- Joined
- Dec 6, 2016
- Messages
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- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 5
- CPU
- I7-8700k
- Graphics
- Sapphire Nitro+ RX580 OC
- Mac
hi everyone and thanks for reading!
i'm coming from an early 2008 mac pro (8 core) and i don't want to put any more money into upgrading the system.. so it's time for a new computer.. unfortunately apple isn't showing us love and i have to move on..
i have a small business (media production) - so i need an all rounder system.
i'm aware that an overclocked 6700k will easily outperform my current 8-core (2.8 GHz xeon) system in most tasks.. however - 6 cores would be preferable.. and more pci lanes plus quad-channel ram sounds good too..
however - from all the builds i researched i couldn't really see how performant/stable the x99 platform runs as a hackintosh.. i mean there is no mac product available using that platform.. so i'm hasitent..
i've listed the system i'm planing below.
would it be worth the trouble to go with the x99? it should be as stable a system as can be (i'm aware it's a hackintosh.. but you know.. as stable as can be.. ).. is it stable once i get it to run and skip updates to the os?
any help very very welcome!
thanks.
gernot
Fractal Design R5,
be quiet! BN236 E10-CM-700 W,
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU,
Gigabite GA-Z170X-UD3 vs Asus X99-A
Intel I7 6700k vs Intel I7 6850k
XFX RX-480 8GB DDR5 (or 280x?.. possibly dual?),
Ballistix Sport LT 32GB DDR4 2400,
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 1TB vs. Samsung SSD 960 Evo NVMe M.2 1 TB (maybe.. worth the trouble?),
Seagate BarraCuda Pro 6 TB,
StarTech 2 Port 1394a (have a firewire audio interface)
i'm coming from an early 2008 mac pro (8 core) and i don't want to put any more money into upgrading the system.. so it's time for a new computer.. unfortunately apple isn't showing us love and i have to move on..
i have a small business (media production) - so i need an all rounder system.
i'm aware that an overclocked 6700k will easily outperform my current 8-core (2.8 GHz xeon) system in most tasks.. however - 6 cores would be preferable.. and more pci lanes plus quad-channel ram sounds good too..
however - from all the builds i researched i couldn't really see how performant/stable the x99 platform runs as a hackintosh.. i mean there is no mac product available using that platform.. so i'm hasitent..
i've listed the system i'm planing below.
would it be worth the trouble to go with the x99? it should be as stable a system as can be (i'm aware it's a hackintosh.. but you know.. as stable as can be.. ).. is it stable once i get it to run and skip updates to the os?
any help very very welcome!
thanks.
gernot
Fractal Design R5,
be quiet! BN236 E10-CM-700 W,
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU,
Gigabite GA-Z170X-UD3 vs Asus X99-A
Intel I7 6700k vs Intel I7 6850k
XFX RX-480 8GB DDR5 (or 280x?.. possibly dual?),
Ballistix Sport LT 32GB DDR4 2400,
Samsung 850 EVO SSD 1TB vs. Samsung SSD 960 Evo NVMe M.2 1 TB (maybe.. worth the trouble?),
Seagate BarraCuda Pro 6 TB,
StarTech 2 Port 1394a (have a firewire audio interface)