First ever build!

[hayhay7789]

Hi guys, I am building my first PC for Hackintosh. I want to make this system a dual-boot OS 10.latest version, and Windows 8/10 system. Windows 10/8 for gaming on windows-only games like GTA V, Payday 2, Space Engineers, Fallout 4, Arma 3, Cities Skylines, etc., and OS X for everything else. I want this system to be as compatible with Hackintosh/OS X as possible, so it will be relatively quick and easy to set up with everything working.

I have assembled two builds for this, one of which contains a GTX 970, one of which contains a GTX 980. You may notice the CPU coolers have changed between the two builds, that's for cost saving measures... no way would I ever overclock to what i want to on this cooler (i hope to reach at least 4 GHz, hopefully higher). if I got the 980 I wouldn't overclock very much if at all until I got the same cooler in the 970 build, the Kraken x61.

Also, I have a couple questions. Would I have to set everything back up all over again if I updated my BIOS, or a driver, or updated OS X? I think I remember reading somewhere that software updates on Hackintosh are very very difficult because they break almost everything!

All currency is in Canadian and the prices are terrible because of the exchange rate, only 70 cents CAD to USD or something like that

Please offer any cheaper parts, more compatible parts, or any other advice you have for this!

edit: Also I already own storage, and do not need to buy more.

GTX 970
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CPU:Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($346.55)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($159.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($149.99)
Memory:Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($56.98)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($444.99)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($98.05)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.98)
Total: $1310.54 CAD

GTX 980

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($344.25)
CPU Cooler:Cooler Master Hyper T2 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($20.98)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($149.99)
Memory: ]Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($56.75)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card ($755.00)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case[/url] ($98.05)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.98)
Total: $1480.00 CAD


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Thanks guys.

 

[trs96]

What about storage ? An SSD for a boot drive, 1T HDD for games. Looks like you'll
need both of those to complete your potential build.

 

[hayhay7789]

Oops, I should have mentioned that I already own storage and do not need to buy more.