martiniman Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I read in the topics here that the Shuttle SG30G2B with Intel 945 Chipset and a E4600/E6600 Core2Duo is a safe bet to use as a hackintosh. The GMA950 on board is supported. Problem is that E6600 Core2Duos are hard to get and much more expensive than the new E8400's. The E4600 is a pretty simple one and not fully up to desktop standards. I also like to go for a SG31G2B, which costs a bit more, but has 1333 Mhz FSB, a modern E8400 Core2Duo and faster RAM. But it comes with the unsupported GMA 3100 graphics. Is this a do-able alternative, or am I getting into much more problems with this newer set? In both cases I want to add seperate videocard for speedy Sketchup performance. What is good for that and fits in a Shuttle? A Radeon 2600XT? Last question. I'm pretty Noob to the OSX86 stuff. I want a OSX machine without Windows partition. In a lot of installation guides I see a lot of Windows beiing mentioned? Can you make a Hackintosh of this shuttle without having Windows? I do have a MacMini to make disks and images and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Yes, the Shuttle SG31G2B works. Just check this wiki page. Choose a graphics card from this list, or this one. All of them work. I would recommend any 256mb 7-series geforce, very easy to get working, or one of the 8-series, those work now too. Hope this helps. Oh yes, and it's easy to dedicate your hard drive to OS X. When you boot with a disk like Kalyway or iAtkos, you run Disk Utility, select your HDD and just format the whole thing to HFS+ and install to that. Tada! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neogeo Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 is there problems with the os x recognizing all 4gb ram in this unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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