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So in December 2013 I built a hackingtosh with the specs seen below. I stuck quite rigidly to the 2012 buyers guide on Tony Mac. I'm just thinking about the future of my machine, how easily and cost effectivly I could upgrade it to push it's processing abilities. I use my machine for video...

I have finally got my GTX680 working on my brand new hackingtosh. Which is great! but having done that it has automatically cut out any ability to run a monitor from the Thunderbolt port off the harddrive. Is this just how it is? Or is there a way or being able to run from both? My motherboard...

So I am ready for my hackintosh. Today the new iMac has been released and it is appleaing, But as a video editor and animator I feel that I need to beef up beyond the iMac. Although if anyone could tell me looking at this set up weather it looks like it will out perform the new iMac. Also if I...

Slight dilema then. Do I downgrade the processor and have thunderbolt or change the motherboard and keep the processor and not have thunderbolt.

It would need thunderbolt also. Thanks. Steven

Thanks. I will look into the motherboard/ processor options.

This machine is being built with the purpose of being a work horse for video editing and animating in Premier/ After effects. The aim here is to achieve fast rendering times and basically have a machine that can give me a quick response to jobs. I am board of constantly hearing my macbook fan...

That is a good point about Ram. I will certainly go beyond 16gb at some point. In terms of storage I dont see myself needing more than 2tb at any one time, I archive as soon as a project is complete, although it would be good to archive internally just to save on buying an external harddrive...

Thanks for this info. I am looking for something that doesn't slow down my work flow. I need to be able to be exporting in After Effects whilst doing a full render in Premier and also have plenty of freedom to keep on editing in FCP. So big beast is my goal here. Time is what I want to get back...

I have been working off my Macbook Pro 2011 15" system for nearly a year now. It is the most practical machine for me due to the traveling I do with my editing work. However, I am working more and more out of my office and I believe it is time to get a heavy duty machine on the go. I was aiming...