First Hackintosh, Need to Lower The Price

[MasonWho]

I'm going to be building my first Hackintosh soon. I made a Amazon wish list of the build I want, but the price is about $200 to high. It's mostly for gaming so I need the same GPU, but the that's the only I want to stay the same, everything else can changed to lower the price. Thanks for any help.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/FIPM5J945JW5/ref=topnav_lists_2

 

[Going Bald]

Swap the board to the DS3H http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Intel-1155-Motherboard-GA-Z77-DS3H/dp/B007R21JWC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347284057&sr=8-1&keywords=ga-z77-ds3h and the PSU for http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-500-Watt-Certified-Compatible-Platforms/dp/B005UBNN8K/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1347284296&sr=1-6&keywords=corsair+500w+power+supply and throw away the Win7 for now and that ought to get you $200

 

[klimshady]

Get a 120GB SSD for OS. You can always slam in another further down the line. Downgrade 650 to a 550W PSU. Start with stock cooling, and don't OC until you can afford cooling later down the line (you probably won't need to straight away!).

My 2 cents worth.

 

[MasonWho]

Get a 120GB SSD for OS. You can always slam in another further down the line. Downgrade 650 to a 550W PSU. Start with stock cooling, and don't OC until you can afford cooling later down the line (you probably won't need to straight away!).

My 2 cents worth.

Thanks for the help, I saw you have the GPU that I want do you recommend it?

 

[MasonWho]

Thanks for the help. Will I be losing any thing by using the Motherboard?

 

[Going Bald]

Thanks for the help. Will I be losing any thing by using the Motherboard?

assuming you mean the DS3H, you lose a pair of SATA ports driven by a Marvell chip that is unsupported i OS X anyway, a Display Port, a second LAN out, a bunch of USB3.0 that may not work and a PCI x1 slot.

 

[klimshady]

Not sure yet! I'm installing everything tomorrow, so i'll let you know. I've heard awesome reviews though! Fingers crossed!!