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I'm wanting to upgrade my current PC so I can turn it into a Hackintosh whilst using the old parts and making a Master (hackintosh) and Slave (pc) setup to use my music DAW setup. I'm also trying to get the lowest pricing because I'm on a budget but I want to make sure I'm actually upgrading performance and I won't run into major problems doing the hackintosh.
What I want is to be able to use Sierra, iMessage + Facetime, x3 monitor support since that's what I have now, and overall a smooth and better performance then my old pc. From what I gathered from the "Buyer's Guide" this is what I've chosen:
BUYING
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Total = $596.98
Motherboard - $134.99
Gigabyte LGA 1151 Z170 2-Way SLI UEFI DualBIOS ATX DDR4 ATX DDR4 NA Motherboards GA-Z170XP-SLI
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B012AQGL4A/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
CPU - $329.00
Intel Core i7 6700K 4.00 GHz Unlocked Quad Core Skylake Desktop Processor, Socket LGA 1151 [BX80662I76700K]
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B012M8LXQW/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
RAM 32gbs (16x2) - $132.99
Ballistix Sport LT 32GB Kit (16GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) DIMM 288-Pin - BLS2K16G4D240FSE (Red)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EIJFQCK/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
These are my old parts of my PC:
OLD PARTS
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Cooler - CORSAIR Hydro Series H60 (CW-9060007-WW) High Performance Water / Liquid CPU Cooler. 120mm
Old Ram - CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10
SDD - Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SV300S37A/120G
Video Card - EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectX 11 02G-P4-3660-KR 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video ...
Motherboard - ASUS m5A97 R2.0
CPU - AMD FX - 8350
So my plan is to upgrade the RAM since I'll need DDR4, upgrade the MB/CPU combo so it's Hackintosh elligibal but is this combo going to be a huge performance from my old pc? I also plan to re-use my old vid card the GeForce GTX 660 ti, is this card going to work for my hackintosh and Sierra?
Any help would be so greatly appreicated... I'm familiar with installing a hackintosh as I tried in the past with my AMD - FX but as you know AMD is a huge headache and I need to move to intel. An important factor is though I must have imessage and Facetime working because thats like the only reason I really want to move to OSX from Windows is so that feature will work and I can get a nice sync with my iphone lol.
P.S. does a brand of a PSU matter? I don't know what my PSU is but I believe its like 600 watts because it powers my current PC just find. I'm not sure what is cause I didn't look at it yet without opening the pc which is a hassel the way I have it set up atm.
Thanks guys! <3
What I want is to be able to use Sierra, iMessage + Facetime, x3 monitor support since that's what I have now, and overall a smooth and better performance then my old pc. From what I gathered from the "Buyer's Guide" this is what I've chosen:
BUYING
--------
Total = $596.98
Motherboard - $134.99
Gigabyte LGA 1151 Z170 2-Way SLI UEFI DualBIOS ATX DDR4 ATX DDR4 NA Motherboards GA-Z170XP-SLI
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B012AQGL4A/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
CPU - $329.00
Intel Core i7 6700K 4.00 GHz Unlocked Quad Core Skylake Desktop Processor, Socket LGA 1151 [BX80662I76700K]
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B012M8LXQW/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
RAM 32gbs (16x2) - $132.99
Ballistix Sport LT 32GB Kit (16GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) DIMM 288-Pin - BLS2K16G4D240FSE (Red)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EIJFQCK/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
These are my old parts of my PC:
OLD PARTS
---------
Cooler - CORSAIR Hydro Series H60 (CW-9060007-WW) High Performance Water / Liquid CPU Cooler. 120mm
Old Ram - CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10
SDD - Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SV300S37A/120G
Video Card - EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti DirectX 11 02G-P4-3660-KR 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video ...
Motherboard - ASUS m5A97 R2.0
CPU - AMD FX - 8350
So my plan is to upgrade the RAM since I'll need DDR4, upgrade the MB/CPU combo so it's Hackintosh elligibal but is this combo going to be a huge performance from my old pc? I also plan to re-use my old vid card the GeForce GTX 660 ti, is this card going to work for my hackintosh and Sierra?
Any help would be so greatly appreicated... I'm familiar with installing a hackintosh as I tried in the past with my AMD - FX but as you know AMD is a huge headache and I need to move to intel. An important factor is though I must have imessage and Facetime working because thats like the only reason I really want to move to OSX from Windows is so that feature will work and I can get a nice sync with my iphone lol.
P.S. does a brand of a PSU matter? I don't know what my PSU is but I believe its like 600 watts because it powers my current PC just find. I'm not sure what is cause I didn't look at it yet without opening the pc which is a hassel the way I have it set up atm.
Thanks guys! <3