my first Hackintosh build

[dtlaon]

my first Hachintosh build

hey guys
i'm new to this forum and to the Hachintosh building
i wanna ask you if the parts that i want to buy are okay for a good Hachintosh
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 LGA1151
Intel Core I5 6600 3.3Ghz 6MB Cache s1151
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz CL10
Gigabyte GTX960 SOC 4GB GDDR5 2xDVI HDMI 3xDP PCI-E
Seagate 1TB Desktop Sata III ST1000DM003
Samsung 850 EVO Series MZ-75E120 120GB SSD SATA III

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TP-Link TL-WN881ND nMax N PCI Express 300Mbps
Corsair 650W 80+ VS650
Corsair Carbide Air 540 High Airflow ATX Cube

my questions are:
1. is it good enough?
2. will i'll be able to dual boot win 8.1 and mac os el capitan on it?
3. do i need to upgrade some of the parts?

thanks to everyone who answers

 

[rwillett]

hey guys
i'm new to this forum and to the Hachintosh building
i wanna ask you if the parts that i want to buy are okay for a good Hachintosh
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 LGA1151
Intel Core I5 6600 3.3Ghz 6MB Cache s1151
Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz CL10
Gigabyte GTX960 SOC 4GB GDDR5 2xDVI HDMI 3xDP PCI-E
Seagate 1TB Desktop Sata III ST1000DM003
Samsung 850 EVO Series MZ-75E120 120GB SSD SATA III

​

TP-Link TL-WN881ND nMax N PCI Express 300Mbps
Corsair 650W 80+ VS650
Corsair Carbide Air 540 High Airflow ATX Cube

my questions are:
1. is it good enough?
2. will i'll be able to dual boot win 8.1 and mac os el capitan on it?
3. do i need to upgrade some of the parts?

thanks to everyone who answers

You need to read the buyers guide and to read through these forums.

Your kit is very new and not very well supported yet. I would suggest you look at the buyers guide and see what actually works easily rather than simply looking at what the newest kit is and cherry picking bits out.

You need to read a lot more and work out what you can do since this is your first build. e.g. everyone things they are brilliant with computers until it comes to editing plist files or working out DSDT files or even simple stuff like command line editing in UNIX. Are you prepared to get to that level of detail for your first build or do you simply want to have it work.

Since we have not idea what you want to do with it, its impossible to say if its good or bad.

However your kit looks lop sided to me as well, regardless of the motherboard. Only 8GB of memory? My old laptop has more than that. A 120GB SSD, for the price get a 256GB or 512GB. Are you gaming or are you doing real work on it?

Your questions demonstrate that you really need to read and read and read this forum again and again. You need to understand what you want to do, then come back and pose a more detailed set of questions.

Rob

 

[dtlaon]

thanks Bob
you right i do need to read more (more then i did)
my use of this machine first of all learning the Mac Os (in Israel most of us use and know only Microsoft) and day to day use and watching movies on it
i only need 8g of ram cause i don't have any video editing or something like that (and in Israel the parts are more expensive then you think)

my last question will be which of the "buyers guide" machines do you think i should buy for every day use and movie watching?

 

[trs96]

my last question will be which of the "buyers guide" machines do you think i should buy for every day use and movie watching?

http://www.tonymacx86.com/building-customac-buyers-guide-october-2015.html#CustoMac_Budget_ATX

If parts are very expensive in Israel then go with the Core I3 cpu. You can also use an H series
motherboard instead of a Z if that cuts costs as well.

 

[rwillett]

I agree with @trs96. Go through the buyers guide and see how much things cost. My knowledge of Israeli IT is zilch and since you have specified no budget, nobody can advise.

Go through the buyers guide and see what you can afford. If all you are doing is simple day to day work, then a low end budget setup is absolutely fine. My mother still uses my old 2006 Mac Mini for all her work, though its stuck on Snow Leopard as its so old. It only has 4GB of RAM but is fine for her.

For anything you choose, check that there is lots of information about it on the website, if you search on the motherboard then there should be dozens and dozens of threads about it with, hopefully, many Golden Builds. This means you have a high confidence it will work easily. Choose new kit or Thunderbolt and you *may* experience pain and anguish.

Rob

 

[dtlaon]

again thank you guys

it is hard for me to tell you my budget because if i'll try to convert it to dollars it will be useless
for example you can buy the Samsung SSD 120GB for 62.50$ (in Amazon) in Israel it's 141$
so as you can see it is hard to even trying and convert it

i see that i can buy the CustoMac from the buyer's list and i only want to know if i can change the GPU to something like Gigabyte GTX 960 Windforce or Evga GTX 960 4GB SC?
don't forget that i want to dual boot it with Windows OS so if you think that i need to change something else i'll love to hear your opinion

 

[trs96]

again thank you guys

i see that i can buy the CustoMac from the buyer's list and i only want to know if i can change the GPU to something like Gigabyte GTX 960 Windforce or Evga GTX 960 4GB SC?
don't forget that i want to dual boot it with Windows OS so if you think that i need to change something else i'll love to hear your opinion

Yes, you can use the GTX 960 if your PSU is 400W or higher. Looks like you were considering
using a 650w previously. Going with a 500W will be plenty for one of those 960's. They don't
draw a lot of current. If your monitor is 1080p don't pay more for the 4GB model. If you want
two monitors or one 1440p or higher then the 4GB version is justified.