- Joined
- Nov 14, 2016
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- 15
- Motherboard
- GA-Z170N-Gaming 5
- CPU
- i7-6700K
- Graphics
- RX 580
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Hello there!
I'm currently trying to convince my dad to go for a hackintosh that I would build and set-up for him, rather than an iMac, Trashcan or even the old 2014 Mac Mini.
He currently uses a 2011 Mac Mini for his daily business and recently moved from analog photography into digital photo editing
(He bought himself a 4K Professional Monitor and a photo printer). He complains about the slow the speed of his machine (office-work and web-browsing, not to mention photoshop work @4k)
I thought about building him a hackintosh because of the rather cheap possibility to upgrade it after a couple of years, the bigger flexibility and of course the lower price [compared to the trashcan, iMac 5k]
Because he would use his potential hackintosh also for his own business, we are concerned about stability. So that's why I'd need help from you guys. I've already got a part list, but I'm not 100% sure about it. Maybe there are options that are more stable and cheaper.
So what I'm looking for is:
I'm currently trying to convince my dad to go for a hackintosh that I would build and set-up for him, rather than an iMac, Trashcan or even the old 2014 Mac Mini.
He currently uses a 2011 Mac Mini for his daily business and recently moved from analog photography into digital photo editing
(He bought himself a 4K Professional Monitor and a photo printer). He complains about the slow the speed of his machine (office-work and web-browsing, not to mention photoshop work @4k)
I thought about building him a hackintosh because of the rather cheap possibility to upgrade it after a couple of years, the bigger flexibility and of course the lower price [compared to the trashcan, iMac 5k]
Because he would use his potential hackintosh also for his own business, we are concerned about stability. So that's why I'd need help from you guys. I've already got a part list, but I'm not 100% sure about it. Maybe there are options that are more stable and cheaper.
So what I'm looking for is:
- Stability (as far as possible with a hackintosh
- Dualboot with Windows (my dad needs it for business)
- A bit overkill so we don't have to upgrade for at least 4-5 years
- Performance for still image editing at 4K [his camera produces files that are around 100-150 Megabyte big]
- [tiny bit of video editing if he lets me use it, but that's not really important]
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-WIFI + Broadcom BCM94352Z DW1560 (or equivalent)
- CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K, 4x 4.00GHz
- Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB or 32GB
- Storage: 2x Crucial MX300 525GB or 1x Crucial MX300 1TB (depends on dual-boot stability)
- GPU: RX580, RX560 or RX550 if the iGPU can't drive two 4k screens (I'm pretty sure the iGPU can't handle it)