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Hi all!

I was wondering if this would be a possible hackintosh build. I'll need to duel boot windows 8 and mac osx. I'll be using osx for ios app development, photoshop, and after effects and windows for gaming and office. I don't want to get a part that would take forever to make work. I'd need an mATX form factor so that motherboard seemed like the best bang-for-buck board but I'm open to other mATX boards. I just bought the 7950 for my old build so I'd like to keep that. I also will have a secondary HDD for all my games, applications, and mass storage; ssd will be for boot and main applications.

The parts list I have so far is:

CPU Intel Core i7 3930K http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-3930K-Hexa-Core-Processor-Cache/dp/B00603QXPM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369633740&sr=8-1&keywords=3930k
Case Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Obsidian-Performance-Computer-CC-9011029-WW/dp/B00BWLL9MY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633757&sr=1-1&keywords=350d
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Seidon 240M http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Cooling-Heatsink-Radiator/dp/B00B20OYUY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633767&sr=1-1&keywords=seidon+240
SSD Samsung 840 Pro 128GB http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-2-5-Inch-SATA_6_0_gb-MZ-7PD128BW/dp/B009NB8WR0/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633779&sr=1-2&keywords=840+pro
Memory (RAM) G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB DDR3 1866 http://www.amazon.com/G-Skill-PC3-14900-1866MHz-9-10-9-28-Channel/dp/B009V52440/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633797&sr=1-3&keywords=gskill+sniper+1866
MotherBoard ASRock X79 Extreme4-M http://www.amazon.com/ASRock-DDR3-Motherboard-X79-EXTREME4-M/dp/B0062I9ZAU/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633822&sr=1-1&keywords=asrock+x79+extreme-m
PSU EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperNOVA-NEX750B-Certified-120-PB-0750-KR/dp/B009YC3DBS/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633842&sr=1-2&keywords=evga+supernova+750
GPU MSI AMD Radeon HD7950 Twin Frozr http://www.amazon.com/MSI-R7950-TWIN-FROZR-3GD5/dp/B007NG3WR2/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633853&sr=1-1&keywords=msi+7950
 
Hi all!

I was wondering if this would be a possible hackintosh build. I'll need to duel boot windows 8 and mac osx. I'll be using osx for ios app development, photoshop, and after effects and windows for gaming and office. I don't want to get a part that would take forever to make work. I'd need an mATX form factor so that motherboard seemed like the best bang-for-buck board but I'm open to other mATX boards. I just bought the 7950 for my old build so I'd like to keep that. I also will have a secondary HDD for all my games, applications, and mass storage; ssd will be for boot and main applications.

The parts list I have so far is:

CPU Intel Core i7 3930K http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-3930K-Hexa-Core-Processor-Cache/dp/B00603QXPM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369633740&sr=8-1&keywords=3930k
Case Corsair Obsidian 350D Windowed http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Obsidian-Performance-Computer-CC-9011029-WW/dp/B00BWLL9MY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633757&sr=1-1&keywords=350d
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Seidon 240M http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Cooling-Heatsink-Radiator/dp/B00B20OYUY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633767&sr=1-1&keywords=seidon+240
SSD Samsung 840 Pro 128GB http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-2-5-Inch-SATA_6_0_gb-MZ-7PD128BW/dp/B009NB8WR0/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633779&sr=1-2&keywords=840+pro
Memory (RAM) G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB DDR3 1866 http://www.amazon.com/G-Skill-PC3-14900-1866MHz-9-10-9-28-Channel/dp/B009V52440/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633797&sr=1-3&keywords=gskill+sniper+1866
MotherBoard ASRock X79 Extreme4-M http://www.amazon.com/ASRock-DDR3-Motherboard-X79-EXTREME4-M/dp/B0062I9ZAU/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633822&sr=1-1&keywords=asrock+x79+extreme-m
PSU EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperNOVA-NEX750B-Certified-120-PB-0750-KR/dp/B009YC3DBS/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633842&sr=1-2&keywords=evga+supernova+750
GPU MSI AMD Radeon HD7950 Twin Frozr http://www.amazon.com/MSI-R7950-TWIN-FROZR-3GD5/dp/B007NG3WR2/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1369633853&sr=1-1&keywords=msi+7950

It looks like it could possibly be done, but it will probably be a challenge. I did a quick search, and found one successful build based on this motherboard: http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...-dual-nvidia-geforce-gtx-470s-revised-ml.html.
 
Hi did the Cooler Master Seidon 240M work?
 
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