Sanad

I need to build a Hackintosh. The components I have are:
ASUS p5b deluxe wifi/AP
Intel E6600
4 gb ram
Video card need advice
500gb hdd

can anyone who owns one advise me if these components are fine to run mac os/win vista x64? (hope i'm not crossin any lines here!!)
Main use: video editing using final cut 2
budget left: 800$
i already have casing, psu, keyboard/mouse and monitor.

Lurikrunch

The thing about "hackintoshes" is that the operating system is built to work with only specific hardware that Apple decides to include, as opposed to all hardware in existence like Windows or Linux. The further you stray from that specific hardware, the harder it is to make it function correctly.

That said, there are more than likely patches, hacks or tweaks out nowadays for your specific hardware. Considering that you are licensed by Apple to do this sort of thing (otherwise, this would be illegal, wouldn't it?), you should have no problem finding the patches.

There is another, less dubious path you could take. You could compile Darwin (what OS X is based off of) yourself, then there would be no issues whatsoever with hardware or legalities.

As for your hardware question, I would suggest sticking closer to what Apple sticks in their computers. GMA X3100, Core2Duo, avoid the Asus P5B deluxe with WiFi, although the regular deluxe would probably work. Look up what's in the Macbook Pros for graphics cards (if you want to avoid the GMA X3100 onboard) and the new iMacs.

Starholdest

Here's some info on building a Hackintosh for under $800:

http://lifehacker.com/software/hack-...800-321913.php

They list all of their components, too. I'll list it here just for the hell of it:

Please note especially this part:

I don't know, but if I were you, I'd get the P5W DH Deluxe.

And the link to his wish list, which is also in the text above:

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/...Number=8773007

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Xero.

HD2600s work in Hackintoshes.

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ericeod

Here is a great forum to answer your questions.

Insanely MAC

From the reading I've done, there has been success runing the new Leopard OS with the 8800 series and the new ATI 2900 series GPUs. There are also posts claiming the 965/P35 and 680i/650i (only one CPU core at the moment for the NVIDIA chipset)are working.

The best 965 motherboard with the previous OSX was the Gigabyte board. This is probably the most popular too.

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Rmix

That pretty much sums it up. Also 965 is horrible for Tiger. Don't know much about leopard yet.
Also get a good sound card, not so hard to find most vendors support mac somehow.

Sanad

Hmmm....ny way i can dual boot leopard onto my current setup? And is it better(stable) for me to install the latest tiger thn leopard as i need to run final cut studio 2 on it ?

Sanad

These are the components I have:
ASUS P5B Deluxe WiFi
E6600
2 gb corsair xms2 pro
500gb hdd
650 W PSU
Lite-On 16X DVD-RW
What graphics card should i buy?

Starholdest

As ericeod said, I'm sure there's ways to get it working with the 8800 series or 2900 series from Nvidia and ATI respectively. Good luck!

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oliversilk

Sanad, I have the same setup you outlined. Did you ever get it working?