My first build, thoughts
Okay so I thought I was going to buy a ready made PC for hackintosh but I now know that it would be easier and cheaper to build one. This isn't my first build but its my first build for OS X. And thanks for jdratlif's sub $500 build I used…
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- @emon878 Published 2009-03-21
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Okay so I thought I was going to buy a ready made PC for hackintosh but I now know
that it would be easier and cheaper to build one. This isn't my first build but its my
first build for OS X. And thanks for jdratlif ↗'s sub $500 build ↗ I used that as a guide.
MOBO - GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L (new egg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128357)
AUDIO - Integrated Realtek AlC883
GPU - My old ATI Radeon 7500
CPU - Intel Pentium E5300 2.6GHz (new egg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116074) / or E5200 (any suggestions?)
RAM - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 (new egg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122)
HD - SAMSUNG HD502HI 500GB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (new egg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152137)
CASE - Rosewill R379-SM Black/ Silver 0.8mm SGCC Steel MicroATX Slim Case Computer Case PSU ATX12V Flex 300W Power Supply (new egg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147098)
So for installing I already have the iDeneb 10.5.5 release does anyone know if this would for with this system?
I am planning on installing with the iDeneb and then updating to 10.5.6 using a retail disc.
Thoughts, Comments, Suggestions are Welcomed
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Your old Radeon 7500 is not supported. I've bought now for my systems ATI Radeon HD2600XT cards. They're not the newest things, but fully supported (Dual-Monitor, TV-Out) and displays resolutions up to 2048x1536. There are various hetapipe versions out ther, and the card only needs 50W.
As harddisk I would recommend the Samsung HD103UJ, it is more than twice as fast then the HD50x series. But don't buy a 103UI, this one has only 5400 rpm.