Hey everyone.

Thought I would start this Thread as there's no mention of the i5-430m.

Been doing a lot of thinking today (after originally looking at an ASUS K50IN) and have decided that something with a little more oomph is required.

I took a look at Dell this evening and the Inspiron 1545 looks like quite a good option. From searching the forums, looks like quite a compatible bit of kit.

However, I got clicking on better things (as often happens) and am looking at a Dell Studio 15 (1558) with the Intel Core i5-430M.

The spec is :

• Intel® Core™ i5-430M (2.26Ghz, 4Threads, turbo boost up to 2.53GHz, 3MB cache)
• 4GB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
• 500GB (5400RPM) Serial ATA Hard Drive
• DVD +/- RW Drive
• ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570 Graphics Card
• 15.6 inch High Definition (1366x768) WLED
• Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit

The price today is £549 (Reduced by £269)

So, back to searching the forums. Looks like the ATI card is doable (without CI and QE - at least for now) but the question I had was about the i5-430m chipset (ie. Sound, CPU, board itself).

I realise that some i5's are supported at the moment - but these are in towers? I'm willing to go for it and chance it, if it's likely to work - even if a bit of work is required - but it'll be a wasted investment if the i5-430m will be completely useless for a Hackintosh project.

I may consider getting it and using Win7 for a bit if there is news of support in the pipeline. But that's a big if.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

ellnic.