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- Apr 4, 2014
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- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z390-DESIGNARE
- CPU
- i9-9900K
- Graphics
- RX 6900 XT
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
After talking to a family friend during the holidays about the new Mac Pro, and how disappointed he was with the design of it, I told him that I built my own Hackintosh a while back and that I'm super pleased with the results. So now he's asked me to build him one as well to replace his 2006 MacPro. He's 60+ years old and was actually the one who introduced me to the Mac back in 1992 (a 14Mhz LCII to be precise). Even though I'm pretty sure he'll mainly use this new computer for surfing the web, some casual gaming and Photoshop -work, he was very resolut with his request to me that he wants it to be "super fast", and that I basically have unlimited funds to use (he's fairly wealthy) within reasonable limits. I told him I'll be able to build him a Mac Pro Killer for between 2000-3000 euro. He said "go for it".
So, here are the parts I picked that I think will give him the most bang for his buck, with little to no compromise. My main goals are speed in everyday use and reliability.
be quiet! Silent Base 800 BG001 ATX
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00PK3TW3I/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
His main concern with the Mac Pro is the lack of expandability. So I'm thinking this case will suit his needs, and do it quietly.
Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00CUYOSP2/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
I was first thinking about going with a Z97 -board, but after doing a little bit of research I find that a Z87 -board might be a bit more stable and reliable in the end, with little to no difference in usability for him. I built my own cMP with a Z87 which will keep things familiar to me while setting it up as well.
Is this reasoning valid, or are there some core arguments that says I really should go for a Z97 board?
Intel i7-4790K
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00KPRWAX8/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
My thoughts here is to get as good single-core performance as possible. As he won't be doing any super-calculations or heavy graphical work, more cores than 4 won't really make much sense as I see it.
be quiet! BK019 Dark Rock Pro 3
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00HPX7J4K/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Why not?
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 OC 4096MB
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00NZRCHJM/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Looks like this now has full support in Yosemite, right? As you can see further down my plan is to have this drive a 4K display at 60Hz.
Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB (x3)
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B009LI7CTY/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
x2 to drive the OS X Boot drive in RAID 0, and one for Windows 8.1 for dual boot.
Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001, 3TB 7200RPM
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B006KCX0UE/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00CWR3ILC/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Corsair AX760 Watt
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B009Z53CG0/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Optiarc DVD Burner
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B0086ZU8XK/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
TP-Link TL-WDN4800 N900 WLAN
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B007GMPZ0A/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Bluetooth 4.0 USB
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B007ZT2AXE/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Delock PCI Express Karte - FireWire 400/800
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B000RMOC5A/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
ACER B326HK
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00ODRR3T2/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
He loves his Apple 30" cinema display, so I need this to top that one I think It should be able to drive at 4K 60Hz with DP1.2, right?
Would be very grateful if you'd like to comment on this build and let me know if I should change anything, etc. Cheers!
So, here are the parts I picked that I think will give him the most bang for his buck, with little to no compromise. My main goals are speed in everyday use and reliability.
be quiet! Silent Base 800 BG001 ATX
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00PK3TW3I/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
His main concern with the Mac Pro is the lack of expandability. So I'm thinking this case will suit his needs, and do it quietly.
Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00CUYOSP2/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
I was first thinking about going with a Z97 -board, but after doing a little bit of research I find that a Z87 -board might be a bit more stable and reliable in the end, with little to no difference in usability for him. I built my own cMP with a Z87 which will keep things familiar to me while setting it up as well.
Is this reasoning valid, or are there some core arguments that says I really should go for a Z97 board?
Intel i7-4790K
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00KPRWAX8/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
My thoughts here is to get as good single-core performance as possible. As he won't be doing any super-calculations or heavy graphical work, more cores than 4 won't really make much sense as I see it.
be quiet! BK019 Dark Rock Pro 3
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00HPX7J4K/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Why not?
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 980 OC 4096MB
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00NZRCHJM/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Looks like this now has full support in Yosemite, right? As you can see further down my plan is to have this drive a 4K display at 60Hz.
Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB (x3)
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B009LI7CTY/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
x2 to drive the OS X Boot drive in RAID 0, and one for Windows 8.1 for dual boot.
Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001, 3TB 7200RPM
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B006KCX0UE/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00CWR3ILC/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Corsair AX760 Watt
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B009Z53CG0/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Optiarc DVD Burner
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B0086ZU8XK/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
TP-Link TL-WDN4800 N900 WLAN
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B007GMPZ0A/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Bluetooth 4.0 USB
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B007ZT2AXE/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
Delock PCI Express Karte - FireWire 400/800
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B000RMOC5A/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
ACER B326HK
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00ODRR3T2/?tag=tonymacx8603-21
He loves his Apple 30" cinema display, so I need this to top that one I think It should be able to drive at 4K 60Hz with DP1.2, right?
Would be very grateful if you'd like to comment on this build and let me know if I should change anything, etc. Cheers!