zaiby Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Hi My pc just died so I need a new one which can run OSX and supports leopard fully so I don’t have to play around with patches. The hardware requirement: 45nm Intel processor with 12mb in L2 4-8gb ram Very fast hard disk totally supported gfx maybe 8600gt I think it is supported :S DVD-drive I have around 700-800$ It would be great if someone could find me the hardware I need Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82084-hardware-for-fcs2/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaiby Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 I have seen on this: MB: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 : http://edbpriser.dk/Products/Listprices.asp?ID=380743 RAM: Kingston ValueRAM 2 x 4 GB : http://edbpriser.dk/Products/Listprices.asp?ID=395048 CPU: Core 2 Quad (Yorkfield) Model Q9300 (2.5GHz) 6MB Cache : http://shg.dk/produkter/infobox.asp?varenr...8&lokation= GFX: Leadtek WinFast PX8800 GT (256 GB) : http://edbpriser.dk/Products/Listprices.asp?ID=410253 Total : 1200$ :S Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82084-hardware-for-fcs2/#findComment-583037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate256 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 well the 8600 is supported with the beta drivers but i would wait untill 10.5.2 comes out. right now from what i have been reading, people are not having luck with stability and some are though! i am going with a 8800 GTS i think with my build. quad core only has a 8 mb cache but i think the extreme has a 12! go 8 gigs for sure!! it is soo cheap now like 140 for 8. intel bad exe 2 Mobo is very stable with leapord! and can use quad and 8 gigs of ram. the only down side is only 4 sata ports work (not the 8 that it has on it) and some minor audio problems but that can be fixed with a 6 buck usb card! Good luck. and FCS should run very well. o yea the quad core is very overclockable too! some SOME have gotten it to 4.0 Ghz from 2.4 Ghz! usally it goes around 3.3 to .34 Ghz i think. with water cooling probally higher! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82084-hardware-for-fcs2/#findComment-583388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheIntrepidSpaceboySpiff Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 o yea the quad core is very overclockable too! some SOME have gotten it to 4.0 Ghz from 2.4 Ghz! usally it goes around 3.3 to .34 Ghz i think. with water cooling probally higher! Well, I odered the Q6600. It costs 200€ instead of 300€ and hast 2x4MB instead of 2x3MB cache. They come in G0 stepping which really has proven to be overclockable - in fact I have not seen any reports of the Q9300 at 4GHz. I'm not saying it cannot be done, the Q9300's are the newer, better models, but beeing a bit on the conservative side considering the amont of money I just spent on Hacintosh parts, I went for the reliable Q6600. my 0,02$ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82084-hardware-for-fcs2/#findComment-583412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaiby Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Dose intel bad exe 2 Mobo support 45nm cpu? And what about this laptop I have seen today will it run leopard? DVD: SAMSUNG DVD-RW DL GFX: NVIDIA® Geforce 8600M GT CPU: 2.50 GHz Intel C2 DUO T9300 800MHz 6MB RAM: 4096MB (2x2048) DDR2 667/PC5300 SODIMM Hard disk:160GB 7200rpm SATA Harddisk Wireless: Intel Pro/Wireless 4965AGN 300Mbit Otherstuff: Intel® Turbo Memory 1GB Chipset: Intel Santa Rosa i965 Audio: Realtek HD Audio 268 Southbridge: ICH8 for about 2200$ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82084-hardware-for-fcs2/#findComment-583679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheIntrepidSpaceboySpiff Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Dose intel bad exe 2 Mobo support 45nm cpu? Oops - good thing you asked: NO, it doesn't: However, this motherboard, which uses the Intel 975X Express chipset will not support the new 45nm processors,... This is one of the reasosns I settles for a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4, everything works and there a good guides for this mobo here. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82084-hardware-for-fcs2/#findComment-584027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaiby Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 Okay thanks.. I have to choose between the pc hardware and the laptop can someone please tell me if the laptop can run osx or not Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82084-hardware-for-fcs2/#findComment-584508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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