Griffin Lougerone Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Ok here it is, i m buying a new rig and i want it to run Windows Vista as well as Mac OS X. Current specs are as follows~ P4 Intel 3.06 ghz Asus P5RD1 VM Motherboard 1.5 gig ram ATI Radeon 200 inbuilt gfc card I want to buy this~ Intel Core2Duo E6550 Processor XFX 650i-Ultra Motherboard ViewSonic VA1912WB 19' Widescreen Transcend 2 x 1 GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM XFX GeForce 8500 GT 256MB PCI-Express DirectX®10 Graphic Card I want suggestions on , will it work with both Vista as well as (more importantly MAC OS X) Secondly, if any one has a cheaper but better suggestion, thanx ~ .IJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Lougerone Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 come on anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangedaze Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Don't get that motherboard. I would recommend the DFI Blood Iron. In buyings thought and recs. you can see my thread on it. And that video card is not supported. Only the 8600 the 8800gts and 8800gtx/ultra are for the 8000 series. I would go with the 7900gs or gt. Make sure that you get a card with 256mb vram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edootjuh Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 You could try the link in my sig after the graphics card for 8500, but just to be sure, go for the 8600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Lougerone Posted December 31, 2007 Author Share Posted December 31, 2007 Processor Motherboard Graphic Card RAM How bout those? that comes just under my budget 800$ at max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Lougerone Posted December 31, 2007 Author Share Posted December 31, 2007 Buying a new rig, i want to install leopard 10.5.2 and vista in dual boot Processor Motherboard Graphic Card RAM How bout those? that comes just under my budget 800$ at max Suggestions plox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Lougerone Posted December 31, 2007 Author Share Posted December 31, 2007 uhmm sorry for bumping but anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 I would really recommend buying an Intel based system, maybe with a e4400 or something, rather than AMD. It works perfectly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Lougerone Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 but then that moherboard wont support the processor, and imo thats the best mobo of that range, + i think thers an amd install disk available too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megamixman Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 your hackintosh won't be super with AMD. Closer you can get to Apple hardware, the better compatabillity you will have. Yes there is an AMD Disk, but you will always have to wait for hacks for updates,etc. With C2D based CPU and PC_EFI, you can basically update it as if it was a Mac, in cases where your hardware is a very close match with Apple hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Lougerone Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 Oh hmm, any motherboard suggestion if i go for C2D 6550 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 My motherboard buying guide for OSx86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmaniac Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 The ASUS P5K-E WIFI is a great board. Wake from sleep works. LAN works. Sound out works. SATA works. Firewire works. USB works. Not sure why it didn't make the ~pcwiz list. Lots of happy users here with some version of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Lougerone Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 The ASUS P5K-E WIFI is a great board GREAT one, i m thinking of making it final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Lougerone Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 still cant decide between C2D and AMD, reviews and tests say AMD is better (plus i like the mobo which i have chosen with it), but some of u say go for intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megamixman Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 What reviews are telling you AMD is better? Intel has been putting out a better proc since Cure Duo become their Desktop line as well their mobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Lougerone Posted January 1, 2008 Author Share Posted January 1, 2008 oh uhmm, alrite then, and any suggestions on GFX card, i want a intermediate level 256 mb one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyhighmac Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 An 8600 should work if you use pc_efi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Lougerone Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 AMD Athlon 64 AM2 5600 ASUS M2N-E AM2 nForce 570 GeForce 8600GTS 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Will that be compatible with the New AMD iATKOS dvd, or ToH RC2 ? cuz i m loving that config myself, cuz it just comes under my budget, or any one of u wanna suggest me a config under 800 bucks for evrything, processor to monitor :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmetal Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 to be honest, stay away from AMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Lougerone Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 but i :censored2: luv it over c2d coz, coz its cool, alrite then, suggest something with c2d ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYelloW Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 well depends on howmuch u want to spend on it, a gigabyte p35-ds## boards works well (ds3p,l,r, ds4) together with a q6600 or one of the new 1333fsb processors (got a e6750 myself) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Multiple redundant topics merged. Making one topic asking for information you can find for yourself is bad enough, making new ones repeatedly is just plain rude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Lougerone Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 UHHHH, making one topic for the information i can find myself is bad enough, i see, well i looked at the HCL, but i was confused between amd or c2d k? secondly i was worried coz i want to install MAC OS X and Vista both, if it would have been Vista only, i wouldnt even have made a single topic, but its for Mac so i want help. Making multiple topics for the same just shows how "HELPING" the forum is, i didnt get satisfactory answer with one topic, so i had to make another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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