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The Merged Hackintosh Thread
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rockstarjoe
macrumors 6502a
For those looking to build a system, check out the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R motherboard. It is a nice, relatively inexpensive board that runs Leopard and Snow Leopard great, with very little work needed.
MacUser2525
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No problem I thought you had mis-read the post.
Other than not having the second nic and pci-e slot it looks identical to my EP45-DS3R which is just as easy a board to get it onto hard to find it now though.
NoSmokingBandit
macrumors 68000
I vote for the EP45T-UD3LR board. Its about $100 and supports DDR3. The difference between it and the GA-EP45-UD3R is that the UD3LR doesnt have firewire, has ALC888 instead of 889a (though both work great) and is DDR3 compatible. I just set up a righ with the UD3LR and submitted a guide to InsanelyMac. Its fairly easy to set up and is rather fast with a Q8400 and GTX 260 in it.
InsanelyMac just has to approve my guide for it to be pasted in the Genius Bar. Anyone know how long it usually takes the moderators to approve stuff?
InsanelyMac just has to approve my guide for it to be pasted in the Genius Bar. Anyone know how long it usually takes the moderators to approve stuff?
techlover828
macrumors 68020
WOW just looked at the efi-x forums, snow leo support only for those who have V1.1 AKA no one. So pissed 😡
Iam using kalyway 10.5.2 and ive successfully installed osx. but when i go to install my wireless drivers it tells me to reboot and i do but after that i keep getting the error saying i need to reboot my computer in about 4 different languages.
pilotError
macrumors 68020
DoFoT9
macrumors P6
depends if you can justify the extra ~$100 for double the threads and a tiny bit more power i guess... personally i wouldnt, just OC it a tiny bit.
Do you need the missing functions of the i7 860?
And if so, the i7-920 offers the extra DDR3 channel for $50USD. Boards are out and tested (many forum posts on basically any OC capable i7 LGA1366 board made). 😉 Worth it from that standpoint, IMO.
If you don't need the extra functions, save the money, and go with the $167USD i5-750, and OC it. They all offer a good bang-for-your-buck. 🙂
DoFoT9
macrumors P6
Depends on what you want to do with it. 😛
If you're building a small server, and want to skip the ECC functionality of the Xeon 35xx parts, then i7-9xx parts can offer quite a bit (more boards available, and the memory is also easier to get, if not less expensive). 🙂
Not a big price difference though (35xx vs. i7's clock equivalents).
Otherwise, for home use, skip it, and go the i5. Much better value. 😀
DoFoT9
macrumors P6
I didn't think so, and only mentioned thinking that. Non ECC server, or even workstation using the i7-9xx parts. There's a couple of workstation boards that run either the i7's or 35xx parts, and enable/disable the ECC on the board according to the CPU ID of the chip. 🙂
If you can't (or I should say eventually) use the 3rd DDR3 channel, it's a waste to bother with the i7-9xx parts all together. So the i5-750 or even the i7-860 certainly make better sense.
BTW, what board are you looking at for the i5?
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.246589
ZipZoomFly has a better deal on a GA-P55M-UD4 combo though. The launch day combo NewEgg had was $334.98.
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It might be nice to have a couple of additional slots, but given the cost of the board, nothing to complain about. Put the optical drive on the PATA port, and that still leaves you all 5 of the SATA ports if you need them. Same count for HDD's/SSD's as an '09 MP Quad. 😉
And way less money. 😀
BTW, the newegg link is showing $304.98, but no idea of S/H.
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
It's free shipping across the board. I don't need anything beyond a single GPU either so I'm leaning toward the GA-P55M-UD2. (Though it does support x16 2.0 + x4 1.1 Crossfire) That's 6 SATA + 1 BTW. 😉
It's for a P180 mini case. So it needs to be Micro ATX.
I snagged the 5x SATA off newegg's Specifications Tab, not Gigabyte's website.
I didn't know you needed u-ATX, so this board should work nicely. 🙂
I presume you checked out any reviews out (I haven't, so have no idea on how well it's made,... but Gigabyte has a good reputation, particularly with members of the various hackintosh forums 😀).
EDIT: Found this on Anandtech's site.
From Gigabyte's site:
My math makes that 7x internal + 1x eSATA = 8 total. SWEET! 😀
Hmm... Future NAS, AoE, or iSCSI use may be in this board's future. 😛
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
It's an Ultra Durable 3 and a Gigabyte. They have been good to me and so has ASUS.
6 of the SATA ports are 90° off and there's another SATA port on the board. Not to mention the eSATA on the back. (I believe it's a powered one too.) P55 doesn't have a northbridge and Lynnfield is a cooler 95W vs. 130W.
I pulled the details, and placed it in the previous post. 😉
Makes it a really nice board for drive capacity without an quick need for a controller card in the 4x PCIe slot. 😉
I'm using ASUS atm, and I've had good luck with them for awhile now (workstation & server boards; current = P6T6 WS Revolution). I've not used a Gigabyte recently at all.