Choice mATX motherboard

[miba]

It is the list of modern motherboards of a format mATX let out by manufacturer Gigabyte:

GA-H55M-S2V (rev. 1.4)
GA-H55M-D2H (rev. 1.4)
GA-H55M-S2H (rev. 1.1)
GA-H55M-S2 (rev. 1.3)
GA-H55M-UD2H (rev. 1.3)
GA-H55M-USB3 (rev. 2.0)
GA-H57M-USB3 (rev. 2.0)
GA-Q57M-S2H (rev. 1.0)
GA-P55M-UD2 (rev. 1.1)
GA-P55M-UD4 (rev. 1.0)

From a choice abundance - the head is turned!
Somebody knows, what from this will approach for the most simple installation Mac OS X 10.6 is better?

 

[Stork]

Check out Tony's recommended builds for your answer.

Three Updated LGA 1156 Builds for OS X

If, for some reason, you like another H55M series MB, check out the MB section in the Wiki (in the Resources pull down menu upper right) for compatibility. If the MB is in the DSDT Database, you're chances are good that it can work with Snow Leopard. Here's the shortcut to the MB section:
Motherboard Database

I use the P55-UD2; it was tony's last year's entry system MB. It has FW400 and 4 memory slots. Never a problem, but it's out of production and retail inventories are depleted. If you can find a P55M-UD2, grab it.

 

[SMHI]

In the bin no questions asked - Integrated TPM chip:
GA-Q57M-S2H

In the bin directly according to me - Dont have USB3, Firewire 400 or only two memory slots:
GA-H55M-S2V
GA-H55M-D2H
GA-H55M-S2H
GA-H55M-S2
GA-H55M-UD2H
GA-P55M-UD2

An alternative for someone who want to run SLI or a extra 8x PCIe card like extreme hardware RAID: Do not include integrated USB3 support. Very hard to get now, almost impossible.
GA-P55M-UD4

Two alternatives left:
GA-H55M-USB3 (Extra PCIe port is 1x)
GA-H57M-USB3 (Extra PCIe port is 4x - Better is you maybe want to expand in the future.)

The motherboard from your list that is used in tonys system here is: http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/search/label/CustoMac
GA-H55M-UD2H


Their are a lot of people, including me, that is running GA-H55M-USB3 or GA-H57M-USB3. It was the Hackintosh for me and the motherboard worked without any problem.