Anyone with experience please have a quick look. 1st Build for Gaming/Editing&Grading

[MrMpeg]

Hey guys. I'm that close to pull the trigger and try to build my first hackintosh.

First i wanted to opt for a game only rig with i5-6500 but i'm willing to spend some more and have the possibility to edit&grade a little bit at home with davinci on a dual boot system.


Do you think my build is reasonable or am i missing something?
Could i save some anywhere? Maybe a cheaper Asus Board?
I went with recommendations from this site and with whats available here in switzerland. Any feedback is appreciated!


ps. rig should be oculus rift ready but i think i have that covered?




Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7 TH ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Crucial Ballistix Tactical 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card

Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

fractal design define s case

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[Fumomono]

Hi,

Just my 2 cents :

- I don't see any HD for storage (I assume you'll use your SSD for the system).

- i7 4790K is getting hot pretty easily and the stock cooler from Intel is crap. I'd advise to get a specific cooler (either air (usually cheaper) like an Hyper 212 Evo or a Noctua DH14 or 15 or a liquid one (AIO, ref. on the buyer's guide)). That's what I did for mine, much less noise and it runs max at 80°C ; I could even get it down with a push/pull system, so far I put only the stock fan on my Hyper 212 Evo. If you go with air, just mind the size, it's quite bulky and doesn't always fit in all cases.

- With your build a Corsair RM 650 should be enough, I'd stick with 750 only if you plan big stuff for later like SLI. Pretty small savings though (around 15€).

- You don't need Wifi ?

- I don't know precisely about the state of Thunderbolt in a hackintosh, but I believe you can't do the exact same things that you would do with a real mac yet. If you plan on using Thunderbolt you might want to check that. If you don't care about Thunderbolt and don't think you'll ever use it, you can get a cheaper Gigabyte motherboard.

- If you want dual boot you may want dual SSD, one per system, might be easier to manage but I'm no specialist.

 

[MrMpeg]

Hey Fumomono thanx for your answer!

- Yes no HD for storage, i have plenty of external USB3 drives. But yes a second SSD for Win8 is added.

- Hyper 212 Evo is added. Thx!

- Yup. I'll stick with 750w for future SLI

- No wifi. Ethernet it is.

- Yes i dont need Thunderbolt when it's not working like on a mac (displays) so i changed that to a
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H. (Or would a UD5H be better? would love the black edition for its look but its 70$ more where i live )
[h=4][/h]- I'm thinking about replacing the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 for a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming - 4GB since it's a little cheaper... this shouldn't make any big difference afaik?

Am i good to go or have i made any mistakes?

 

[Fumomono]

UDH3 Vs UDH5 : the UDH5 is higher end (you can do a quick comparison of the two on Gigabyte website). Black edition : mainly a paint job imo, and for something that's inside a case all day long I'm not sure it's worth the money

For the GPU : there shouldn't be a noticeable difference, usually it's about how far and easily you can overclock it (some are already a bit overclocked too) and the cooling system. I'm a big fan of MSI Twin Frozr because it's really silent (but someone using Pallit or EVGA or Asus will probably tell you it's the best too ) on my GTX 760. To be sure you can just read reviews on the web, GPUs are extensively tested by many tech websites.

Looks good to go, add an USB stick big enough for the tools needed (see install guide), enough tools to make your life easy (nothing worse than discovering you're missing 1 essential size of screwdriver), and I'd also read some feedbacks of successful builds with a setup close to the one you'll be ordering, this way you will be ready if something a bit exotic pops up.
You should also give a good look at dual boot posts, I don't remember it being included in the basic tutorial.
Finally, what really helped me with my first build was watching a video of someone experienced building with similar components (notably case and mobo), it's useful if you're not yet comfortable with cable management, if you don't know wether you should build outside the case or need to build in it, how much pressure you can put on components...

 

[MrMpeg]

Thanks mate! Your help is very much appreciated.