New Hackintosh: Need Advise on Existing Components

[tarunsandhu]

Hey Guys,

Thanks for stopping by, I currently own a 4 year old PC which has the following specs

1. Intel C2D E6750 Processor
2. Asus P5K-E Motherboard
3. Nvidia GeForce 8600GT GFX
4. 3 GB Ballistix RAM (not too sure of the speed)
5. Seagate 750 GB SATA HDD (7200 rpm)
6. Western Digital 640 GB SATA HDD (7200 rpm)
additionally I have
7. ANTEC 450 watt PS
8. ANTEC Case
9. Creative X-Fi Platinum Sound Card
10. Canon MF-3240 Printer

Needs from New Hackintosh:
1. Internet
2. MS Office
3. Basic Photoshop, movies/music etc.

I'm not going to be using it for gaming so I need the most basic, least expensive version.

Please comment on the above components and suggest what things need to be upgraded and add your suggestions for the components. I do not mind having integrated graphics with the option of adding additional hardware later on.

Thanks again for stopping by...!

 

[powerpcg5]

Not sure about the soundcard, it probably wouldn't work. Try it, see if youre lucky.

I have a Core2Quad hack Q6600 socket 775, but with an Intel DG33TL mobo. I like it and used it for production work for 6 mos.... no slouch either. It's still running and sitting here as my backup/secondary/scanning workstation.

So just give your machine and video card a try and see if you can get OSX running. Without a DSDT, you'd probably won't have sleep running.

You need a SATA DVD-RW... like a Sony Optiarc or Pioneer or LG drive. I don't see that in your list.

 

[tarunsandhu]

Not sure about the soundcard, it probably wouldn't work. Try it, see if youre lucky.

I have a Core2Quad hack Q6600 socket 775, but with an Intel DG33TL mobo. I like it and used it for production work for 6 mos.... no slouch either. It's still running and sitting here as my backup/secondary/scanning workstation.

So just give your machine and video card a try and see if you can get OSX running. Without a DSDT, you'd probably won't have sleep running.

You need a SATA DVD-RW... like a Sony Optiarc or Pioneer or LG drive. I don't see that in your list.

Thanks so much for the suggestions.

I do have a SATA DVD RW.
I'm not sure which installation guide should I follow to get started on this project. Any suggestions???