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- Nov 9, 2016
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Hey there fellow Hackers!
I'm new here and I hope you can give me some advice for my first Hackintosh compatible build.
Intro (for the curious)
I have a MacPro 4.1 (early 2009), which I was barely able to upgrade to macOS Sierra. I had to apply a workaround, however I fear that as of next major release, it will not work anymore.
I am using my Mac for audio editing, run some VMs and do application development. I am very happy with OS X and the services that Apple provides. I also use Bootcamp to play games and that's where my old machine reaches its limits. Especially because I want to go 4K.
Now I consider building a Hackintosh, because I don't want to buy another machine for 4 grant that I can not even upgrade anymore. Plus, the future of the Mac Pro is uncertain and the current model already out-dated with no update in sight. It's just not worth the money.
My Research
In the past 2 days I have done nothing else than comparing compatible hardware for my needs and reading forum posts about other users experiences. I want to build a PC with good gaming performance, where I can later on do some upgrades to run a VR headset and/or a 4K display with +60 fps.
I found the following and I need some advise especially when it comes to the MoBo and the Storage.
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K
RAM: Corsair 16GB (4x4) DDR4 3000Mhz CL15 XMP2.0
MoBo Choice #1: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7-EU Mainboard (Rev.1.0)
MoBo Choice #2: ASUS Z170 Sabertooth Mark 1
SSD Choice #1: Samsung 950 Pro 512GB SSD (M.2 NVMe)
SSD Choice #2: Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SSD (Sata3)
Questions
Mainly I'm concerned about the MoBo. Both Choices are excellent, however I tend to the Asus Sabertooth. It seems to be of better quality and has better benchmark performance. On the other hand the Gigabyte Z170 Gaming7 seems to have more features, more user feedback, is known to work well in a hackintosh and provides two M.2 connectors.
And that's where I'm struggling, because I could run two M.2 SSDs in a RAID and would get an extreme performance increase. Is this assumption even correct, or am I missing something?
The M.2 SSDs in any case would run the Windows installation, while I would install OS X on a SATA3 SSD (probably also in a RAID). So there should be no compatibility issues in OS X. Is this also correct?
I am happy for any feedback, so that I can avoid any mistakes.
If you suggest another mainboard, just let me know and I'll do my research.
Thanks and kind regards
iVirusYx
I'm new here and I hope you can give me some advice for my first Hackintosh compatible build.
Intro (for the curious)
I have a MacPro 4.1 (early 2009), which I was barely able to upgrade to macOS Sierra. I had to apply a workaround, however I fear that as of next major release, it will not work anymore.
I am using my Mac for audio editing, run some VMs and do application development. I am very happy with OS X and the services that Apple provides. I also use Bootcamp to play games and that's where my old machine reaches its limits. Especially because I want to go 4K.
Now I consider building a Hackintosh, because I don't want to buy another machine for 4 grant that I can not even upgrade anymore. Plus, the future of the Mac Pro is uncertain and the current model already out-dated with no update in sight. It's just not worth the money.
My Research
In the past 2 days I have done nothing else than comparing compatible hardware for my needs and reading forum posts about other users experiences. I want to build a PC with good gaming performance, where I can later on do some upgrades to run a VR headset and/or a 4K display with +60 fps.
I found the following and I need some advise especially when it comes to the MoBo and the Storage.
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K
RAM: Corsair 16GB (4x4) DDR4 3000Mhz CL15 XMP2.0
MoBo Choice #1: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7-EU Mainboard (Rev.1.0)
MoBo Choice #2: ASUS Z170 Sabertooth Mark 1
SSD Choice #1: Samsung 950 Pro 512GB SSD (M.2 NVMe)
SSD Choice #2: Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SSD (Sata3)
Questions
Mainly I'm concerned about the MoBo. Both Choices are excellent, however I tend to the Asus Sabertooth. It seems to be of better quality and has better benchmark performance. On the other hand the Gigabyte Z170 Gaming7 seems to have more features, more user feedback, is known to work well in a hackintosh and provides two M.2 connectors.
And that's where I'm struggling, because I could run two M.2 SSDs in a RAID and would get an extreme performance increase. Is this assumption even correct, or am I missing something?
The M.2 SSDs in any case would run the Windows installation, while I would install OS X on a SATA3 SSD (probably also in a RAID). So there should be no compatibility issues in OS X. Is this also correct?
I am happy for any feedback, so that I can avoid any mistakes.
If you suggest another mainboard, just let me know and I'll do my research.
Thanks and kind regards
iVirusYx