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Hey Dudes!!
After much consideration I've decided that I want to move to a Hackintosh for my main computer, however I just wanted make sure that the parts seem compatible and that my interface along with my DAWs and plugins will also be compatible and any snags I should expect to see.
So first the Build:
CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H55 57 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus - ROG Strix Z370-H Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB FTW+ DT GAMING Video Card
Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair - CSM 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - Archer T6E AC1300 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75 CFM 120mm Fan
I've used this guide and part picker to put this together and it seems to all be in check, I wish to Dual boot both windows 10 and hopefully High Sierra or Mojave off of this system using the two SSD's for operating systems, reasons for this is that I have years worth of projects using Logic Pro X, to switch DAW's would be a pain and I'm also incredibly used to OSX for productivity, and I wanna use the windows side for mainly gaming and some production. Along with this I also want to time machine my current mac straight onto this hackintosh build is that do-able or will I have to clean install everything?
The next thing is my interface, I currently own and use a Presonus Audiobox 1818VSL, it's fairly stable on my early 2013 iMac running High Sierra with compatabillity issues coming mainly from presonus themselves, I want to make sure that my interface will work with this setup, it's USB and as a student I don't have that much money to by another interface.
I'm using the latest versions of Logic Pro X and Pro Tools, and using mostly plugins from Waves, Toontrack, Slate Digital ect, So I need to know that my Ilok 2 is going to work on both windows and mac sides.
Other than this I am currently shitting myself a little, thinking about sinking a grand into a hackintosh when it might not work fully how my mac works, especially when I run my business off of it, I'm not the most technically proficient guy and really want this build to work, any words of advice from others out there??
Many thanks
Ryan
After much consideration I've decided that I want to move to a Hackintosh for my main computer, however I just wanted make sure that the parts seem compatible and that my interface along with my DAWs and plugins will also be compatible and any snags I should expect to see.
So first the Build:
CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H55 57 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus - ROG Strix Z370-H Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB FTW+ DT GAMING Video Card
Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair - CSM 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - Archer T6E AC1300 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter
Case Fan: Corsair - ML120 Pro 75 CFM 120mm Fan
I've used this guide and part picker to put this together and it seems to all be in check, I wish to Dual boot both windows 10 and hopefully High Sierra or Mojave off of this system using the two SSD's for operating systems, reasons for this is that I have years worth of projects using Logic Pro X, to switch DAW's would be a pain and I'm also incredibly used to OSX for productivity, and I wanna use the windows side for mainly gaming and some production. Along with this I also want to time machine my current mac straight onto this hackintosh build is that do-able or will I have to clean install everything?
The next thing is my interface, I currently own and use a Presonus Audiobox 1818VSL, it's fairly stable on my early 2013 iMac running High Sierra with compatabillity issues coming mainly from presonus themselves, I want to make sure that my interface will work with this setup, it's USB and as a student I don't have that much money to by another interface.
I'm using the latest versions of Logic Pro X and Pro Tools, and using mostly plugins from Waves, Toontrack, Slate Digital ect, So I need to know that my Ilok 2 is going to work on both windows and mac sides.
Other than this I am currently shitting myself a little, thinking about sinking a grand into a hackintosh when it might not work fully how my mac works, especially when I run my business off of it, I'm not the most technically proficient guy and really want this build to work, any words of advice from others out there??
Many thanks
Ryan