Video Production Hackintosh

[Stork]

How about buying SSDs? I've heard Mac systems have problems with SSD drives using the LSI Sandforce controller. True? Does this only apply to genuine apple systems only?

Nope! That's BS. I've got a bunch of SanDisk Extremes which use the SandForce controller, and I have seen no problems with them. I've read about problems at MacIntouch.com about Mac installations that had some issues, but the problems were caused by user error. Additionally, some of the newer SSDs are not backward SATA I compatible which the Mac Pro use.

We've tried to do our homework so you don't have to. The Buyer's Guide has good advise for components that will yield a painless integration to have a successful OS X installation. But, you also have to do your homework.

 

[photomathon]

Hi,
I wrote this in the previous forum, but nobody comments, so maybe I'll open a new one.

I'm building my (first) HackPro for video editing, photography workflow and digital content in general purposes ... so I'm figuring out and learning

I already made one mistake, so why not to document my process !

I'm kind of new in these stuff, so I'm reading everything at least three times and very slow. Still in learning mode ... but somehow is fun and "relaxing"

Thank you everyone !!!!

AFTER RESEARCH, this is my final list (July 1, 2014)
please feel free to throw me some advice !!

BitFenix Shinobi *** PURCHASED ***
http://www.bitfenix.com/global/en/products/chassis/shinobi/

Intel i7 4930K CPU
http://ark.intel.com/products/77780​

Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 motherboard
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4288#ov

Trident X 32GB (8x4GB) DDR3 RAM
http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2133c9d-16gtx

EVGA GeForce GTX780 graphic card
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=03G-P4-2781-KR

WD HDD Black 1TB SATA III 7200 rpm 64MB cache
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=760

OCZ Vector 150 240GB SATA III (x2)http://ocz.com/consumer/vector-150-ssd/specifications

Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3
http://www.bequiet.com/en/cpucooler/483

Be Quiet! Silent Wings 2 140mm (top fans)
http://www.bequiet.com/en/casefans/260

Be Quiet! Silent Wings 2 120mm (front and back fans)
http://www.bequiet.com/en/casefans/259

Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 100 - Power supply 1000w
http://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/300

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What do you think?​

... and here are my rookie mistakes

Asus Z97 Pro MotherBoard *** PURCHASED *** TO BE RETURNED -- to many things won't work or fit
http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z97PROWiFi_ac/

Intel i7 4790K CPU
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPRWAX8/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2XPHOKBKODQKA&coliid=I2DWJM3QBJ1ASO

Corsair H80i CPU cooler
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/hydro-series-h80i-high-performance-liquid-cpu-cooler

Corsair H100i CPU cooler
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ZN2NH6/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2XPHOKBKODQKA&coliid=I2LBQM9B4E0AQT&psc=1

G.Skill Trident DDR3-2400 32GB (8GB x 4)
http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2400c10q-32gtx

Gigabyte GiForce GTX 780 Ti Graphics Card
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4890#ov

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 6gb/s HDD - for system, software and storage
http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/desktop-hard-drives/desktop-hdd/?sku=ST2000DM001

OCZ Vertex 450 SSD 128Gb - for scratching video projects
http://ocz.com/consumer/vertex-450-sata-3-ssd

Newtow R3 1000W Power Supply
http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/power-supplies/newton/newton-r3-1000w