Switching Motherboard to OS X compatible one.

[alexgrist]

I currently have a really nice PC build but my motherboard is horrible and incompatible with OS X, my current build spec are:

CPU: Intel Core i7 860
RAM: 10.0 GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Motherboard: MSI IONA
Graphics: ATI Sapphire HD 5770
Hard Drives: 1x 2TB Seagate ST32000542AS, 3x 1.5TB Western Digital WDC WD15EADS-65P8B0
Optical Drives: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-216D, HL-DT-ST BDDVDRW CH10L

I'm wanting to switch the motherboard to a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R.
With the change of motherboard, would this build possibly be compatible with OS X?

 

[ijhu]

Intel Core i7 860 = Socket 1156
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R = Socket 1366

You have to select Gigabyte socket 1156 board to use with Intel Core i7 860 CPU.

list of Gigabyte socket 1156 boards:
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/list.a ... 2&p=2&v=11

 

[alexgrist]

Thanks, I noticed this earlier and decided to look at the Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 instead.

 

[ijhu]

Thanks, I noticed this earlier and decided to look at the Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 instead.

or this one GA-P55M-UD2 from TONY's build. You will benefit from extra DSDT edit which Tony had done nicely for this board. it also has firewire.

 

[alexgrist]

Sadly Amazon (UK) don't sell that and other places say it's discontinued..

 

[samisnake]

look at the dsdt database, find any p55 board and try and get it used on ebay.

or sell your current board and cpu, and go for a sandy bridge bundle.

no point paying for a new 1156 board nowadays when sandy bridge is the same price.
would be crazy.

 

[alexgrist]

Might just go buy a Mac Pro otherwise, less hassle. I'll go look through the DSDT database and see what I can find. Other than the motherboard, would it work?

 

[Jamesbond007]

Intel Core i7 860 = Socket 1156
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R = Socket 1336

You have to select Gigabyte socket 1156 board to use with Intel Core i7 860 CPU.

list of Gigabyte socket 1156 boards:
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/list.a ... 2&p=2&v=11

X58 is Socket 1366, not 1336 (typo?).

 

[ijhu]

Yes TYPO....and corrected