Video and Photo Editing Hackintosh

[Dillweed]

Hey guys. So im a bit new to hackintoshing, but ive put this build together. Ive been looking to build a video editing hackintosh, and this is where im at. Any input or advice on this build would be appreciated. Please keep in mind that this build is already a bit over my original budget


Intel Core i5-4690K

Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H Motherboard

2x G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

EVGA GeForce GT 740 2GB Superclocked Video Card

Silverstone PS07B MicroATX Mini Tower Case

Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

Rosewill RNX-N150UBE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter

Asus VS228H-P 21.5" Monitor ($120.99 @ Amazon)

 

[Stork]

With Hazwell builds, it is extremely important to have memory (model number) that is on the Z97M-D3H Memory Support List (http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4970#dl) and the PSU is clearly rated Haswell "ready" or "certified."

While I can't tell if your memory is supported as you didn't give the G.Skill memory model number, I can tell you that your PSU is not Haswell rated (http://www.corsair.com/en-us/blog/2013/may/haswell-compatibility-with-corsair-power-supplies). This means that your PSU may shut down your system when your Haswell processor drops to it's low idle power which the PSU will interpret as the processor has shut down.

The tonymacx86 Buyer's Guide has a list of recommended memory and PSUs. (Link at the top of this page.)