jman1979 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I'm considering selling my imac and my newly purchased HP to build a osx machine which will be faster than either of them. I have a couple of questions about this. Firstly, can an osx machine be built that is as stable as my imac, or will I have alot of problems with stability under osx with my home-built machines. Secondly, these are the components I'm looking at purchasing. From what I can tell, these are compatible with what I've seen on the osx86 site, but can anyone give me suggestions on a DVD burner and a firewire card they have working with no issues? ASUS P5W-DH mobo HIS ATI X1990XT video card Core 2 Duo E6600 2 gig mem DVD burner? Firewire Card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Hi JMan: I built my under-$500 OSx86 machine last summer (using specs) from OSx86 Project's Wiki. Using some used parts (like 80MB IDE Drive), I was able to build my machine for less than $400. The performance isn't too bad (probably between G5 and Core Solo but slower than Core Duo) because I used Intel Celeron. The system is very stable and I boot into Mac OS X most of the time now. I can burn CD's and view DVD's, but I haven't been able to burn DVD's yet (even with PatchBurn). Given the right setup: Plenty of RAM, high-end and supported video card and compatible motherboard, you could theoretically build machine faster than Apple's current iMac's. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman1979 Posted April 28, 2007 Author Share Posted April 28, 2007 thankx daniel. I'm sure that the machine I build would be faster than the current imacs. They are running on the 667mhz instead of the 1066mhz buss, which probably wouldn't make a huge difference, but that along with other things could potentially be an improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatwagon Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Im also looking at doing the same, Anyone give out mobo numbers that work perfect? looking to spend no more than, 130$ on the mobo too. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFI Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 You can build a system that might run faster than an actual mac, but it will never be 100% stable. It could never crash, but that doesnt mean its running fully stable. Plus patching, and software updates (for the core OS), will be an issue. The real deal is still the best IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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