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Hi there,
This system will be used for webdevelopment and trading stocks, I really need the monitor-realestate and I'm trying to stay away from multi-monitor setups. For leasure I will be using this to watch some movies and maybe play some simple games (nothing the HD530 would not be able to handle). The reason why I want this to run 4k 60hz is for the smooth experience and the resolution/screen realestate. Maingoal is to let this work as 'native' as possible with OSX (including iMessage/Hand-off etc.) I'd rather use ASUS motherboards but Gigabyte seem to be the brand to go with for Hackintosh compatability as far as i've understood from this forum (correct me if i'm wrong).
I'm trying to setup this new Hackintosh system to run this monitor:
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.23.V1K62m&id=530833200011&ns=1&abbucket=14#detail
Now I want to run this monitor at 60hz 4k over DP 1.2 straight from the motherboard and not through a Nvidia/AMD GFX card (since I don't play any serious games). The i7 6700k should be able to do so, I've got current setup-list ready, I would like to know if anyone has any experience or advice to add?
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (since this has HDMI 2.0 & Displayport 1.2 both capable of supporting 4k 60hz, is this board compatible? I've seen the lower Gaming series been posted in the comp. list)
- CPU: Intel Core I7-6700K
- CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro H60 (2013 Edition) (any advice on another watercooling system is welcome, since I have NO experience with watercooling, I just want the system to be cool and quiet, do I even need watercooling?)
- Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT BLS4C16G4D240FSC (64GB DDR4)
- SSD: Samsung SM951 (AHCI) 512GB (x2) (since the motherboard has 2 slots for M.2)
- PSU: Seasonic Platinum Series 520 Watt Fanless (in case I do decide to put in a dedicated GFX card, I was thinking of a NVidia 1070, is 520Watt enough?)
- Case: Cooler Master Silencio 550 Carbon (I'd like to make everything as quiet as possible)
- Wifi: TP-Link TLWDN4800 (Will I be able to run iMessage/hand-off etc. straight out-of-the-box with this one?)
- Monitor: MicroBoard V490 UHD 49"inch AH-IPS 4k 60hz DP 1.2 / HDMI 2.0
I would love to have your feedback, I've been running Hackintosh machines for years now (Apple doesn't seem to listen to customers), but mostly on Asus motherboards and it just ... needs too much tweaking and doesn't work as much out-of-the-box as I'd like this system to be. Any advice/experience/feedback would be MORE than welcome.
This system will be used for webdevelopment and trading stocks, I really need the monitor-realestate and I'm trying to stay away from multi-monitor setups. For leasure I will be using this to watch some movies and maybe play some simple games (nothing the HD530 would not be able to handle). The reason why I want this to run 4k 60hz is for the smooth experience and the resolution/screen realestate. Maingoal is to let this work as 'native' as possible with OSX (including iMessage/Hand-off etc.) I'd rather use ASUS motherboards but Gigabyte seem to be the brand to go with for Hackintosh compatability as far as i've understood from this forum (correct me if i'm wrong).
I'm trying to setup this new Hackintosh system to run this monitor:
https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.23.V1K62m&id=530833200011&ns=1&abbucket=14#detail
Now I want to run this monitor at 60hz 4k over DP 1.2 straight from the motherboard and not through a Nvidia/AMD GFX card (since I don't play any serious games). The i7 6700k should be able to do so, I've got current setup-list ready, I would like to know if anyone has any experience or advice to add?
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (since this has HDMI 2.0 & Displayport 1.2 both capable of supporting 4k 60hz, is this board compatible? I've seen the lower Gaming series been posted in the comp. list)
- CPU: Intel Core I7-6700K
- CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro H60 (2013 Edition) (any advice on another watercooling system is welcome, since I have NO experience with watercooling, I just want the system to be cool and quiet, do I even need watercooling?)
- Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT BLS4C16G4D240FSC (64GB DDR4)
- SSD: Samsung SM951 (AHCI) 512GB (x2) (since the motherboard has 2 slots for M.2)
- PSU: Seasonic Platinum Series 520 Watt Fanless (in case I do decide to put in a dedicated GFX card, I was thinking of a NVidia 1070, is 520Watt enough?)
- Case: Cooler Master Silencio 550 Carbon (I'd like to make everything as quiet as possible)
- Wifi: TP-Link TLWDN4800 (Will I be able to run iMessage/hand-off etc. straight out-of-the-box with this one?)
- Monitor: MicroBoard V490 UHD 49"inch AH-IPS 4k 60hz DP 1.2 / HDMI 2.0
I would love to have your feedback, I've been running Hackintosh machines for years now (Apple doesn't seem to listen to customers), but mostly on Asus motherboards and it just ... needs too much tweaking and doesn't work as much out-of-the-box as I'd like this system to be. Any advice/experience/feedback would be MORE than welcome.
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