is this build suitable? and are the components compatible? Suggestions?

Hi guys,

Looking at building my first hackintosh for use with logic pro x and gaming. I have put the following parts together:


Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming Socket 1151 ATX MotherboardIntel
7th Generation Core i7 (7700K) 4.2GHz Processor 8MB L3 Cache 8 GT/s DMI3 (
Boxed)Corsair Hydro Series H60 2013 model High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Seagate BarraCuda 4TB 3.5 inch 256MB Cache SATA III Internal Hard Drive
Corsair RM650i RMi Series 650 Watt Fully Modular Power Supply Unit (80 PLUS Gold Certified)
Corsair Carbide Series 300R Mid-Tower Gaming Case
TP-Link Archer T9E AC1900 Wireless PCI Express Adapter
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Windforce OC (4GB) Graphics Cards PCI-E DisplayPort/HDMI/Dual-Link DVI-D
Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2x 8GB) 2666MHz DDR4 RAM

is this build suitable? and are the components compatible? Suggestions?

itellthifiwhy said:

Hi guys,

Looking at building my first hackintosh for use with logic pro x and gaming. I have put the following parts together:


Gigabyte Z270X-Ultra Gaming Socket 1151 ATX MotherboardIntel
7th Generation Core i7 (7700K) 4.2GHz Processor 8MB L3 Cache 8 GT/s DMI3 (Boxed)
Corsair Hydro Series H60 2013 model High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Seagate BarraCuda 4TB 3.5 inch 256MB Cache SATA III Internal Hard Drive
Corsair RM650i RMi Series 650 Watt Fully Modular Power Supply Unit (80 PLUS Gold Certified)
Corsair Carbide Series 300R Mid-Tower Gaming Case
TP-Link Archer T9E AC1900 Wireless PCI Express Adapter
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Windforce OC (4GB) Graphics Cards PCI-E DisplayPort/HDMI/Dual-Link DVI-D
Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2x 8GB) 2666MHz DDR4 RAM

is this build suitable? and are the components compatible? Suggestions?

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Should be compatible. Are you going to use the 4TB hard disk as your boot drive?

Jamesbond007 said:

Should be compatible. Are you going to use the 4TB hard disk as your boot drive?

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Nice! I was going to but is this not wise?

itellthifiwhy said:

Nice! I was going to but is this not wise?

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Sure you can. I am using a Seagate 2TB SSHD as the boot drive in my main system and I have no problems with that. I set it up with multiple partitions so that I can boot multiple operating systems from it as needed. I am using Sierra but when I decide to install High Sierra it will be in a separate partition from the Sierra partition so that I can boot Sierra or High Sierra according to my requirements.

If you use a SSD as a boot drive you will enjoy faster startup times, for a start.