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Hello guys first and foremost i want to thank you ALL for reading my post
I am a complete noob when it comes to builds and will probably pay a friend of mine to put this together for me,
for the past two months I've been considering a hackintosh, reliability and power are of true concern to me.
What Am i looking to do with this machine?
- Video Editing (final cut pro, after effects)
- Music Production/Recording (Pro tools 8 and plenty of VSTI)
- Photography editing (aperture, Photoshop and ligthroom)
i need this machine to be able to handle all 3 types of work, i also need to be able to run 3 O.S's
Windows XP (for audio, as some of the programs i have are completely stable)
Windows 7 (some new audio programs require it as a minimum)
MAC OS X? (for video editing + photography)
My budget here is 1200-1500 (max)
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Things i already own
obvious things i need , new hard drives, RAM, processor? motherboard? TI Chipset (pro tools is picky with what it works and doesn't)
is there any thing on here that i could keep?
I truly appreciate your help and look forward to starting this journey!
Thanks a million
I am a complete noob when it comes to builds and will probably pay a friend of mine to put this together for me,
for the past two months I've been considering a hackintosh, reliability and power are of true concern to me.
What Am i looking to do with this machine?
- Video Editing (final cut pro, after effects)
- Music Production/Recording (Pro tools 8 and plenty of VSTI)
- Photography editing (aperture, Photoshop and ligthroom)
i need this machine to be able to handle all 3 types of work, i also need to be able to run 3 O.S's
Windows XP (for audio, as some of the programs i have are completely stable)
Windows 7 (some new audio programs require it as a minimum)
MAC OS X? (for video editing + photography)
My budget here is 1200-1500 (max)
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Things i already own
*Operating System* *System Model* Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600) Install Language: English (United States) System Locale: English (United States) Installed: 11/17/2008 3:48:02 AM Intel Corporation Enclosure Type: Desktop *Processor ^a * *Main Circuit Board ^b * 2.40 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad 64 kilobyte primary memory cache 4096 kilobyte secondary memory cache 64-bit ready Multi-core (4 total) Not hyper-threaded Board: Intel Corporation DP35DP AAD81073-211 Serial Number: USDP9020001U Bus Clock: 266 megahertz BIOS: Intel Corp. DPP3510J.86A.0517.2009.0107.2203 01/07/2009 *Drives* *Memory Modules ^c,d * 1000.21 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 192.05 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203N [Optical drive] ST3500410AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 5VM068H3, rev CC31, SMART <http://www.belarc.com/smart.html> Status: Healthy ST3500410AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 5VM04PCA, rev CC31, SMART <http://www.belarc.com/smart.html> *Failure* 2038 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory Slot 'J6H1' has 2048 MB Slot 'J6H2' is Empty Slot 'J6J1' is Empty Slot 'J6J2' is Empty *Local Drive Volumes* c: (NTFS on drive 0) * 500.11 GB 1.54 GB free d: (NTFS on drive 1) 500.11 GB 190.50 GB free *Controllers* *Display* Intel(R) ICH9 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 2926 Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 2920 Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (3x) Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (3x) Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series [Display adapter] Acer X193W [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n ETLAT0C025837DC3404007, September 2008) *Bus Adapters* *Multimedia* Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2934 Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2935 Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2936 Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2937 Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2938 Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2939 Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293A Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293C ATI |
obvious things i need , new hard drives, RAM, processor? motherboard? TI Chipset (pro tools is picky with what it works and doesn't)
is there any thing on here that i could keep?
I truly appreciate your help and look forward to starting this journey!
Thanks a million