zonker Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I am new to osx86 and have been scanning through the forums. I am wanting to build one of these machines and am looking at a Q6600 processor. Which of these boards would be the best? The are all about the same price range but I don't know what would be the best choice for doing 3D design and games. My choices are: Asus P5W DH Deluxe Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R These all run in the $130 to $160 range which is within my budget. What would be the best/most compatible and stable of these four? Which is best as far as long term usage (compatible with upgrades/changes to the operating system/hardware)? I am considering an 8800GT/GTS/GTX for a graphics card. Which of those three would be recommended as compatible with osx86? Computers are not my forte but I do have some resources to go to as far as issues/support with these forums being one of them. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86164-which-of-these-boards-would-be-best/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonker Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 I also found an ASUS extreme striker MB for $200. Would that one work as well? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86164-which-of-these-boards-would-be-best/#findComment-611773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathbypogs Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 for your mobos i would look into what you want to do with the compy the newer more expansive board could be totally wrong for your needs are you going to want hdmi for your home theater? DVI? would you ever use RAID? what kinds of romdrives do you have are they sata? do you currently have sata drives full of all your personal {censored}? how many HDDs will you be using? do you even own a firewire device? how hardcore of a gamer are you will you be wanting SLI? (personally i think SLI is overkill) 3 reasons to get the GT 1. There is an unnoticable change in performance between the gt and the gtx and in some cases performance is identical. 2. By the time a game comes out that the 8800GT can't play the tec will be way cheaper so you can save a grip of your money, google "8800gt vs 8800gtx" right now and try and find anyone telling you otherwise. 3. If you are playing in Vista you have to take into consideration that vista runs games 10-20fps slower than XP did so you could purchase and install baby jesus in your PCIE port and it will still get bottle necked by the OS. hope i helped Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/86164-which-of-these-boards-would-be-best/#findComment-635607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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