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Greetings Hackintosh community!
Newbie here and this will be another "will this config work" thread .
I'd like extend my hand and thank you in advance.
I'm considering building a hackintosh that is completely up to date with high specs.. I want a machine for music production (Reason) that is fast, reliable and silent. I want to do this for my home music studio. It is time to upgrade to a power computer rather than wasting time waiting on a new iMac or wasting money on a MBP when I don't need another laptop.
_My budget is between $2000 and $2250.
These are the components I'm considering:
MOTHERBOARD:
Gigabyte SKT-1155 Z77X-UP5-TH ($239.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128559&Tpk=Gigabyte%20Z77X-UP5-TH
PCI-E // FIREWIRE IEEE 1394 :
STARTECH.com FireWire PEX1394B3 3 Port 2b 1a 1394 ($60.90)
www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Express-FireWire-Adapter-PEX1394B3/dp/B000WCT5HK?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20
CPU:
Intel i7 3770K quad-core ivy bridge 3.5GHz ($319.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=4902415&SID=
CPU COOLER:
Corsair Hydro Series H100 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99)
MEMORY:
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) ($85.99)
GPU:
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 660 Ti ($299)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130826&name=Desktop-Graphics-Cards
SSD Mt. Lion x2:
SAMSUNG 830 Series 2.5-Inch 256GB SATA III MLC Internal SSD MZ-7PC256B/WW ($169.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147164&name=Internal-SSD
HDD Storage Mt. Lion:
Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200RPM 2 TB SATA 6 GB/s NCQ 64 MB Cache ($101.93)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834&name=Internal-Hard-Drives
Optical Drives:
Pioneer 12x BD-R 2x BD-RE 16x DVD+R 10x BD-ROM ($89)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129067&name=Blu-Ray-Burners
Sony Optiarc 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW ($17.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118067
PSU:
CORSAIR HX Series HX650 ($94.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139016&Tpk=CORSAIR%20Professional%20Series%20Gold%20750-W%20CMPSU-750AX
Bluetooth:
Targus USB Bluetooth Adapter ($6.99)
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002K6RK0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20
Wifi Card:
TP-Link PCI Express Wifi Adapter (TL-WDN4800) ($34.99)
www.amazon.com/dp/B007GMPZ0A/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20
CASES:
CORSAIR 600T mid tower ($179.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139005
CORSAIR 550D mid tower ($139.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139012
Total = around $1,795
Cheers,
limey
Newbie here and this will be another "will this config work" thread .
I'd like extend my hand and thank you in advance.
I'm considering building a hackintosh that is completely up to date with high specs.. I want a machine for music production (Reason) that is fast, reliable and silent. I want to do this for my home music studio. It is time to upgrade to a power computer rather than wasting time waiting on a new iMac or wasting money on a MBP when I don't need another laptop.
_My budget is between $2000 and $2250.
These are the components I'm considering:
MOTHERBOARD:
Gigabyte SKT-1155 Z77X-UP5-TH ($239.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128559&Tpk=Gigabyte%20Z77X-UP5-TH
PCI-E // FIREWIRE IEEE 1394 :
STARTECH.com FireWire PEX1394B3 3 Port 2b 1a 1394 ($60.90)
www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Express-FireWire-Adapter-PEX1394B3/dp/B000WCT5HK?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20
CPU:
Intel i7 3770K quad-core ivy bridge 3.5GHz ($319.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=4902415&SID=
CPU COOLER:
Corsair Hydro Series H100 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99)
MEMORY:
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) ($85.99)
GPU:
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 660 Ti ($299)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130826&name=Desktop-Graphics-Cards
SSD Mt. Lion x2:
SAMSUNG 830 Series 2.5-Inch 256GB SATA III MLC Internal SSD MZ-7PC256B/WW ($169.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147164&name=Internal-SSD
HDD Storage Mt. Lion:
Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200RPM 2 TB SATA 6 GB/s NCQ 64 MB Cache ($101.93)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834&name=Internal-Hard-Drives
Optical Drives:
Pioneer 12x BD-R 2x BD-RE 16x DVD+R 10x BD-ROM ($89)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129067&name=Blu-Ray-Burners
Sony Optiarc 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW ($17.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118067
PSU:
CORSAIR HX Series HX650 ($94.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139016&Tpk=CORSAIR%20Professional%20Series%20Gold%20750-W%20CMPSU-750AX
Bluetooth:
Targus USB Bluetooth Adapter ($6.99)
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002K6RK0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20
Wifi Card:
TP-Link PCI Express Wifi Adapter (TL-WDN4800) ($34.99)
www.amazon.com/dp/B007GMPZ0A/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20
CASES:
CORSAIR 600T mid tower ($179.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139005
CORSAIR 550D mid tower ($139.99)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139012
Total = around $1,795
Cheers,
limey