Just throwing this out there. Is there any point in making a hackintosh now that Apple are using the M1 & 2 chips? Or is it still a viable option?
There's no value proposition to hackintosh whatsoever. And maybe there never was. That's debatable at best.
If your time has no money value, and you enjoy tinkering, and presumably you like something about macOS, you can put together a spec-sheet for about 20% less parts price than a Mac, mostly because of Apple's premiums on storage.
Buuutt... Due to recent deep architecture changes, it's becoming difficult to compare suitability for a purpose based on parts lists, because key Mac features and performance depend on relationships to specific Mac HW. They always have actually but now more than ever.
The HW gap was narrow a few years ago and you could hop over it. The gap is much widening since AppleSi and this looks like a trend.
Understanding both features and performance across the 3 platforms (if you include Linux) now requires true expertise. Complex.
I happen to like using Mac best for my routine work: it feels familiar and steady. I always felt it's more sane, but I can't justify this belief. I meet people all the time who think this is crazy.
I also love goofing around with the kit, especially the niggling little idiosyncrasies that drive me crazy. I cross boot Windows and Ubuntu just to keep in touch with what's going on in those realms. But any time I spend in those environments dissuades me from switching my daily drive over.
OTOH I think there's very little I care about that can't be done on any of the 3. Each is it's own culture. Windows always feels the stupidest.
One HW-related feature of Mac I find completely delightful is Airdrop. Simple feature with seeming value far beyond its minor nature. It's gorgeous when you can stop thinking through networking and put data between devices with a tap.
Over a long career in computing, I'm very wary of any convenience that leads to lock in or dependence on a corp service. If I do it, like Gmail, it's because I completely clear about my need for the service and its limits. So for example, Airdrop works whether or not I sign in to icloud. I don't use any icloud services except authentication. When devices are signed in, Airdrop works more smoothly because I don't have to confirm the xfer. But it still is great without it. These little Apple creeping conveniences are sane and tempting, but I see them as a slippery slope. But Apple is careful to not alienate me for not being a joiner. I like that.
I think another genius invention is imessage. Great stuff.
My number 1 concern is mastery over my own data and I use care to protect it and avoid dependencies on 3rd parties that could jeopardize my data.
Yet I still live in fear on one hand because there are so many ways to go wrong, and bewilderment on the other, because in the scheme of life data becomes a burden that often is not worth the effort to conserve. I'm getting off course here, but I think we haven't yet confronted a profound aspect of digital life, which is data baggage.
Back on track: for me in 2021, an i9 fell into my lap while a trusty 2008 Mac Pro is very long in the tooth. So I built a hack, and it was a huge pain, but it worked out. It's prolly cost $20,000 in time. Completely ridiculous. I would not recommend to anyone. But it's been fun (how perverse is this my god).
If you're sane you'll get a properly fitted Studio and get to work.