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- Jan 7, 2013
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Hey guys.. Still haven't fronted up the cash to get the hardware yet as I want to lay it all out first.
Looking at the following setup:
The motherboard in that list isn't the one I am planning on getting, it was just a placeholder. I have read that the easiest way to go for a first system is a GA-Z77-DS3H.. Unfortunately I can only buy one off ebay as that mobo is either discontinued from my country (australia) or just extremely hard to find. American PC hardware sites also don't like to post to other countries which is a pain..
I am also looking at the Corsair H70 hydro cooler for the CPU, as I plan to do some OC'ing.
I plan to have this system setup as a dual boot (mac for my music production hobby, windows for games). I will probably get another SSD to hold the other OS once I have Mountain Lion working correctly.
If any of you see an issue with compatibility that I don't see, I would love to hear your feedback.
My main question is however: I plan on using the mDP on my late 2009 27" iMac as my primary/only display for the hackintosh. Do you think that 2GB of vRAM, and the nVidia GTX680 is sufficient to run a modern game (specifically an upcoming MMO, and possibly Black Ops 2) at the native 27" resolution of 2560x1440, or will I have to look at using a dual GPU setup? I understand that this kind of resolution is quite taxing, and I don't want to resort to sacrificing AA or lighting settings etc in order to play at this resolution.
Cheers in advance
Marc
Looking at the following setup:
The motherboard in that list isn't the one I am planning on getting, it was just a placeholder. I have read that the easiest way to go for a first system is a GA-Z77-DS3H.. Unfortunately I can only buy one off ebay as that mobo is either discontinued from my country (australia) or just extremely hard to find. American PC hardware sites also don't like to post to other countries which is a pain..
I am also looking at the Corsair H70 hydro cooler for the CPU, as I plan to do some OC'ing.
I plan to have this system setup as a dual boot (mac for my music production hobby, windows for games). I will probably get another SSD to hold the other OS once I have Mountain Lion working correctly.
If any of you see an issue with compatibility that I don't see, I would love to hear your feedback.
My main question is however: I plan on using the mDP on my late 2009 27" iMac as my primary/only display for the hackintosh. Do you think that 2GB of vRAM, and the nVidia GTX680 is sufficient to run a modern game (specifically an upcoming MMO, and possibly Black Ops 2) at the native 27" resolution of 2560x1440, or will I have to look at using a dual GPU setup? I understand that this kind of resolution is quite taxing, and I don't want to resort to sacrificing AA or lighting settings etc in order to play at this resolution.
Cheers in advance
Marc