Bill Harrison Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I am looking to build a cheap box to hold me over till x 86 minis arrive. I saw some articles using an ASROCK board, which I cannot find available, or for a decent price. I want to run 10.4.3 for now, so something that is QE/CI and fully supported is what I would like, for a decent (50$)ish price. Also, whats a good budget processor that is fully supported? Speed not important for now, I can upgrade if I like it. Just so it has sse3, PAE, Nx/ etc. Thanks in advance! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8180-best-budget-processor-and-mb-for-x-86-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
urig-herb Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I am looking to build a cheap box to hold me over till x 86 minis arrive. I saw some articles using an ASROCK board, which I cannot find available, or for a decent price. I want to run 10.4.3 for now, so something that is QE/CI and fully supported is what I would like, for a decent (50$)ish price. Also, whats a good budget processor that is fully supported? Speed not important for now, I can upgrade if I like it. Just so it has sse3, PAE, Nx/ etc. Thanks in advance! See my sig. I have an Celeron D 326, with EM64T included (mit be interesting for vista). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8180-best-budget-processor-and-mb-for-x-86-install/#findComment-50812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romcek Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 On the other hand, I have Asrock K8-UPGRADE-NF3 - socket 754 with AMD Sempron 3000+ (64 bit), SSE3. It is good BUDGET MB and proc. Maybe you can even start with Sempron 2600. I OC Sempron to 2700 MHz (9x300) and it is fast as hell for the money spent. Ales Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8180-best-budget-processor-and-mb-for-x-86-install/#findComment-50843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermegatron Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 The best budget vs performance system i made was as follows. 25 dollar gigabyte 8i845gvm-rz. 25 dollar celeron 2.0 ghz celeron on ebay. 20 bucks for 2x256 ddr ram. 30 dollar white label harddrive. 10 dollar dvd drive compusa. and a 19 buck case. In osx 10.4.1 it has sound, network, and quartz extreme. For 10.4.3 I used a msi 848p neo -v motherboard(everything supported) $45, a 2.8ghz celeron $60, 512 megs ddr $38, ati radeon 9550 256 ram flashed to 9600 pro $99, 80 gig harddrive white label $35, pioneer superdrive $65, g5 like case $40. this machine runs well xbenches a 68 has full support for CI and quartz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8180-best-budget-processor-and-mb-for-x-86-install/#findComment-50882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicheusz Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Don't buy CPU that has less than 2.5 GHz I have 2.5 one and occasionally overclock it to 2.8 GHz ( I can do this only from windows by clockgen) and I noticed big difference when overclock specially when using rosetta (when I have 2.5 GHz In Word I must wait to see text that I am currently typing)I recommend You some Celleron D about 3 GHz he has PAE NX SS3 (be careful when chose one, they are with NX and without) everything that you currently need to use mac os x 10.4.3 or some Sempron one form new line (there are Sempron with and without SEE3 2600+ and more ) they are loot faster than celleron. Combine this with some 915G boar they have integrated graphics, cheapest solution and work on mac os x. If you don't won't and problems with additional tweaks and path buy USB mice and KB. If you don't have USB printer you can buy cable USB to LPT. this work I have one. It's better to have everything on usb if you wont to work out of the box. Then you only need TMP path. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/8180-best-budget-processor-and-mb-for-x-86-install/#findComment-50980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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