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Hi,
I just thought I'd share since I got this working quite smoothly, and the install is painless.
Here is what I purchased:
GA-P55A-UD3 version 2.0
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002XDQC4K?ie=UTF8
(Came with F8. Updated it to bios F9 since that was the DSDT available here:http://www.tonymacx86.com/Public/DSDT-GA-P55A-UD3-2.0-F9.aml)
Core i5 750 (2.66ghz)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KQ5KDY?ie=UTF8
8GB OCZ PC3 10666
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003IUG418?ie=UTF8
Apevia iceburg PS 680w
OCZ 32GB solid state boot drive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BPBUQO?ie=UTF8
nvidia 220GT 1GB video card
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002RL8I5O?ie=UTF8
You can save yourself money with a 4GB memory kit, and a spinning disk. I will tell you though, that the SSD seems to make a world of difference in boot time, and overall system performance.
==optional components that made this easy for me==
I was mainly concerned with 64bit functionality. So, I didn't test very much with 32bit mode, but all of these devices worked well for me, out of the box, no kexts to load.
Turtle Beach Amigo II USB sound card (works OOB 10.6.3 & 10.6.4 in 64bit & 32bit mode)
NetGear GA311 PCI network card (works OOB 10.6.3 & 10.6.4 in 64bit & 32bit mode)
IOGear USB Bluetooth Adapter (works OOB 10.6.3 & 10.6.4 in 64bit mode)
I happened to have the netgear card on hand, because I've used their products in the past. I know this is still sold though, and I don't think I paid but $20 for it at frys.
I used iBoot supported and the latest multibeast. I also turned off the onboard audio and network in the BIOS. The 8111D networking was 32bit only, and the onboard audio only worked through the optical ports with the voodoo drivers. At some point i will probably return to using the onboard audio, but for now I have this hooked up to an analog only receiver an opted for the USB audio which works just peachy. In multibeast I loaded an i5 smbios, 64bit enabled mode, user DSDT, permission repair/kext cache rebuild. That was it.
Thanks TonyMac!
My previous experiment with OS10 on a PC was using on an AMD with leopard. While I was able to get that working, it was never as stable or seamless as using the iboot + vanilla 10.6.3 install disk. This was too cool, and it ends up being a cheaper better configuration than buying an imac. can't beat that.
I just thought I'd share since I got this working quite smoothly, and the install is painless.
Here is what I purchased:
GA-P55A-UD3 version 2.0
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002XDQC4K?ie=UTF8
(Came with F8. Updated it to bios F9 since that was the DSDT available here:http://www.tonymacx86.com/Public/DSDT-GA-P55A-UD3-2.0-F9.aml)
Core i5 750 (2.66ghz)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KQ5KDY?ie=UTF8
8GB OCZ PC3 10666
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003IUG418?ie=UTF8
Apevia iceburg PS 680w
OCZ 32GB solid state boot drive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BPBUQO?ie=UTF8
nvidia 220GT 1GB video card
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002RL8I5O?ie=UTF8
You can save yourself money with a 4GB memory kit, and a spinning disk. I will tell you though, that the SSD seems to make a world of difference in boot time, and overall system performance.
==optional components that made this easy for me==
I was mainly concerned with 64bit functionality. So, I didn't test very much with 32bit mode, but all of these devices worked well for me, out of the box, no kexts to load.
Turtle Beach Amigo II USB sound card (works OOB 10.6.3 & 10.6.4 in 64bit & 32bit mode)
NetGear GA311 PCI network card (works OOB 10.6.3 & 10.6.4 in 64bit & 32bit mode)
IOGear USB Bluetooth Adapter (works OOB 10.6.3 & 10.6.4 in 64bit mode)
I happened to have the netgear card on hand, because I've used their products in the past. I know this is still sold though, and I don't think I paid but $20 for it at frys.
I used iBoot supported and the latest multibeast. I also turned off the onboard audio and network in the BIOS. The 8111D networking was 32bit only, and the onboard audio only worked through the optical ports with the voodoo drivers. At some point i will probably return to using the onboard audio, but for now I have this hooked up to an analog only receiver an opted for the USB audio which works just peachy. In multibeast I loaded an i5 smbios, 64bit enabled mode, user DSDT, permission repair/kext cache rebuild. That was it.
Thanks TonyMac!
My previous experiment with OS10 on a PC was using on an AMD with leopard. While I was able to get that working, it was never as stable or seamless as using the iboot + vanilla 10.6.3 install disk. This was too cool, and it ends up being a cheaper better configuration than buying an imac. can't beat that.