Acidic Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Hey guys, I'm looking to buy a New High End Motherboard and CPU for my Computer. I wanted both of these items to be compatible with Leopard. Any suggestions? Any other suggestions about Graphics Cards compatible etc Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 I am using a DFI Infinity 975x with a Core 2 Duo e6600 and a ATI x1900xtx. With the Kalyway 10.5.1 I have 100% functionality. I didn't have to download any drivers or tweak any files. Everything worked by default. I installed World of Warcraft and was gaming right afterwards. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-570707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acidic Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 thanks for the input. Much appreciated. Just wondering if theres another motherboard out there someone would reccommend, the DFI Infinity 975x didnt seem to get superb reviews. Can anybody suggest a compatible awesome motherboard. Thanks guys. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-571941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 thanks for the input. Much appreciated. Just wondering if theres another motherboard out there someone would reccommend, the DFI Infinity 975x didnt seem to get superb reviews. Can anybody suggest a compatible awesome motherboard. Thanks guys. I don't know about reviews but with a newer bios revision it does overclock like mad. And it's probably the most stable board i've ever owned. Is there any particular features you are looking for that it lacks? For the 975x chipset you won't find a better performing board. Another option is the Asus P5W DH deluxe. Also a 975x chipset. More features than the DFI but the performance is about the same. Both are a tad bit better than the Intel bad axe 2 in terms of performance. But most importantly they work out of the box with the kalyway DVD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-571943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 How about search around the forum? Specifically "Buying thoughts and reccommendations" That DFI Infinity looks awesome! It works very very easily with Mac OS X too. I'm jealous. but if you must have the latests and greates, how about a P35 based board like the Gigabyte P35-DS3 or DS6Q or whatever, and an 8800GT, and a quad-core cpu? They support the new 45nm chips too. They're not so super easy to setup with OS X though, I must warn you. (but work perfectly once you have) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-572110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acidic Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 actually the DFI Infinity does look awesome! I think I was just on the wrong site. Yea this set up definitely looks great for mac os x. How is he performance of the core duo archer? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-572495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 actually the DFI Infinity does look awesome! I think I was just on the wrong site. Yea this set up definitely looks great for mac os x. How is he performance of the core duo archer? The Core 2 Duo works very well. And the e6600 was the additional cache on it which is why I choose it. But for $50 more you can get the same speed, 2.4ghz, in a quad core. I would also recommend going with lower voltage ram. 1.8v or 1.9v, these 975x boards seem to like that better. I had problems with higher voltage OCZ ram on this board but then got some Corsiar PC6400 XMS that works great. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-572564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shishnit Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 How about search around the forum? Specifically "Buying thoughts and reccommendations" That DFI Infinity looks awesome! It works very very easily with Mac OS X too. I'm jealous. but if you must have the latests and greates, how about a P35 based board like the Gigabyte P35-DS3 or DS6Q or whatever, and an 8800GT, and a quad-core cpu? They support the new 45nm chips too. They're not so super easy to setup with OS X though, I must warn you. (but work perfectly once you have) So any mobo with a northbridge P35 should be compatable? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128064 ^ I was thinking of that one, I like the extra USB ports they added from removing the parallel/serial ports. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-573712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 So any mobo with a northbridge P35 should be compatable?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128064 ^ I was thinking of that one, I like the extra USB ports they added from removing the parallel/serial ports. You'll have more issues getting that board running over the 975x chipset. I'm not sure that the performance of the P35 chipset is anything to write home about. And you can have 8 USB ports on any board. They come with USB headers on the board itself, on the bottom, you plug in an adapter and it installs where your cards would go. You get USB 2.0 off of the headers. The boards should come with those adapters. I have 8 USB ports in the back of my computer with the DFI board. And between those and the 4 USB port hub on my monitor i'm using all of them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-574064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMasterPT Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 hi try GA-P35-DS4 just requier a minor patch and works 100% and is supports 45n CPUs i've got GF8600GT who works 100% with 10.5.2 kext and NVinject and a E6550 c2d 2,33GHz with 1333FSB and 2 GB DDR2667 DChnl plus a xilence 800W ATX2.2 Gaming Edition olny for 560€ i'll recomend this config if you need drivers just send me e msg with your e-mail and i'll send you all drivers and efi files Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-574315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob356 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Can you read? The top of this forum clearly states Welcome to the OS X Leopard (10.5) discussion. Please note: This sub-forum is not for OSx86 questions! If you have an OSx86 Leopard question, you should post your topic here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showforum=136 - The InsanelyMac Staff. Will an admin please move this to the OSx86 Instalation fourm where it belongs thank you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-574371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acidic Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 ok so im thinking im going to buy something like archers setup. Except with a quad core. Would the quad core still be as compatible? And what about cooling, any suggestions for that? Thanks for the help guys Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-577740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 ok so im thinking im going to buy something like archers setup. Except with a quad core. Would the quad core still be as compatible? And what about cooling, any suggestions for that? Thanks for the help guys The quad core will work fine. As for cooling, I find the stock CPU fan works quite well for Intels new processors. My system is water cooled though. I just got the parts so long ago I have been using them since. But if I didn't already have them I wouldn't have bought them just to cool my C2D system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-577766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acidic Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 water cooling! sounds pretty good, i might get that. as for fans, what do you recommend? ive been looking at intel quad core cpus on newegg heres a couple Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Intel Xeon X3220 both of these are under 300 dollars, the first looks promising Again thanks for the help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-577786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 water cooling! sounds pretty good, i might get that. as for fans, what do you recommend? ive been looking at intel quad core cpus on newegg heres a coupleIntel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Intel Xeon X3220 both of these are under 300 dollars, the first looks promising Again thanks for the help You want the Q6600. For watercooling I put together my own parts from dangerden.com They make the best water blocks out there. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-577807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acidic Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 great the Q66 it is then. Thanks a bunch man. Youve been a ton of help :)ok one last question. Would a dual core be a better choice though. Some people said equally priced dual core processors could out preform the q66 in games. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-577817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer75 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 great the Q66 it is then. Thanks a bunch man. Youve been a ton of help :)ok one last question. Would a dual core be a better choice though. Some people said equally priced dual core processors could out preform the q66 in games. I don't know. The q6600 is basically 2 e6600 core2duo's packaged together. So I don't know if that would make a difference. The price difference between the e6600 and the q6600 on newegg is about $50 or so. And there is at least one game out that can use a quad core(supreme commander). Multi core is the future so my pick would be a quad core. I wouldn't think there would be a loss of performance going to the quad core. But i'll leave that to you to research. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-577836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acidic Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 do you guys recommend a really excellent graphics card, compatible with x86 leopard, that is capable of displaying 1080p images? Also really good for games. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-600212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acidic Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 anyone???? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-601002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper X Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 anyone???? #1 Bumping after 3 hours is RUDE! #2 This post doesn't GO in this thread #3 Use the Search Function #4 Use the HCL Wiki! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/80524-high-end-compatible-cpu-and-motherboard/#findComment-601240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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