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Fellow Hackintoshers,
Back in 2013 I built my first Hackintosh for a combination of gaming, photo and video editing for me and complex spatial and statistical analyses in Matlab for my fiancée (https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...ld-core-i7-3770k-ga-z77x-ud5h-32gb-ram.97230/). It continues to perform my tasks very well, but on a surprising number of occasions (all when using Matlab) my fiancée was able to completely max out the system (even 32Gb of RAM). Not only that, but it has become clear to me that the kinds of analyses she runs would benefit from many more physical cores even if the individual cores are slower.
Based on discussions with her about her needs, I have come up with the following lists of desirable features and products that I think (based on reading the forums here and elsewhere) should be compatible.
Features:
·Compact (we have limited space, so any new computer must be small; I also like the idea of a portable server and enjoy a challenge)
·Lots of cores. Based on my reading, additional logical cores from hyperthreading do not increase efficiency of parallelized code in Matlab; only physical cores (according to her, CUDA parallelization is not appropriate for her work).
·Lots of RAM. I doubt performance would increase as much compared to our existing computer if the RAM/core is dramatically lower.
·SSD boot drive. I really like the mSATA drive on our current computer.
·Minimal graphics capabilities are required. After setup, we will probably hide this somewhere out of the way and use remote access to work with it. For setup I would probably use an existing card.
Components:
·CPU: Xeon E5 2630 V4 (10-core)
·Motherboard: GA-X99M-Gaming 5 (MicroATX for compactness)
·64GB (4 x 16GB), Quad channel DDR4-2133: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
·Case: SilverStone SG12 (tiny case but still fits microATX board and ATX PSU)
·Cooler: Noctua NH-L12 (low profile; suitable for TDP up to 95W; CPU is 85W)
·M.2 boot drive: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB M.2
·PSU: Corsair CS550M
·Wifi adapter: TPLink TL-WDN4800
I beLIEVE that these components should all work together, although I expect that completing the build would be considerably more difficult than my first one. I’ve already started bookmarking specific guides that should help.
Does anyone have any feedback on this build? Have I overlooked a fundamental incompatibility? I think the most out-there aspects are the case (very small; will this create extraordinary cooling challenges?) and CPU cooler. I realize a larger case would be considerably easier to assemble and probably easier to manage thermally.
Thanks in advance!
Back in 2013 I built my first Hackintosh for a combination of gaming, photo and video editing for me and complex spatial and statistical analyses in Matlab for my fiancée (https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...ld-core-i7-3770k-ga-z77x-ud5h-32gb-ram.97230/). It continues to perform my tasks very well, but on a surprising number of occasions (all when using Matlab) my fiancée was able to completely max out the system (even 32Gb of RAM). Not only that, but it has become clear to me that the kinds of analyses she runs would benefit from many more physical cores even if the individual cores are slower.
Based on discussions with her about her needs, I have come up with the following lists of desirable features and products that I think (based on reading the forums here and elsewhere) should be compatible.
Features:
·Compact (we have limited space, so any new computer must be small; I also like the idea of a portable server and enjoy a challenge)
·Lots of cores. Based on my reading, additional logical cores from hyperthreading do not increase efficiency of parallelized code in Matlab; only physical cores (according to her, CUDA parallelization is not appropriate for her work).
·Lots of RAM. I doubt performance would increase as much compared to our existing computer if the RAM/core is dramatically lower.
·SSD boot drive. I really like the mSATA drive on our current computer.
·Minimal graphics capabilities are required. After setup, we will probably hide this somewhere out of the way and use remote access to work with it. For setup I would probably use an existing card.
Components:
·CPU: Xeon E5 2630 V4 (10-core)
·Motherboard: GA-X99M-Gaming 5 (MicroATX for compactness)
·64GB (4 x 16GB), Quad channel DDR4-2133: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
·Case: SilverStone SG12 (tiny case but still fits microATX board and ATX PSU)
·Cooler: Noctua NH-L12 (low profile; suitable for TDP up to 95W; CPU is 85W)
·M.2 boot drive: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB M.2
·PSU: Corsair CS550M
·Wifi adapter: TPLink TL-WDN4800
I beLIEVE that these components should all work together, although I expect that completing the build would be considerably more difficult than my first one. I’ve already started bookmarking specific guides that should help.
Does anyone have any feedback on this build? Have I overlooked a fundamental incompatibility? I think the most out-there aspects are the case (very small; will this create extraordinary cooling challenges?) and CPU cooler. I realize a larger case would be considerably easier to assemble and probably easier to manage thermally.
Thanks in advance!