chasingcharlie Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 I just can't afford a dual processor right now; what's the most compatible, single processor mobo with a budget CPU? thanks charlie Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48142-motherboard-single-processor-best-to-buy/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Celeron D 2.8Ghz $45: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819112205 OR Pentium 4 prescott 3.06Ghz $75(I recommend this over the Celery if you can, it's much quicker imo): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819116198 OR Pentium D 805 2.8Ghz $85: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819116213 As far as Mobo goes, I'd suggest trying to find an Intel 945 chipset since that's what the real Macs[except Mac Pro] use, or the Intel 915 chipset, since that's what the dev kits back in '05 used[it's what board my Vaio in my sig has, runs like a charm]. Since you didn't really list a price range or which company you prefer[AMD/Intel], that's the best I can offer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48142-motherboard-single-processor-best-to-buy/#findComment-344797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
domii Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 This cheapo motherboard works perfectly with OSX right out of the box! Sound, video, network, all work without additional patches (using 10.4.8 Jas). It is a Intel 865G chipset based board with AGP, and supports conroe/kentsfield/EMT64 based processors too.. which is amazing for a 865 chipset. http://www.asrock.com/product/775i65G.htm Just find a good deal on a socket 775 cpu like some of the ones mentioned above. Cheers! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48142-motherboard-single-processor-best-to-buy/#findComment-344846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizbot Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 D945GCL - conroe compatible. I highly recommend dual core processors. I'm tempted to recommend an Athlon X2 and the AMD OSX86 ISOs, and I will if this machine isn't just for OS X. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48142-motherboard-single-processor-best-to-buy/#findComment-344906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 The board I have is a very good board (945gntlkr) or the ASUS P5LD2-VM $64.99 and a PentiumD 915 $88. (both Newegg / open box) The Asus MB will support Core2 (if you get one later) and you can overclock. The 945gntlkr will do neither. The Intel board and the Asus MB have GMA950. Both MB's work very well with OSX. The dual core pentium d is in the same price range as a P4. Price is around $150 for MB, CPU and graphics. Not bad. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48142-motherboard-single-processor-best-to-buy/#findComment-344980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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