xeik Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Hi everyone, after 2 month of reading in this forum, and after 10.5.2 release, I'm preparing to build my new, shinny and good looking Hackintosh! at least hope so ! I'm looking for the best value, I don't do games, or nothing that demand Hi end components but I would like a nice pc for some video and photo editing occasionally. My question is choose the best balanced and best value PC MB: ga-p35-ds3r 100€ or ga-p35-ds3p 120€ Grafic: NV 7300gt 256 (MSI) 47€ or NV 8600gt256 (Gigabyte) 88€ CPU: e2160 (with OC to 3,0ghz) 65€ or e8200 (sse4 it's big deal?) 165€ cooler: Tunic Tower120 (the best for silence isn't it?) 45€ RAM: 2GB Buffallo select ddr2 800 40€ DVDR: ASUS 16x 32€ what do you think? which is the best combination value for money and stability? What would you make different? waiting for your opinions! thanks! xeik Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87455-preparing-to-build-new-hackintosh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrenbird Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 mb: ga-p35-ds3p gfx: 8600 gts (if you will be using Vista) or 7900gs(got mine @ newegg for 129) (if you won't be using vista) the difference there is: 8600gts supports DX10 but the 7900gs will offer greater performance. cpu: E8200 --> 45nm, SSE4, 2.66GHz (should get you to 3.7+ GHz OC) = Joy and as for the cooler, I personally recommend the thermaltake Silent water (all in one cpu water cooling) if you can find it. ~$110. on that note, the thermaltake tide water (all in one GPU water cooling) is AWESOME and a bit cheaper than the silent water (~$60 @newegg, currently out of stock ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87455-preparing-to-build-new-hackintosh/#findComment-623140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeik Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 Thanks for your advice Wrenbird! but I'm looking for the best value for money thing. I don't play games (at least 3D complex games). I want to use software like iWork, iLife, office, maybe final cut and aperture among others... the question is: for this type of programs, I'll benefit that much if I buy 8600gt than 7300gt? or 8200 processor instead of so much cheaper E2160 (OC to 3GHz)? or now that NV8500gt has support will be better than 7300gt or even 8400gs is better than 7300gt? but if 7300gt has better support and will give me a more stable hakintosh I shood pic this one? I mean MacPro came with this graphic car not long time ago!! I'm thinking in this type of questions right now... please guide me with your experience and knowledge. thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87455-preparing-to-build-new-hackintosh/#findComment-624808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrenbird Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 well i would say if you're on a super tight budget 8500gt + E2160 would be ok. but especially the E8200 you would benefit from, final cut will see a lot of benefit from a faster processor. you should be able to get the E8200 to a solid 3.7 4GHz (500MHz FSB) with that P35. And it will most likely run cooler than the E2160 @ stock speed + voltage thanks to 45nm. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87455-preparing-to-build-new-hackintosh/#findComment-629943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister_doodi Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Final cut wouldent really take advantge of Core2duos past certian point. 2.7ghz core2duo gen 1 is plenty but compressor will definatly see benifits from core2duo gen 2 with sse4. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87455-preparing-to-build-new-hackintosh/#findComment-630419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuietOC Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 8200 processor instead of so much cheaper E2160 (OC to 3GHz)? or now that NV8500gt has support will be better than 7300gt or even 8400gs is better than 7300gt? but if 7300gt has better support and will give me a more stable hakintosh I shood pic this one? I mean MacPro came with this graphic car not long time ago!! Yeah, I don't see you needing a faster video card. On-board video would likely be fine if there was any that was supported yet. Right now I am thinking a fanless $35 ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro sounds like the best deal on a very low end video card. If you can find a fanless 7300GT for that price it wouldn't be much worse. Both are available on standard Macs, so that shouldn't be an issue. You could probably find a fast old card like my Radeon X800GTO for about the same price. I've hard more stability issues with nVidia cards than with ATI cards--generally it is overheating caused by pitiful small heatsinks/fans that is the issue. My last 8600GT and 7900GS both had that problem. The reason to get a E8x00 processor over the E2160 would be the 6 times larger cache. I have a E2140 clocked to 3.2GHz and it is fine. You wouldn't be gaining much for spending three times as much. You could always upgrade the processor latter if you wanted. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87455-preparing-to-build-new-hackintosh/#findComment-630654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Get a 7300 graphics card. It works so easily. I don't know if you can get an ATI 2400 PRO working so easily. I might be wrong though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87455-preparing-to-build-new-hackintosh/#findComment-630688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshkiwi Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Can you just install OS X on a normal PC and dual boot? Can`t be that easy right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87455-preparing-to-build-new-hackintosh/#findComment-631681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuietOC Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Can you just install OS X on a normal PC and dual boot? Can`t be that easy right? As soon as I got a SATA DVD drive the install went smoothly for me the first try. Only the "driver" installs for the sound, network, and video have been complicated, but OSX was useable without those installed. In fact I installed XxX 10.4.11 on the drive that had been in my iMac, and all the applications worked--even Parallels (virtual Windows XP) and Sheepshaver (virtual MacOS9.0.4.) I did the video "driver" last night. Now OpenGL, QE, etc. are working, but I have mouse tearing and no ability to change resolutions. I think with a real Mac video card (=Mac BIOS flashed on the card) the video would just work. I happen to have a 40GB IDE with Windows XP in it right now, and all I have to do to boot XP is change the boot order in the BIOS of my motherboard. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/87455-preparing-to-build-new-hackintosh/#findComment-632314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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