X79 Build Dual boot

[seandidk]

Had the plan all summer to build a new computer, even bought a 3930k through work and got a good deal on it. Was talking with coworkers and thought about building a hackintosh. Been searching around the forums and I am just complete lost on which hardware to choose.

The list so far is:

Case: Silverstone Fortress FT02B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163162

Motherboard: Don't know which to go with

CPU: Intel Core i7 3930k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold ST85F-G 850w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256067

Memory: 2x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4gb) DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233199

Graphics card: Don't know what to go with need help with this also

CPU heat sink: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608024

DVD/CD Burner: ASUS 24X Bulk Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

HDD: 2x 1tb Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS Sata 6.0 GB/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697

SSD: 1x OCZ Agility 3 240gb for windows, 1x OCZ Agility 3 120GB or 180GB

I really just need help choosing the right motherboard and right graphics card for this build. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[jester969]

You can choose this Asus Sabertooth board below or the Extreme IV:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/golden-builds/50621-asus-x79-sabertooth-core-i7-3960x-successful.html

OR

http://www.tonymacx86.com/golden-bu...page-iv-extreme-core-i7-3930k-successful.html

What are you looking to do with this setup? Editing? Music? Rendering?

Most likely if your are using Adobe apps a 5xx card or 6xx if you are game.

 

[seandidk]

Okay dokey, and what about dual booting. Is it easier to just have both OS's on one SSD or separate the OS's on two two different SSD's?

 

[jester969]

Each OS on separate HDDs/SSDs. It is recommended.

 

[seandidk]

Each OS on separate HDDs/SSDs. It is recommended.

Will chimera show the different OS to boot to? Or would choosing which SSD/HDD to boot in the bios be better option?

 

[djlild7hina]

Will chimera show the different OS to boot to? Or would choosing which SSD/HDD to boot in the bios be better option?

Chimera will allow to you choose which OS to boot into. Just make sure that your SSD/HDD for OSX is set to first and Chimera should handle the rest

 

[dansonman]

Want to use for NLE and Rendering/compressing dual boot supercomp

You can choose this Asus Sabertooth board below or the Extreme IV:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/golden-builds/50621-asus-x79-sabertooth-core-i7-3960x-successful.html

OR

http://www.tonymacx86.com/golden-bu...page-iv-extreme-core-i7-3930k-successful.html

What are you looking to do with this setup? Editing? Music? Rendering?

Most likely if your are using Adobe apps a 5xx card or 6xx if you are game.

which build do you think would do best for my purposes? I am tempted to wait out the thunderbolt compatible builds...