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- GIGABYTE Mainboard GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 Socket LGA11
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- Intel Core i7-6700K
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- EVGA 04G-P4-2989-KR GF GTX 980 HYDRO 4GB DDR5
Hi all.
I just registered my account here after I had been lurking here on-again off-again for a couple of years.
I had considered building a Hackintosh for quite some years but never had the need... nor the patience to really go through with it. The last couple of years and especially the abysmal 2016 year of Apple product releases now really pushed me over the edge. Early 2017 I want to attempt to build my first Hackintosh. I had my eyes on a Bitfenix Prodigy M for a number of years now... as it is pretty much a mini Mac Pro in appearance. Reading through the forums here and doign some other research I think I have an idea of what I wanna build. Some comments and/or advice would still be hugely appreciated as I have basically zero expierence with Hackintoshes.
My current plan is to build it like this:
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M White
Logicboard: GIGABYTE Mainboard GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 Socket LGA11
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K
GPU: I can borrow an NVIDIA 560, I want to wait until Pascal or Polaris are fully supported, paying a lot for older hardware seems like a stupid idea imho.
PSU: Corsair CP-9020092-EU RM750X
RAM: Ballistix Sport LT 64GB Kit
SSD: some 1TB SSD, maybe a SanDisk Ultra II SSD 960GB, maybe some other model... not really relevant I guess?!
CPU Cooler: Corsair CW-9060015-WW
Wifi/BT: PC/Hackintosh - Apple Broadcom Bcm94360cd - 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC + Bluetooth 4.0 (from osxwifi.com)
Wifi/BT: from ebay: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Broadcom-BCM...303557?hash=item2a67b15dc5:g:EGUAAOSwHJhXNCZ8
TB3: GIGABYTE ALPINE RIDGE 1.0 Thunderbolt™ 3 Card, Controller (as soon as it is confirmed working, otherwise I'll skip it)
The above setup would run around €1350 tax incl..
Not a cheap build... but seems pretty fair considering it's performance.
So... what do you guys think? Anything I should reconsider? Did I forget anything? Anything that's not a good idea? etc. etc.
There's also a spreadsheet I maintain online in order to keep track of everything including prices and alterntive hardware, you can take at look at it here: https://www.icloud.com/numbers/05RnH30EgID2dBwB6ypJsAPdw#Hackintosh_Mac_Pro
Edited PSU as per recommendation.
Looked elsewhere for Apple Broadcom Adapter... from ebay it's a lot cheaper... but whether it is safe to buy there or not still needs to be determined :/
I just registered my account here after I had been lurking here on-again off-again for a couple of years.
I had considered building a Hackintosh for quite some years but never had the need... nor the patience to really go through with it. The last couple of years and especially the abysmal 2016 year of Apple product releases now really pushed me over the edge. Early 2017 I want to attempt to build my first Hackintosh. I had my eyes on a Bitfenix Prodigy M for a number of years now... as it is pretty much a mini Mac Pro in appearance. Reading through the forums here and doign some other research I think I have an idea of what I wanna build. Some comments and/or advice would still be hugely appreciated as I have basically zero expierence with Hackintoshes.
My current plan is to build it like this:
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M White
Logicboard: GIGABYTE Mainboard GA-Z170MX-Gaming 5 Socket LGA11
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K
GPU: I can borrow an NVIDIA 560, I want to wait until Pascal or Polaris are fully supported, paying a lot for older hardware seems like a stupid idea imho.
PSU: Corsair CP-9020092-EU RM750X
RAM: Ballistix Sport LT 64GB Kit
SSD: some 1TB SSD, maybe a SanDisk Ultra II SSD 960GB, maybe some other model... not really relevant I guess?!
CPU Cooler: Corsair CW-9060015-WW
Wifi/BT: PC/Hackintosh - Apple Broadcom Bcm94360cd - 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC + Bluetooth 4.0 (from osxwifi.com)
Wifi/BT: from ebay: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Broadcom-BCM...303557?hash=item2a67b15dc5:g:EGUAAOSwHJhXNCZ8
TB3: GIGABYTE ALPINE RIDGE 1.0 Thunderbolt™ 3 Card, Controller (as soon as it is confirmed working, otherwise I'll skip it)
The above setup would run around €1350 tax incl..
Not a cheap build... but seems pretty fair considering it's performance.
So... what do you guys think? Anything I should reconsider? Did I forget anything? Anything that's not a good idea? etc. etc.
There's also a spreadsheet I maintain online in order to keep track of everything including prices and alterntive hardware, you can take at look at it here: https://www.icloud.com/numbers/05RnH30EgID2dBwB6ypJsAPdw#Hackintosh_Mac_Pro
Edited PSU as per recommendation.
Looked elsewhere for Apple Broadcom Adapter... from ebay it's a lot cheaper... but whether it is safe to buy there or not still needs to be determined :/
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