sighlent Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 So I've been craving a Mac mini as my media center machine for some time now (we have an all OS X household). I just couldn't justify myself spending that much money on such an underpowered rig. I will also utilize this box to drive a projector outside of the home when necessary as well, so something relatively small but well powered is desired. I was just wondering if someone would give me the go-ahead sort of seal of approval type of post on the following config. GIGABYTE GA-945GCM-S2C LGA 775 Intel 945GC Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - $50.99 Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E6750 - $188.99 SAPPHIRE 100207L Radeon HD 2600PRO 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - $47.99 Kingston 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) - $74.99 Rosewill R379-SM Black/ Silver 0.8mm SGCC Steel MicroATX Slim Case Computer Case PSU ATX12V Flex 300W Power Supply - $59.99 SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black PATA Model SH-S202N - $26.99 Total: $449.94 I have a spare 500GB Samsung Spinpoin-T SATA 3Gb/s drive lying around which will go in also. Any kind words, suggestions anything is appreciated. I already downloaded the Kalyway 10.5.2 image, my concern is that from what I understand is that I need the ATIRadeonX2000_Leopard.pkg for that video card, how am I going to be able to install the system without support (I just don't understand where this comes in the sequence, do I run off of the GMA950 until I can install that pkg?). From what I understand I will use Azalia_Out.kext from the Kalyway install to make the Audio work, under the customize section of the installation. Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespottedelf Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 maybe you should check out the shuttles.... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16856101059 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sighlent Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 maybe you should check out the shuttles.... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16856101059 I do like the case... I was going with the Gigabyte mobo because of its relatively good compatibility with 10.5.2 (other than audio patching). I looked on the HCL regarding the Shuttle case/mobo you suggested... and did not see it referenced, am I just missing it or is it not there? Also, the Shuttle only supports SATA 150, I would rather go for SATA II, 300, 3Gb/s however you would like to reference it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespottedelf Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 the 10.5.2 hasn't been updated with it yet http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph....28Barebones.29 i'm not sure about the sata 3 gb/s i believe that there is a higher end one that people are using... enter this in google: site:forum.insanelymac.com shuttle and start reading... reading is what brings you knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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