Deviant0ne Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Hello all. I have an older MDD G4 I will be selling in order to make a new HackMac. I thought the G4 would be a lot of fun, and it was, for a week or so. Then I realized it was much slower than my AMD Hackintosh, so I've decided to sell my MDD to make way for a new EFI HackMac. Here's what I've decided to buy; I'm pretty sure this build should work with Leo and EFI, but if anyone sees any problems, please let me know. MoBo: ASRock Conroe1333-DDR667 CPU: Intel Celeron 420 Conroe-L 1.6 GHz Memory: Corsair Value Select 1 GB DDR667 As you can see, this build will be very inexpensive, as I will only use it as a Hackintosh, which is a huge plus in my book. Please let me know what you all think, any comment/criticisms are welcomed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Looks OK. You still have to pick out your video card, etc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/#findComment-511021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant0ne Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 Thanks for the reply. For the time being, I was planning on using the onboard Intel GMA950, as I don't use FCP or anything really graphic intensive. I would just want it to work as quickly as my MacBook, which I hope/believe it will. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/#findComment-511139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperboy741258 Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 I would get a slightly better processor than the Celeron. Granted its more expensive but consider looking at something in the Core 2 Duo family. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/#findComment-511352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flibblesan Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Same board I've just picked up to replace my nforce board which is on it's way to ASUS Should be OK with Leopard from what I've read. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/#findComment-511477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
royco Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 If you have a Fry's near you, they have the ECS 945GCT-M / C2D E4500 for $118. The ECS boards seems to be hit n miss when it comes to quality, but if you got a working one its pretty good. I installed Leopard and everything was working off the bat, LAN, Sound, Video. Xbench score is 147 and Geekbench score is 2900+. EFI patch worked flawlessly and so is sleep and wakeup(actually wakes up faster than my Gigabyte 965P DS3). Installing the 10.5.1 update messed up my video so I copied back the GMA950 kexts and framabuffer kext and it was back to normal. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/#findComment-511553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant0ne Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 Great feedback, thank you very much. I may try and find a better processor, but the Cele would work for now wouldn't it? It seems to meet all the requirements: SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, etc... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/#findComment-511593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant0ne Posted November 20, 2007 Author Share Posted November 20, 2007 Or what about an Intel Dual Core E2140 processor? I was hoping to keep this entire build under $150... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/#findComment-512540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
royco Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Or what about an Intel Dual Core E2140 processor? I was hoping to keep this entire build under $150... I have that processor, overclocks like heck! Native 1.6ghz speed is ok but hesitates sometimes during high CPU usage. You need a good overclocking board to get out the most of this processor. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/#findComment-512645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flibblesan Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 I have that processor, overclocks like heck! Native 1.6ghz speed is ok but hesitates sometimes during high CPU usage. You need a good overclocking board to get out the most of this processor. I've got the E2160. Managed to overclock it to over 3Ghz on an nforce board, but this ASRock board has crappy overclocking and I can't change the CPU Vcore so I can't overclock Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/#findComment-512671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waradmin Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Isn't half the fun of using OSx86 the struggle to get it to run on random hardware? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/#findComment-512711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant0ne Posted November 20, 2007 Author Share Posted November 20, 2007 I've got the E2160. Managed to overclock it to over 3Ghz on an nforce board, but this ASRock board has crappy overclocking and I can't change the CPU Vcore so I can't overclock I'm really not interested in overclocking at all - I have my Windoze machine for games and that type of thing. I'm mainly looking for a computer to rip my music to FLAC and store my files. I have been a part of OSX86 for almost 2 years now, and I've never lost interest in it. So here we are, Hackint0sh #2. Does this ASRock board provide OS X compatibility? What issues have you had with it and OS X? Thanks again for all the input! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/#findComment-512749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant0ne Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 Well, I took the plunge and bought my parts today. I'll be selling my G4 later this week. I'll also post my experience as soon as I put it all together. Thanks for the feedback; any additional thoughts are welcomed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/72170-new-hackmac-hardware/#findComment-514006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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