I've been doing a lot of reading and some boards require more work than others but I'm looking for suggestions on the simplest P45 board with Q8200 to install osx86 on. Something I don't have to flash with modded bios or apply a bunch of fixed kets to make work. I'm cool with bios settings and stuff, but am trying to stay away from anything more complicated. I'd also like to know which osx86 build you'd suggest with the board and a link to an installation tutorial if you know of one.

I'm also looking at the 9600 GT but if you have better suggestions that the OS supports out of the box I'm all ears. The machine will be used for photography and videography editing.

Thanks for the help and suggestions.

Please check the sticky, you try with gigabyte mobo P45, that video card its ok, prepare yourself and try, report back your results ;D

Originally Posted by icchansan

Please check the sticky, you try with gigabyte mobo P45, that video card its ok, prepare yourself and try, report back your results ;D

yeah, read the sticky. the two boards i'm looking at are:

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P

small difference between the boards but could be a much larger difference when installing osx. was looking for opinions.

Nope they both will be ok, check the specs for each one and go for it ;D, theres guides and everything for those mobos, good luck ;D

Originally Posted by icchansan

Nope they both will be ok, check the specs for each one and go for it ;D, theres guides and everything for those mobos, good luck ;D

decided on the following equipment:
Case: Rosewill R512BS 500W
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200
Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB)
Video: GeForce 9600 GT 512MB
Drive: WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM
DVD: SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R DVD SATA SH-S223Q

Using this guide:
http://auzigog.com/2008/12/23/hackintosh-20/

I'm hoping there's no difference between the UD3R vs UD3P installation. One thing that isn't mentioned is which osx86 build to download.

Great combo ;D it should work without problem dont worry, now... any distro should work but at the end you should try Retail Installation.

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