G5rocks Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 After reading here every now and then since day one, i'm now nonstop reading the wiki and the forums since 10 hours because i want to buy today.My idea was a Q6600 and a 8800gts but what would be the most hassle free mainboard? What about the Asus P5W DH Deluxe?What about the Ausus P5W DH Deluxe? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicdrift Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 here's some of the motherboards which r good options for a quad build 1) Asus P5W DH Deluxe 2) Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 3) Abit IP35 PRO 4) Intel D975XBX2 (Bad Axe 2) there are alot of options.. basically its upto u which mobo prefrences / brands u wanna go with . just make sure ur lan / audio r supported / and just post ur entire build before ordering so people can help u out with any queries. also good luck on ur new machine.. im planing a quad build myself. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-474001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
candykane Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 ehm why do you want the Quad any way? moost apps dont support it so your basicly (photo shop only seports 2 cores ) over paying for a core 2 duo dual 2.4 ghz processor. Only thing that will work faster with Quad is finalcut pro. check it out there are some topics here that discuss the problems some people realy feel disepointed with the power of quad. I also see your opting for a 8800 if your a gamer go for a faster 2 core processor. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-474022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BebopBlues Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Why quads? You forget that many people multi-boot OSX/XP/Vista/Linux and multi-tasks, having quads make a huge difference. Running Parallels and working in 3D apps such as Maya is very CPU intensive. I have a intel D975XBX2 (badaxe 2) board and it works well with my Q6600 running 10.4.10. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-474033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5rocks Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 here's some of the motherboards which r good options for a quad build1) Asus P5W DH Deluxe 2) Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 3) Abit IP35 PRO 4) Intel D975XBX2 (Bad Axe 2) there are alot of options.. basically its upto u which mobo prefrences / brands u wanna go with . just make sure ur lan / audio r supported / and just post ur entire build before ordering so people can help u out with any queries. also good luck on ur new machine.. im planing a quad build myself. Thanks the Abit IP35 PRO was not in the wiki HCL List - that confused me, i was not sure if the P35 chipset is working. I think i will go with the older 775X Chipset Asus P5W DH Deluxe. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-474115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
montrey Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 what about ASUS Commando (P965)? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-474116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5rocks Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 ehm why do you want the Quad any way? moost apps dont support it so your basicly (photo shop only seports 2 cores ) over paying for a core 2 duo dual 2.4 ghz processor. Only thing that will work faster with Quad is finalcut pro. check it out there are some topics here that discuss the problems some people realy feel disepointed with the power of quad. I also see your opting for a 8800 if your a gamer go for a faster 2 core processor. I wanted the E6850 first but then i learned that the Q6600 G0 can be overclocked to 3.2-3.6 GHz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-474117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
candykane Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Dude don't know if you know it but the asus P5w deluxe is a great board i have it in my main machine but its kina outdated now for clocking the quad. Why? Problem with clocking the quad is the fixed multiplyer so that means you have to crank up the bus speed not a problem but then you get down to the mem chips a bus of 475 x 7 will result in a FSB of 1900 for that you will nead ddr2 950 -> 1000 ehm wel the asus kinda stops at 800. i know what i'm talking about cranked my intel old 805 2,6 dual core up to 4 GHz ) but had to buy ddr 800 at the time because the bus speed was so high. any way if your going to clock dont forget your ddr2 1000 P35 chipset of some baords are just as compatible with osx think they do have a problem starting up de dvd nead a sata dvd playeror els the dvd dont boot just go look around there are some good posts on it now days. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-474148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnie Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I just built 2 Osx86 machines. The first used a badaxe2, the second an Asus P5k E Wifi. Both are fantastic boards for the project, both are very reliable. Don't go down the track of saving a few dollars on a cheap board, your new mac will love you for it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-474493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5rocks Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 I always got kernel panik when booting my 10.4.8 installation (i used Jas 10.4.8) is the anything wrong with the P5W DH Deluxe? - i just saw this giant P5W DH thread above - can someone please tell me how to install it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-475030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitals Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I would strongly recommend getting any of the P35 boards, versus anything else. More upgrade options for the near future. The new 45nm quad cores coming out in January are already supported without any trickery. You may actually want to hold off getting a quad until they are released... for not much more money they are going to be a LOT better. The Q9450 is a quad 2.66mhz with 12mb L2 cache, and bulk pricing is just $316. At the very least, the q6600 price should drop considerably. I personally got the ga-p35-ds3l... for $89 there isn't much to complain about. The only downside is only 4 sata ports, and no firewire... but I already have a firewire card (cheap) and am planning on getting a hardware raid card, so onboard sata ports are a moot point. One of the extras you are paying for with the pricier boards is onboard software raid controller, which won't work in OS X anyway (unless you have a hardware card, software raid on Mac is natively supposted in the OS. With my cheap board I could have an IDE optical drive, SATA system drive, and a 3 drive sata raid array under OS X. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-475125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSXon86 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I tried th GA-945GZM-S2 and had full compatablity (with the exception of sound and e-net, but both can be easily patched with drivers) I used JAS 10.4.8 and uphuck 10.4.9 v1.3 intel, bothed worked with SATA IDE and USB and full video support with GMA 950 graphics chipset. For processors, the Core 2 duo and Core 2 extreme work fine just like any other PC. I would get a Core 2 duo and overclock (You would get the same performance, only more compatability) Plus the board is only about $50 bucks, which makes it a good road to take. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-475485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5rocks Posted October 20, 2007 Author Share Posted October 20, 2007 seems that i did something wrong in the installer before - or it was the partitioning of the HD anyway i wiped it and have 10.4.9 running now with a working GF8800 GTS now i have to find out how to change the reported clock speed Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-475563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
candykane Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 its a kernel bug update it! if your a P5W deluxe user ask your problem here http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=32670 deluxe threat thats why ist so big every one that asks a question gets help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/66840-which-one-is-the-most-compatible-mainboard-for-the-q6600-and-osx86/#findComment-475907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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