anonusr Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Presently, I've got a AppleTV and G4 Mini and NAS and I'd like to replace this setup with one central cpu. I've outgrown the NAS, so the first objective is to be able to support at least 4 hard disks in addition to the DVD (which as I understand must be sata for 10.5). I'm looking for a motherboard with the following specs: 10.5 compatible 6 SATA ports (can be through pci expansion, but prefer onboard) Fully supported onboard digital audio (5.1 some form of spdif/coax/optical) Firewire onboard two working ethernet onboard ports Onboard video: Must be HDTV compatible (HDMI or DVI - 720p or 1080i/p resolution) If this is not an option I'm looking for a QE, CG compatible low profile (cheap) video card. Preferable: ESATA onboard port IR receiver Bluetooth MATX form factor (smaller) I dont mind patching to get this all to work, and it doesnt really need to sleep (will be a server / nas). If it can be built easily and cheaply I'll probably end up with one for every room of the house. Budget: shooting for under $200 for the motherboard and vid card. thanks for any help you can give, SEE NEXT POST FOR MY RESEARCH SO FAR. -an Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89005-replace-my-appletv-and-mini-and-nas/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonusr Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 MB: From: The Best Motherboard for OSx86 Up-to-date guide from this blog. ASUS P5W DH Deluxe PURCHASED HCL 10.5.1 10.5.2 | Specs Newegg Hardocp Toms (More from "compatible list") Gigabyte ( compare all ) GA-P35-DS3P Specs Newegg GA-P35C-DS3R Specs Newegg GA-P35-DS3L Specs Newegg GA-945GCMX-S2 Specs Newegg ASROCK CONROE 1333-DVI/H Specs Newegg (Others) ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI ASUS P5LD2-VM DH LGA 775 Intel 945G Micro ATX ASUS P5L-VM 1394 LGA 775 Intel 945G Micro ATX ASUS P5K-VM LGA 775 Intel G33 Micro ATX ASUS P5E-VM HDMI LGA 775 Intel G35 HDMI Micro ATX Intel GIGABYTE GA-G33M-S2H LGA 775 Intel G33 HDMI Micro ATX Intel GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS4 Rev. 2.0 LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Ultra Durable II GIGABYTE GA-945GCMX-S2 LGA 775 Intel 945GC Micro ATX DFI BloodIron P35-T2RL LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel BOXD975XBX2KR LGA 775 Intel 975X ATX (somewhat good specs (onboard dvi/spdif) , not sure on AMD compatibility - please advise) ABIT NF-M2 nView AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX AMD SATA: SiI 3124 (if needed) 5.1: (How To) 5.1 Surround Sound, and Multi Track Input AppleHDA Solution ALC88x 10.4.8 Kext, Drivers for ALC88x Audio on 8.8.1 kernel Configuring 5.1 Surround Output in Mac OS X Video: netkas.org The Best Video Cards for OSx86 Wifi: http://www.realtek.com.tw and search for 8187L software Minimum specs to beat: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=46241 Installation: Asus P5W DH Deluxe & Sapphire ATI HD2600XT Leopard Perfect Install, Brazil, vanilla kernel, pc_efi (HOW TO)INSTALL ON GIGABYTE/ASUS/COMPATIBLE BOARDS, VANILLA/EFI 100%. GA-DS**, Asus P5W DH Leopard (Retail DVD) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89005-replace-my-appletv-and-mini-and-nas/#findComment-635437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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