sd147 Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Hi all, Thanks for responses in advance. I am looking to buy some new hardware ... would like to dual boot xp / (or vista) and 10.5.x - CPU negotiable (has to be Core 2 though) - willing to use 2 different drives, however in a perfect world would like to use 2 drives for stripping (raid), 2 x 320 SATA etc... - looking at at least 2GB ram - vid card doesn't have to be the best (more photoshop than games) - onboard sound card is fine - wifi for networking - DVD etc... Any suggestions appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77468-looking-to-buy-new-hardware-for-105x/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitals Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Just ordered everything for a osx86 PC I'm building for my girlfiend: GA-P35-DS3L E2160 Intel Dual-Core Cooler Master CM 690 Case Thermaltake Purepower 500W 2x1GB PQi Turbo 4-4-4-12 DDR2 800 Ram XFX 7600GT SYBA Firewire PCI card Only thing to add is a hard drive(s). Total is $343 SHIPPED after $110 in rebates. The motherboard, case, and cpu are from clubit... the rest from newegg. This thing should easily overclock to 3.0 GHz. I have a very similar setup (DS3L, E2140) and it works perfect with Leopard. I would also REALLY recommend that case, same one I'm using now. Right now it's $5 after rebate at clubit (not a typo). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77468-looking-to-buy-new-hardware-for-105x/#findComment-548047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sd147 Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 Hey Skitals, Sweet!! You've delineate it quite nicely .. thx Any idea if 2 drives can be striped and dual boot?? thx again Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77468-looking-to-buy-new-hardware-for-105x/#findComment-548499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitals Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Funny you ask because I have 2x320GB sata drives striped in this system. And I'm dual booting Leopard and XP Although I don't think you can boot off a raid set. But with 4 sata ports, you can have one drive with Leopard, one drive with something else, and a 2 drive raid (only usable in os x since its a software raid). And of course you can partition your drives how you like and boot as many operating systems as your please And that leaves the 2-channel ide free for your optical drives. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/77468-looking-to-buy-new-hardware-for-105x/#findComment-548799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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