Torn between two paths.

[Broses]

Hi everyone! I have been on this site a lot in the last 3 months trying to decide what my build is going to be for my hackintosh pro.... But I have run into a problem. I do not know where to go from here, so I hope you guys can help out in finalizing this for me!

So originally I was hoping for a beastly 6 core, 64gb ram, 500gb ssd +3tb hdd, 4 tb, 1080 build. But then I realised there's a lot of that in the hackintosh world that just can't go together, specifically the 4 thunderbolts and the 1080... So now I was deciding between one of two things. BOTH Builds will end up having:
-I can get an OC gtx 970 4GB from a friend for like 100, so I was going to keep that as my card until I can get a 1080 in the build.
-Ballistix Sport LT 64GB Kit (16GBx4) DDR4 2400 MT/s
-2x Samsung 500gb SSDs/1TB Samsung SSD/3tb Seagate HDD.

Now here is where the builds deviate. I can either get a TB supported z87 Motherboard, with i7-6700K with the TB extension to get 1 thunderbolt to work on the build.
OR
I can get either a 6 core processor (also torn on if it should be a 5820k or 6850K) and which motherboard would be optimal for that.

I mostly do video editing, and rendering, this is my job. So I will be using it a lot.

So guys, any advice? In both cases this build is only lasting about a year until I do the 1080 upgrade and change out the motherboard and CPU for the eventual TB support coming, because I optimally want 2 TBs AT LEAST, in the future. But for now I can live without it, they aren't a necessity. And I know that either 6 core will be more powerful for rendering, but how much more powerful is the question? Because I have not seen anyone build a recent 6 core hackintosh, why is that?

Money is only somewhat an object.

 

[pastrychef]

I can either get a TB supported z87 Motherboard, with i7-6700K with the TB extension to get 1 thunderbolt to work on the build.

Z87 motherboard will not work with an i7-6700K CPU. Here is a list of CPUs that will work with Z87:
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Intel_(chipsets)/Z87.html

I can get either a 6 core processor (also torn on if it should be a 5820k or 6850K) and which motherboard would be optimal for that.

The 6850K is much more powerful than the 5820K.

The 5820K CPU will work with Haswell-E motherboards.

The 6850K CPU will work with Broadwell-E motherboards.

Here are some people who have done 5820K builds:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/search/654071/?q=5820k&o=date&c[title_only]=1&c[node]=28

 

[Broses]

Z87 motherboard will not work with an i7-6700K CPU. Here is a list of CPUs that will work with Z87:
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Intel_(chipsets)/Z87.html



The 6850K is much more powerful than the 5820K.

The 5820K CPU will work with Haswell-E motherboards.

The 6850K CPU will work with Broadwell-E motherboards.

Here are some people who have done 5820K builds:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/search/654071/?q=5820k&o=date&c[title_only]=1&c[node]=28

DOH! Haha...Oops, I took from the wrong spreadsheet, back when I was just brainstorming ideas. My bad on that one. (with the z87 and 6700k.)
So for video editing and rendering in 4k, should I make the jump for the 6 core CPUs? And how much better do you estimate the 6850k would be in comparison to the 5820k. (And it is hackintosh-compatible to make a 6850k, right?)

Thank you for your reply by the way!

(Slowly cries in corner... RIP Neji. You were always my favourite. </3)

 

[pastrychef]

Sorry, I don't do any video editing and am not qualified to answer whether 6 cores would be beneficial.

I think the 6850K is substantially better than the 5820K. It's a generation newer and clocked higher.

Trying to install OS X on either the 5820K or 6850K will probably be considerably more difficult than with a 6700K. That's why you see far fewer success stories in the User Builds and Golden Builds sub-forums.