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- May 10, 2017
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- i7-7700K
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- GTX 1080 Ti
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Hello everyone,
I'm planning to do a big hardware update to my workstation and since I'm not very knowledgeable about hackintosh (a store did it for me 5 years ago), I'd like to ask you some questions. I'm a motion graphic designer and I use heavily After Effects in my work, I also use more and more Cinema 4D. My work is becoming more render-demanding and I need the hardware to follow through.
My actual workstation's motherboard has died recently so it's time for me to make the leap, here are my actual components :
I'm planning to buy the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition for my new workstation and install OSX Sierra. According to this, what are the best choices for buying a Motherboard, Processor and RAM ? What are the most compatible brand models for the new build to work with the best performance and easiest setup ?
Here's the list of what I'm putting in my new workstation, according to what I've read so far in May 2017's MacBuyer's guide :
Thanks !
I'm planning to do a big hardware update to my workstation and since I'm not very knowledgeable about hackintosh (a store did it for me 5 years ago), I'd like to ask you some questions. I'm a motion graphic designer and I use heavily After Effects in my work, I also use more and more Cinema 4D. My work is becoming more render-demanding and I need the hardware to follow through.
My actual workstation's motherboard has died recently so it's time for me to make the leap, here are my actual components :
- Gigabyte Z77-DS3H motherboard
- Intel i7-2700K processor
- 32Gb Kingston RAM memory
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 graphic card
- 1x Crucial 256Gb SSD drive
- 2x Seagate 2Tb sata hard drives
- Seasonic 760W power supply
- Cooler Master 450W case
- 2 screens
- Blu-ray DVD player / SD card reader / USB wifi card
- OSX 10.8.2 Mountain Lion
I'm planning to buy the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition for my new workstation and install OSX Sierra. According to this, what are the best choices for buying a Motherboard, Processor and RAM ? What are the most compatible brand models for the new build to work with the best performance and easiest setup ?
Here's the list of what I'm putting in my new workstation, according to what I've read so far in May 2017's MacBuyer's guide :
- New motherboard (100-series I guess, what's your advice ? Can't tell what's better)
- Intel Core i7 6700K (Can I go higher or should I stick with this ?)
- 64Gb RAM DDR4 (Can I keep my previous 32Gb RAM ? Should I stick with 2133Mhz DDR4 as advised or can I go higher ? )
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11Go
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 (my actual card, can I go with dual cards ? What are your opinions ?)
- 3 screens (I'm planning to add a new one)
- Can I keep my previous hard drives or do I need to buy new ones ? If so, why ?
- Same question for the power supply, the case and the other components : what can I keep and should I do it ?
- OSX Sierra
Thanks !
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