first build advice

As the title states I have a MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition motherboard and want to create a dual boot system on two drives; one drive with Mac OSX and the other Windows 10. When I built my desktop I didn't know or think about Hackintosh compatible hardware at the time. This will be my first...

I've been playing with the idea of making a hackintosh for work(music production) for a while now. My 4 year old macbook pro is starting to slow down on me when I'm working with bigger music files and I'd rather just have a dedicated computer for beat making and music editing and mixing anyway...

Thank you for your time and reviewing this post. I read through the threads as well as the buyers guide and I believe what I selected would work. I am trying to build a home office Hackintosh that would run MS Office, surf the web, videos, run Eclipse IDE, and all the other typical programs an...

Hey Everyone! I'm planning on building my first hackintosh, I've followed the buyer's guide and think I have a pretty decent set up for a good price. I was wondering if some experienced veterans out there could give me a few recommendations or make note of any issues/mistakes I might have as...

Hey everyone, my name's Jacob. I'm a certified IT technician and I was asked by a church to build them a multimedia machine for no more than $1500. I'm planning on building a multimedia Hackintosh Pro based off of the specs on the buyer's guide for a church venue. A good friend of mine said that...

Looking to start a first build. Is it possible to use a cpu with more than 4-cores? I'm looking at the Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor, will this work even though its not on the Buyer's Guide list? Attached a screenshot at the parts I'm looking at. Would love any advice you guys...

Hello guys, I've just build a gaming pc. Not specificly for a hackitosh just wondering if its possible? This are the specs: Intel core i5 6400 Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H 8gb ddr4 ram 1tb western blue Corsair CX450M MSI radeon rx 480 gaming x 4gb So i was wondering of i can make this machine work...

Hi, So, I tried a year ago to build something, didn't happen, so let's try again. I finally have a better job and can afford a really good computer. I have a MacBook Pro 13" 16GB, and I like it, because I can use it on school and in my job... BUT, sometimes it gets laggy and freezes, and I've...

Hi everyone-- I'm new to the forum and although I've built many PCs in the past this will be my first CustoMac. I've assembled a parts list and have made several adjustments based on the guides and forum threads, but I just wanted to see what you guys thought and if you see any red flags as far...

Hi everyone, First of all I would like to say that this site is amazing!! Found so much info thats so nice and neat. So, I´m going to build my first hackintosh thats going to be in my music studio. I just bought the new Apollo 8p Thunderbolt 2 and it works great on my macbook pro mid2012. I...

As the question suggests, I'm curious to know whether the buyer's guide (http://www.tonymacx86.com/buyersguide/june/2016#Motherboards) can be trusted completely. Can any component on the guide be used to assemble a hackintosh? I'm planning to build a PC (from scratch) which will dual boot...

Hey Guys I was on the youtube today researching a few different types of macs as I am in the market for something new. I honestly had never even thought of building my own machine until today. Im looking to do a lot video editing. That being said I was thinking the Mac Pro, but the price is...

Hi I am looking at building my first budget Hackintosh. The components that I am thinking of using as follows: Motherboard: GIGABYTE H81M-S2PH H81 Express Chipset Socket LGA1150 Motherboard CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 Hard Drive: 500gig SATA2 RAM: 4Gig DDR3 133 Case: Mini ATX I will then want...

Hey everyone, I'm really new to this but I've been researching it for some time. I've decided to finally go ahead with a build, and have my parts planned, just wanted to show some people and get some advice, make sure everything is compatible etc. ive read the buying guide, and the only thing...