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@tonymacx86 your recommended Gigabyte GA-Z170X SOC Force is gone from both Amazon and NewEgg at this point. Is there another top-of-the-line performance and feature motherboard that you'd recommend replacing this model with?

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 V4 2.1GHz 8-Core Processor ($434.59 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L12 37.8 CFM CPU Cooler ($59.69 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99P-SLI ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($197.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory Storage...

Hello people! I´m gonna be building a Hackintosh a.k.a CustoMac based around the CustoMac Pro June 2016 in this summer (2016) and I need some advice. 1. I would like to know If Gigabyte GA-Z170 gaming K3 is a good choice: I heard that it can be unstable and not reliable, but is a very good...

I'm looking at building my first CustoMac and want to future-proof it from the motherboard onward. Under recommended mobos in the buyers guide, none seem to have Thunderbolt 3 but I have seen this one available in the UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B019NFPM5A/?tag=tonymacx86-21 1) How could I...

Hello there; I've been doing this little project, although it's not finished yet. I still have to figure out where to put my HD, Since I'll not be using the mSata slot for a while in my Asus H81T CSM. This project was based on the one in the link bellow...

I am trying to do a fresh install of 10.10 and I have tried many different bootflags and keep getting stuck at "Still waiting for root device". I followed the buyer's guide for the customac socket 2011 guide, and don't understand why I cant get past this. UPDATE: I got the USB to mount to the...

Hello everyone! I'm very excited to be a new member of this community. I've lurked for some time of this site and enjoy it very much. What started out as a curiosity has convinced me to attempt a CustoMac mATX of my own. I've included a snippet of the items as they are shown in Newegg. I...

Hey guys :) I currently am thinking about building a CustoMac Mini for my sister so she can do Photoshop, video editing (not system intensive editing), and some light gaming (once again, not anything system intensive, and it isn't anything that will require a graphics card, and yes I know that...

Hi everyone, I would like to start this off my stating that this will be my first customac pro build. So please hang in there for this noobie:lol:. Anyways i am not new to the forums i have been looking to do this for a while, way back when i joined in 2012, and now im finally getting to it. I...

Hello everyone, I recently built my first CustoMac, being also the first PC I ever built it was quite a big project for me. After finally getting the installation working and being at the point I could call my system quite stable, I'm left with one major issue. My CustoMac will freeze randomly...

Hello EVERYBODY!!! So here is the deal, I am looking to build a new CustomMac Pro / PC, did my research, and narrowed it down to these parts. I would like to have help narrowing down what I have to something that is a finished and solid machine. For the windows side, I am looking to play SWTOR...

I'm trying to build a CustoMac Mini to replace my old Hackintosh. I'll be sticking to all of the stock parts with the singular exception of the processor. Most of the time, the machine will be running as a headless iTunes, file, and Xcode server, but I will be doing frequent Handbrake transcodes...

What they do not support is 1155 motherboards, otherwise known as Ivy Bridge. "Please note, these CPUs will NOT work with older LGA 1155 motherboards." 1150 is Haswell, which all the CPUs in the guide are as well.

Sorry if these questions sound a little bit noobish but while I consider myself decent with computers this will be my first time building a CustoMac. I am looking to build the “CustoMac Pro” from the Jan 2015 buyer’s guide. The suggested graphics card is the “Evga GeForce GTX 760”. I notice...

Hi all, I have recently completed the CustoMac Budget hackintosh as specified on the TonyMac buyers guide, with the following specifications: Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H CPU- Core i5-4460 RAM- Ballistix Sport XT (8gb) HD- Seagate Barracuda 1TB PSU- Corsair CS 550 Watt Case- Corsair...

Me and a close friend of mine will be moving to Philadelphia in March, following our dream before it leaves our aging bodies. Essentially, we want to create music. We have fallen in love with Logic Pro X, but we also LOVE TonyMacs Custom builds. They are more affordable, and we love the idea...

Hey guys, I am planning to build a "CustoMac Pro". I am mostly following the advice on the website but I would like to know if any of you see any errors with this setup. I am experienced in both software and hardware but I haven't looked at hardware in a very long time and I want to try to...

I’m thinking of getting a few upgrades from my current system Mavericks OSX / Windows 7 Intel Core i7 3770S @3.10GHz Ivy Bridge ASUS P8H61-M motherboard 1023MB NVIDA Geforce GT 620 16GB DDR3 Ram Looking at the current (October) buyer guide for the CustoMac Pro Socket 2011...

Yesterday I tried to install Yosemite in my build. I'm currently running Mavericks. Made the bootable usb with Unibeast, everything as the guide says. When I boot from the usb it enters the apple load screen, loads for a few seconds, and then stops with a gray stop sign. This is before ever...

Hi everybody. I'm about to take the big step: to buy the compos and to try the build. My target is a multi-boot Mavericks and Windows 7 x64 CustoMac installation. I will use it for Lightroom (90%) and some video editing (10%). According to all the information I for from August2014 suggestions...