 You should wait till End of April, iirc Intel will be slashing prices allowing you to get a much more powerful cpu for about the same price as the e6300. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47996-building-a-new-rig-vista-first-osx86-dual-boot-maybe/#findComment-343809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark4181 Posted April 10, 2007 Author Share Posted April 10, 2007 yes, i hadn't planned on doing this before mid-may anyway, but thanks for the info. hopefully some of the other parts come down in price also Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47996-building-a-new-rig-vista-first-osx86-dual-boot-maybe/#findComment-343814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho11ywood45 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 heard that the 680i chipsets are not compatible with osx right now...but i could be wrong and you will need to hack the video card so that it works as well Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/47996-building-a-new-rig-vista-first-osx86-dual-boot-maybe/#findComment-344118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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