trs96
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- Motherboard
- Gigabyte B460M Aorus Pro
- CPU
- i5-10500
- Graphics
- RX 570
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Update 12/1/23 This sold out at the $211 price on Newegg. Amazon.com still has it or you can buy the KF version.
These normally sell for around $300 to $320 on most sites. If you want to build that last Hackintosh before Intel support ends this is a good choice.
The i9-12900K gives you an extra 4 E-cores that don't really do much for the performance of your hackintosh macOS install. It also costs about $100 more.
Here's a comparison of the Apple M2 SoC vs. the i7-12700K
Biggest difference is in Multi-core performance and integrated graphics. If you run macOS though you won't be using the Intel iGPU. You'd use something like an RX 6600 or better which is much more powerful.
If you use Logic Pro for audio production, here's how many tracks the i7-12700K can handle. 110 more than the M2 Max Mac Studio. The M2 Mac mini 8GB/500GB, that sells for around $800, only 80 tracks.
These normally sell for around $300 to $320 on most sites. If you want to build that last Hackintosh before Intel support ends this is a good choice.
The i9-12900K gives you an extra 4 E-cores that don't really do much for the performance of your hackintosh macOS install. It also costs about $100 more.
Here's a comparison of the Apple M2 SoC vs. the i7-12700K
Biggest difference is in Multi-core performance and integrated graphics. If you run macOS though you won't be using the Intel iGPU. You'd use something like an RX 6600 or better which is much more powerful.
If you use Logic Pro for audio production, here's how many tracks the i7-12700K can handle. 110 more than the M2 Max Mac Studio. The M2 Mac mini 8GB/500GB, that sells for around $800, only 80 tracks.
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