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Hello,
A friend of mine is planning to buy a $2,800 iMac to use for video editing and some gaming (He is a film student). He wants the computer to be as fast as possible when working with Adobe software. I told him that I can build him an Hackintosh that is faster at the same price point. I am currently looking into what I should build, but the gist of what I am thinking of is shown here:
CPU: Intel Core i7-3930k
- Heard there were issues with using these.
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($43.85 @ Newegg Canada)
- Hyper 212 line is lovely
Memory: Corsair Dominator 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($301.98 @ NCIX)
- 32GB of Ram for all of his somewhat fast memory needs
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($249.00 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($249.00 @ Canada Computers)
- I am thinking of putting them in raid 0 and using them to store the OS, programs, and files he is currently editing
Storage: Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($269.99 @ NCIX)
- This will probably have a very fast data throughput as it is 4TB; meant for items he is storing.
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($161.74 @ DirectCanada)
- My PC uses a Seasonic PSU so why not give him one as well (I believe this Corsair model is Seasonic)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B3ST/BLK/G/AS DVD/CD Writer ($23.00 @ Vuugo)
- For all of his burning needs
Motherboard: ???
- What should I get?
GPU: ???
- I am looking into this. Apparently the newest Adobe software is optimized for AMD cards, but he may be using CS6 which is optimized for Nvidia
Case: ???
- I sent him a bunch of cases he may like that are under $200.
And that is my current draft build. I am wondering how good you would consider it to be and if there are any parts I should switch/add to increase performance or compatibility. This will be my first hackintosh build, so I don't want to mess up. He will also want to be on the latest version of Mac OSX all the time if it is possible.
A friend of mine is planning to buy a $2,800 iMac to use for video editing and some gaming (He is a film student). He wants the computer to be as fast as possible when working with Adobe software. I told him that I can build him an Hackintosh that is faster at the same price point. I am currently looking into what I should build, but the gist of what I am thinking of is shown here:
CPU: Intel Core i7-3930k
- Heard there were issues with using these.
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($43.85 @ Newegg Canada)
- Hyper 212 line is lovely
Memory: Corsair Dominator 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($301.98 @ NCIX)
- 32GB of Ram for all of his somewhat fast memory needs
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($249.00 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($249.00 @ Canada Computers)
- I am thinking of putting them in raid 0 and using them to store the OS, programs, and files he is currently editing
Storage: Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($269.99 @ NCIX)
- This will probably have a very fast data throughput as it is 4TB; meant for items he is storing.
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($161.74 @ DirectCanada)
- My PC uses a Seasonic PSU so why not give him one as well (I believe this Corsair model is Seasonic)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B3ST/BLK/G/AS DVD/CD Writer ($23.00 @ Vuugo)
- For all of his burning needs
Motherboard: ???
- What should I get?
GPU: ???
- I am looking into this. Apparently the newest Adobe software is optimized for AMD cards, but he may be using CS6 which is optimized for Nvidia
Case: ???
- I sent him a bunch of cases he may like that are under $200.
And that is my current draft build. I am wondering how good you would consider it to be and if there are any parts I should switch/add to increase performance or compatibility. This will be my first hackintosh build, so I don't want to mess up. He will also want to be on the latest version of Mac OSX all the time if it is possible.