- Joined
- May 25, 2011
- Messages
- 21
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
- CPU
- i7-2600K
- Graphics
- HD 6850
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
I am retired and was happy when my daughter called asking me to help her with a Hackintosh so that she can return to grad school for her Masters in Nursing.
She had my old G4 desktop, which recently died (power supply is DEAD). I looked into a replacement PSU but $175 seems too much to invest in an ancient machine. She still has a working 21" Apple Display. She would like lots of storage and will probably be doing mostly web research, emails, wordprocessing, and I suspect an occasional presentation.
Question #1 - Is a Sandybridge CPU adequate or is an Ivybridge the better investment long term?
Question #2 - Where word processing and storage are major purposes, are the onboard graphics sufficient or which graphics board does she need (she has two boys 1 1/2 and 3 who will want to use it too)?
Question #3 - Is $750 enough to build this machine?
She had my old G4 desktop, which recently died (power supply is DEAD). I looked into a replacement PSU but $175 seems too much to invest in an ancient machine. She still has a working 21" Apple Display. She would like lots of storage and will probably be doing mostly web research, emails, wordprocessing, and I suspect an occasional presentation.
Question #1 - Is a Sandybridge CPU adequate or is an Ivybridge the better investment long term?
Question #2 - Where word processing and storage are major purposes, are the onboard graphics sufficient or which graphics board does she need (she has two boys 1 1/2 and 3 who will want to use it too)?
Question #3 - Is $750 enough to build this machine?
