Nano07 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hi guys, I'm looking at some advice. I'm really happy with my Bad Axe 2 Hackintosh at home, but now, it's time to upgrade my workstation at work. At work, money is not an issue, BUT, by policy we can't buy a Mac. So, I was thinking of buying the higuest spec clon PC I can buy (of course 100% hackintosh compatible), so I can make them happy buying a PC and also be able to run OS X Money not being an issue, Does anyone know what hardware I can buy that outperforms what I have at home?? (details in my signature). THANK YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizbot Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Skulltrail is coming out soon. That'd be the kind of hardware you'd be looking at; dual CPU quad core capable. Otherwise, I'd suggest going with a Mac Pro and running Windows if you can get around that policy, since it's the same hardware. The sensible hardware configuration should be approximate to a P35 motherboard, E8500 or the Q9540 for quad, still beating what you have at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nano07 Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 Skulltrail is coming out soon. That'd be the kind of hardware you'd be looking at; dual CPU quad core capable. Otherwise, I'd suggest going with a Mac Pro and running Windows if you can get around that policy, since it's the same hardware. The sensible hardware configuration should be approximate to a P35 motherboard, E8500 or the Q9540 for quad, still beating what you have at home. OMG!! Sometimes the most obvious option flies by undetected!!! I didn't think about running Windows in a MAC!! I'll see what they say.... Didn;t know about Skulltrail. Nice! Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizbot Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I've been told that the macs are faster on windows than standard PCs and that Apple gets a price break on their highend, things with dual quadcore xeons. Both are probably untrue, but are probably popular opinions for a reason. Skulltrail performs worse than it should and has been panned as a bad option, yet I believe the problem was that things aren't yet optimized for having 8 cores. With a dual-CPU board, I'd suggest having two of the fastest dual-core CPUs; cheaper, faster by MHZ, still multi-core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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