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Hi everyone. In 2011 I wanted to build a hackintosh. But there were some troubles around hardware compatibility, so I chose to buy iMac 21,5 2011. Now I see that hackintosh community is growing up, there are a lot of hackintosh owners and for me it's time to upgrade. Today I am doing a lot of video editing stuff. My main programs are Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and Adobe After Effects CS6. Also, I do a lot of 3d work in Cinema 4d and I am planning to switch to more advanced software. Sometimes, I am also editing sound in Logic Pro X. I also have bootcamp installed for some gaming when I have free time. So the main thing is my computer is my creativity laboratory and my muse. I really want to have Mac OS X as the main operating system, because switching from Mac OS X to Windows sounds like suicide for my comfort. I am now thinking about buying Apple Cinema Display Thunderbolt, new Apple Magic Mouse and keyboard (I already have one from iMac but I want all stuff to be new) and Hackintosh.
So there are many troubles as I can see on forum. First of all I am not sure will Thunderbolt Cinema Display fully work attached to Hackintosh? Will sound and Isight Camera work? I am planning to buy MotherBoard with Thunderbolt.
Secondly, what is the best motherboard to install hackintosh without troubles? I don't want to tweak around a lot with kexts and other stuff. I saw UniBeast installer is pretty awesome and don't require a lot of work to run Hackintosh.
There is GA-Z87X-UD7-TH motherboard recommended in June Hackintosh Topic. But I am getting really expensive configuration with that one. I found these 2 MBs with ThunderBolt half-priced:
ASRock Z87 Extreme4
ASUS Z87-EXPERT
When I started researching about hackintosh, I found some topics with installation troubles with these 2 MBs. I am ready to pay more, but to be sure that everything will work fine. Also I am choosing between 2 video cards GTX760 and GTX770. It depends on how expensive my final configuration will be.
CPU - intel core i7 4770
To sum up I have 4 main questions:
1) What MotherBoard to choose for Thunderbolt Apple Cinema Display?
2) Will Apple Thunderbolt Display fully work? I mean display + sound + iSight camera.
3) Does Apple Cinema Display worth buying? If not - please, recommend me some other monitor.
4) Does building system like that (for my needs) worth it at all, or should I just buy iMac 27 for the same price, but with lower specs?
So there are many troubles as I can see on forum. First of all I am not sure will Thunderbolt Cinema Display fully work attached to Hackintosh? Will sound and Isight Camera work? I am planning to buy MotherBoard with Thunderbolt.
Secondly, what is the best motherboard to install hackintosh without troubles? I don't want to tweak around a lot with kexts and other stuff. I saw UniBeast installer is pretty awesome and don't require a lot of work to run Hackintosh.
There is GA-Z87X-UD7-TH motherboard recommended in June Hackintosh Topic. But I am getting really expensive configuration with that one. I found these 2 MBs with ThunderBolt half-priced:
ASRock Z87 Extreme4
ASUS Z87-EXPERT
When I started researching about hackintosh, I found some topics with installation troubles with these 2 MBs. I am ready to pay more, but to be sure that everything will work fine. Also I am choosing between 2 video cards GTX760 and GTX770. It depends on how expensive my final configuration will be.
CPU - intel core i7 4770
To sum up I have 4 main questions:
1) What MotherBoard to choose for Thunderbolt Apple Cinema Display?
2) Will Apple Thunderbolt Display fully work? I mean display + sound + iSight camera.
3) Does Apple Cinema Display worth buying? If not - please, recommend me some other monitor.
4) Does building system like that (for my needs) worth it at all, or should I just buy iMac 27 for the same price, but with lower specs?