Mac OS X on x86 Hardware 2008–2024 Technical Archive
Member #1,650 · 2008-03-09 → 2009-02-17
#973 by Dispatches #2,655 by Author Reads #1,891 by Thread Reach Member #1,650 AMD OSx86 ATI Radeon NVIDIA GeForce

@budala

InfiniteMac community contributor with 8 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (3,595 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 145,334 historical readers.

Dispatches 8 Ranked #973 of 6,691
Author Reads 3,595 Ranked #2,655 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 145,334 Ranked #1,891 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 3,595 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #1,650 Joined 2008-03-09
Active Window 2008–2009 2008-03-09 → 2009-02-17
Hardware Specs Reported in Dispatches
I'm thinking about a system built around a Phenom II X3 720 BE processor and ATI HD 3650 512MB graphics card.
Archive Standing
#973 of 6,691 by Dispatches (8 notes) · #2,655 of 3,454 by Author Readership (3,595 reads across 1 dossiers) · #1,891 by Thread Reach (145,334 cumulative reads)
InfiniteMac ID
Member #1,650 · Joined 2008-03-09
Hardware & Kernel Topics
AMD OSx86 (3) · ATI Radeon (1) · NVIDIA GeForce (1)
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Dispatches by Mac OS X Collection

Distribution across 2 technical boards

10.X Core
4 (50%)
Leopard 10.5
4 (50%)

Lead Dossiers Authored by @budala (1)

3,595 cumulative reads on threads started by @budala

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
thinking of 3 cores
I'm thinking about a system built around a Phenom II X3 720 BE processor and ATI HD 3650 512MB graphics card. I need help with the motherboard and which installation to use. I would like something which isn't too old and possibly has a lot…
10.X Core3,595 reads
2009-02-17 · 10 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (7)

Direct links into threads where @budala contributed solutions & commentary

Thread & Dispatch ExcerptCollectionDate & Reach
Beginners: Ask here first
“I'm sorry but I've looked through the Customization & Screenshots part but I can't seem to find any configurations. Am I blind? Can someone please give me a couple of links?”
Leopard 10.52008-03-09
37,386 dossier reads
Beginners: Ask here first
“And I will check it out (How does one edit comments?)”
Leopard 10.52008-03-09
37,386 dossier reads
Beginners: Ask here first
“[cite] WinLinMac01:You can purchase that Quad CPU for only $ 254 USD. Not a bad price. @budala, why don't you visit the customize section of this forum. There are plenty of users that have listed their specifications that work out of the bo…”
Leopard 10.52008-03-09
37,386 dossier reads
Beginners: Ask here first
“Hi! I'm new here so forgive my rudeness, but I was wondering, is there a fully functional AMD system configuration? Like use this MOBO, this CPU, this HDD, this RAM, this OPTICAL and everything works out of the box?”
Leopard 10.52008-03-09
37,386 dossier reads
thinking of 3 cores
“so which board chipset would you recommend? sb700? sb750? nvidia (which?)?”
10.X Core2009-02-17
3,595 dossier reads
thinking of 3 cores
“i was thinking more in the direction of a motherboard with a lot of stuff integrated on it, but thanks for the advice regarding which installation to use. why X3? no money for X4 and since i plan on doing some video editing, more cores is t…”
10.X Core2009-02-17
3,595 dossier reads
XBench Scores
“iccthedral, which motherboard are you using?”
10.X Core2008-03-10
104,353 dossier reads