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I've got a 2012 15" Retina MacBook Pro. I've only ever owned Apple laptops but for desktops I always build my own as I like to do gaming so go down the Hackintosh route and dual boot with Windows.

I have a Dell U2713HM which I love to use for photo editing, also not experienced any problems with it in regards to gaming. My second monitor is a HP 23xi.

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A VM does not have full access to the GPU, while some older games will run anything reasonably demanding will suffer poor frame rates and not be enjoyable. Plus you still need to buy a full licensed version of Windows to run in the VM, not much point doing that just for gaming.

OC on a hackintosh will work, my i5 is overclocked to 4.5GHz. On the SSD front normally I'd say Samsung, however the normal 840 uses TLC which might not last as long as MLC drives like the Crucial M4. The write speeds on the both those drives are fairly slow by current SSD standards: 130MB/s...

Be aware the UP4's VIA USB chipset does not work in OS X so will reduce the amount of ports you can use. I have the UP5 and it's fully functional, although haven't had the chance to test the Thunderbolt ports yet. Plenty of other owners report they do work, however they are not hot swappable...

It's what I use in mine and it works great. Also Apple use the Samsung 830 controller in the Retina MacBook Pros and Anandtech recommend them as the most stable SSDs for Macs.

Personally I'd go for the iMac 27" just because of the screen. Although if you're into the idea of tinkering and upgrading then the Hack will give you that flexibility. Would it be worth holding fire till the new Mac Pros come out as 2013 is just around the corner? You could use your...

A SSD is not just useful for fast boot times. When I had a 5400RPM 500GB HDD in my MBP it took about 30 seconds for Photoshop to open, once I put a SSD in it opened in about 5-10 seconds. And that was restricted by SATA II, opens even quicker in my Hack with a Samsung 830 SSD. It will make the...

If you mean a PCIe 1.0 slot then the card would be limited to that bandwidth. Having taken a look at the specs for the GA-H77M-D3H, it has a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot so you wouldn't need to worry about that.

Board wise looks like it'll work except sound: http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-lion-desktop-guides/68018-gigabyte-ga-z77x-ud3h-i5-3570k-hd4000-works-except-via-sound-2.html, so for video editing looks like the UD5H would be the better option. Unless you'll planning on overclocking or want...

Yes, PCIe 3.0 can run 2.0 and 1.0 cards in the same way SATA III & USB 3.0 can run older revision hardware. My Graphics card is a 2.0 and runs fine in the 3.0 ports on my Mobo.

Looks good, certainly no issues with the CPU and Mobo. The SSD will work fine and is good for the price, although personally I'd spend a bit more and go for this instead: http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=74136&vpn=MZ%2D7PC256B%2FWW&manufacture=Samsung%20Memory%20%26%20Storage

It'll be fine. Current standard for GPUs is PCI Express, you'll probably have 2-3 of the longer versions the graphics card needs on your board.

I have the same board and dual boot using 2 separate SSDs. Install Windows first and get it set up, power down, disconnect the Windows drive then install using Unibeast and tidy up with Multibeast. Once that's done power down again, reconnect the Windows drive and go into UEFI and set the Mac...

Logic on a VM may not be the best option due to hardware limitations, also your processor needs to support virtualisation in order for that to work. What spec is your PC? Hard to say whether that is a viable option without knowing what components you have. On buying a Mac you could always...

I have an i5 3570K and a Corsair H80. I have the CPU overclocked @ 4.5GHz and it gets around 66-68c under full load, 25-28c idle. The one issue I had with the H80 was the stock fans, found them very loud and the frequency was annoying. Replaced them with a pair of Noctua NF-F12s instead...

If you do get Windows 8 and don't like the tile interface just install Start8. Puts the start menu back and automatically boots to the desktop.

No, that's only for non Gigabyte boards.

The CustoMac section has the recommended 2012 list, all stable and power management works out of the box. For non Gigabyte boards you'll need a custom BIOS to unlock the UEFI to allow for native power management, see this article...