$400 Hackintosh Recipe

[Kaido]

Guide here

$31 - Rosewill Case (ATX case, 350w PSU, 92mm fan)
$85 - Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard
$70 - 2.0ghz Allendale dual-core processor (overclocks well!)
$74 - 4 gigs of DDR2-800 (2x2gb)
$58 - 250gb Seagate hard drive
$31 - 20x DL DVD burner with LightScribe
$11 - 3.5" Card Reader with USB 2.0 port
$30 - 256mb 400mhz 7300GT (VGA + DVI)

$390 total. Install Kalyway 10.5.2, the 10.5.3 update, Audio, NVinject or NVkush for the video, the Psystar driver for onboard Ethernet as listed in the guide, and you're all set to go

 

[Kaido]

Well, what the heck...

$800 Workstation Recipe:

$60 - Rosewill case (ATX case, 450w PSU, 120mm fan)
$85 - Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard
$200 - 2.4ghz Quad-Core Q6600 processor (overclocks well!)
$148 - 8 gigs of DDR2-800 (4x2gb)
$75 - WD 500gb hard drive
$31 - 20x DL DVD burner with LightScribe
$11 - 3.5" Card Reader with USB 2.0 port
$160 - EVGA 512mb 8800GT video card (dual DVI)

$770 total. NVinject will work on the 8800GT as well. This has a case with a 450w PSU instead of 300w PSU, a Quad-core processor instead of a Dual-core processor, twice the RAM (8 gigs instead of 4 gigs), and a better video card with Dual-DVI.

 

[fr]

Is there a list of compatible motherboards somewhere?

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: fr
Is there a list of compatible motherboards somewhere?

Yup:

http://wiki.osx86project.org/w...CL_10.5.2#Motherboards

There are two boards I'd recommend:

Single-processor: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ($85 on eWiz)
Dual-processor: Tyan S2696WA2NRF ($460 on Newegg)

Both can be setup to work 100% very easily.

 

[kalster]

abit ip35-e works pretty well too, (no sound out on the sound card, i guess that is a problem with most motherboard,$10 usb sound card fixes that ofcourse)

 

[dmw16]

Last week I saw the DFI board listed in your previous thread for $80 refurb.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: dmw16
Last week I saw the DFI board listed in your previous thread for $80 refurb.

That board's audio breaks on wake from sleep. You have to restart the computer to get the audio working again. The Gigabyte doesn't have that problem and is only $85 new

 

[Zaap]

For anyone building either budget system, do yourself a favor and step up to 1066 RAM, most notably, G.Skill DDR 1066, 4GB $89

This stuff is insanely fast, and practically tailor made for the P35 chipset. Take note of all the happy (E)P35-DSx users raving about it in the user reviews. I can confirm it really improved performance on my DS4 Hackintosh vs. Corsair DDR2 800. Spend the extra $10 or so per gig, it's WELL worth it.

 

[SKORPI0]

Originally posted by: Zaap
For anyone building either budget system, do yourself a favor and step up to 1066 RAM, most notably, G.Skill DDR 1066, 4GB $89

Ordered 2 sets, for 8GB. Can't wait to see how it works on my Intel Q6600/Asus P5K Premium/eVGA 8800 GTS 640mb, dual boot Vista64 ultimate/OSX 10.5.2.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Zaap
For anyone building either budget system, do yourself a favor and step up to 1066 RAM, most notably, G.Skill DDR 1066, 4GB $89

This stuff is insanely fast, and practically tailor made for the P35 chipset. Take note of all the happy (E)P35-DSx users raving about it in the user reviews. I can confirm it really improved performance on my DS4 Hackintosh vs. Corsair DDR2 800. Spend the extra $10 or so per gig, it's WELL worth it.

Wow that's awesome, thanks for posting that! $10 more than the 800mhz is a steal!

 

[Yongsta]

Originally posted by: Zaap
For anyone building either budget system, do yourself a favor and step up to 1066 RAM, most notably, G.Skill DDR 1066, 4GB $89

This stuff is insanely fast, and practically tailor made for the P35 chipset. Take note of all the happy (E)P35-DSx users raving about it in the user reviews. I can confirm it really improved performance on my DS4 Hackintosh vs. Corsair DDR2 800. Spend the extra $10 or so per gig, it's WELL worth it.

I wish I saw this thread earlier, it's $105 now.