brodskive Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Hi! I have read around the forums a lot the last month and feel I'm finally ready for taking the step of buying a hackintosh.. I have never built a hackintosh before, but am really looking forward to this project Osx is already my home, but my machine is currently a 4 year old Powerbook, so I could really use some new hardware! The hackintosh is going to be connected to a tv (a Toshiba 32A3000P) through hdmi and be used as a HTPC, but also a workhorse.. But as I'm currently being a student I don't have a lot of money so I hope to get as much bang for buck as possible! The setup I have come up with is this: ANTEC Sonata III Miditower, Svart m/500W PSU (0761345-08142-9) INTEL Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775, 8MB, BOXED m/vifte (BX80562Q6600) GIGABYTE Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P, P35, Socket-775, ATX, GbLAN, DDR2, 1333FSB, 2xPCI-Ex16 (GA-P35-DS3P) XFX GeForce 8800GT 600M 256MB Graphics Card PCIe 2.0, GDDR3, 2xDVI/HDTV/HDCP 2x SAMSUNG SpinPoint T166 500GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM (HD501LJ) CORSAIR TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 4096MB CL5, Kit w/two matched CM2X2048-6400 Dimm's (TWIN2X4096-6400C5 G) SAMSUNG DVD Recorder 20x +R/+RW -R/-RW Lightscribe SATA Black Bulk With Vista comp. SW (SH-S203P/BEBN) D-LINK D-Link Bluetooth USB Dongle, Bluetooth v1.2 Class II (10m) (DBT-122) OEM HDMI cable HDMI - DVI-D HQ 2 m. High Quality, gold plated (AK639-2-HQ) This brings me to a total of 6600 Norwegian Kroner (about 1250$ with todays currency).. What do you thin about this setup? Will the hardware work smoothly? I have considered buying the GA-P35-DS4-motherboard instead, but it doesn't seem to be worth the extra money..or? Will the dvd-drive work? Will the bluetooth adapter work (I need it for my apple keyboard)? Is this the absolute bang for buck setup or do you think I should change something? Any help will be greatly appreciated! Brodskive Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96890-htpcworkhorse-bang-for-buck-setup/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
brodskive Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 I'm about to push "buy", so it would be really nice if someone could reply to this thread.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96890-htpcworkhorse-bang-for-buck-setup/#findComment-692780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Looks like a nice setup. I think everything will work perfectly. If you're going to play a lot of games you might want to get the 512mb 8800gt. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96890-htpcworkhorse-bang-for-buck-setup/#findComment-693034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brodskive Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 Thanks, that was all I needed to hear The graphics card is already on it's way and I'm not a big gamer, so it shouldn't be a problem.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/96890-htpcworkhorse-bang-for-buck-setup/#findComment-693433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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