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What to change to get hackintosh? (older PC)

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Hello, I have older PC with bad graphic card.. I wanna to change it to hackintosh, will it be possible at all? What should I change to install newest MacOs Sierra?
I certainly will change graphic card, new SSD and maybe RAM uprade. Do you have some recommendations?

Thank you a lot

My budget is about 300-400 eur.

MotherBoard: GIGABYTE X58A-UD3R
Chipset: Intel X58 (Tylersburg 36S) + ICH10R
CPU: Intel Core i7-950
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
RAM: Kingston 9905403-152.A00LF DDR3-1600 / PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM UDIMM 3x2GB
 

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You are OK with the hardware you have, although you might want to consider a new RAM kit with at least 12GB of RAM. You probably will not be able to match what you have so get all new. As you say your GPU is bad, just get any GPU from the Customac Buying Guides for the last 6 years and you will be OK.
 
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Okay, so if I will buy:
GPU: GIGABYTE GTX 750 Ti WindForce 2X OC 4GB
RAM: Crucial 16GB KIT DDR4 2 400 MHz CL16 Ballistix Sport LT Dual Ranked
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

Will it be okay? :)
 

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No, you couldn't even fit DDR4 ram in the slot. Choose your ram from the Gigabyte
QVL which is found here:
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3449#memory support list

Here's the key pts.
  1. 6 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 24 GB of system memory
  2. Dual/3 channel memory architecture
  3. Support for DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules
  4. Support for non-ECC memory modules
I would go with a 1600 or 1333 kit if you can find one. Any kit higher will likely be very expensive.
 

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Okay, so if I will buy:
GPU: GIGABYTE GTX 750 Ti WindForce 2X OC 4GB
RAM: Crucial 16GB KIT DDR4 2 400 MHz CL16 Ballistix Sport LT Dual Ranked
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

Will it be okay? :)
SSD = OK,
GPU = OK,
RAM = go with https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0044YG27I/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

You have to remember you have triple channel memory - you need sets of 3 modules - either 3x4GB or 6x2GB for total of 12GB.
Or you could go with a 6x4GB set, but that seems overkill for an older board like this.
 
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