Need help planning new hackingtosh Workstation \w partial gaming

[fatfattie]

Hello,

I've finally came here and get active. I'm mainly a programmer and doing Frontend, so macOS is the best fit for my work.

Don't try to get me into Linux, I'll use it for servers, it's not working as development OS for me. I especially can't take a whole week off in case something breaks for stupid reasons.

I've been a long time AMD fan, but had to resort to Intel due to gaming and osx's hardware compatabillity in the past.

 

That being said, I'm not that into Hardware anymore. That's why I could need some suggestions on my plans.

I'm looking for a in-between of a budget build and something I'll be happy for many years. I'm planning to buy over time, so bidding (or alike) is an option for me, this is also why I wouldn't give a fixed budget limit.

I'm from Germany.

 

Additionally, I've been watching both Linus's videos on Hackingtosh's. Virtualization seems to be a very nice option as I can simply switch from osx to windows to play some csgo.

But: I can't say if the couple cores for the host would bother me. I'm working a lot with node/js and really could need the cores and ram for efficient development.

I also needs spare ressources for:

- every common Browser open (+ vscode, gitkraken)

- Mac's "Simulator"

- Android Studio's VM's

for testing purposes.

 

Most day's I'm comitted on either mac or windows, but I have days where I need to switch quickly around.

I'm not sure if virtualization would give me the productivity boost, especially if both OSes are installed on something reasonably fast.

I'm currently okay with grabbing another cup of coffee when rebooting from OSX to Windows (and the other way around).

 

I've got some Requirements due to my work:

- at least osx needs to run from an nvme (first investment, I've gotten myself a 970 EVO from Samsung)

- I'll need to plug in at least two of my SSD's for short-term storage (Projects/Most played games)

- I've got four normal HDD's (2x 1.5TB, 2x 500GB) that'll be long-term storage (Mostly large designs/raw assets files)

- My 96KHz soundcard should continue to function

- Besides Gaming, it'll be nice if I _could_ do some hefty 3D work on OSX

 

I'd be really happy if after all that, I still have some SATA connections left, for things like a BlueRay Drive (I still watch Videos off of my disks from time to time)

I don't care about LED's on my PC, I'll be more than happy if it's just a plain black or white Box. But I'd like to try water cooling it, never done that.

 

It might also be good to mention that my PC is everything I have, I'm heavily using the SteamLink to use my PC on my 4k TV.

I also have an switch to toggle from my 3 screens to a 4k output. This is then split up, one is for the TV, another just duplicates the contents on my primary 1080p screen (in case I need to configure things, the TV is in another room).

 

My main concern is actually trying to use a threadripper, but a fully working hackingtosh is a must-have for me.

I won't buy an official Apple computer personally, so I'm willing to take a more difficult route, but I need something verified before hand.

I've already wasted couple of bucks on hardware that wasn't compatible with OSX already.

 

The PC I'll be writing this post on is planned to be used as Server, for personal and company backups.

 

Thanks for reading so far. I'll be happy to hear your suggestions.

The best would be if Anthony is either doing a comprehensive Tutorial, or can provide some nice reads on how I'll be able to achieve OSX's installation.

[lieder1987]

Can I ask if you are using your hackintosh for a legitimate business? I am just curious because I always find it interesting that people would use something technically against the TOS of the product they are using for a company. You are not the first or the last one I expect to see I am just curious.

[fatfattie]

20 minutes ago, lieder1987 said:

Can I ask if you are using your hackintosh for a legitimate business? I am just curious because I always find it interesting that people would use something technically against the TOS of the product they are using for a company. You are not the first or the last one I expect to see I am just curious.

It's a personal build. It will be used for business work, yes, but only when I'm working from Home, or the MacBook I have at work won't be fast enough for various things.

 

We're a startup, we don't want to be working against the TOS, but this build is also used for various experimental work, e.g. Docker.

We've all seen that Apple is kind of slow with getting new Hardware out. It's nice that they updated that now, but we don't know what Apple's future holds.

 

And this is my most criticial point beside's the fact that I'm too cheap for these prices. In a business environment, we can accept this, but not for private use and tinkering around.

 

EDIT:

When we have found something that works for us, we'll be able to optimize it for the Devices our co-workers have (which all meet the TOS), but as I said, in a testing environment I want to be able to have a lot of things running smoothly next to each other without taking up a lot of my time.

[Herman Mcpootis]

discussing hackintoshes isn't allowed here, btw. maybe try asking another forum for that.

[lieder1987]

42 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

discussing hackintoshes isn't allowed here, btw. maybe try asking another forum for that.

It is now, it is okay.

 

1 hour ago, fatfattie said:

It's a personal build. It will be used for business work, yes, but only when I'm working from Home, or the MacBook I have at work won't be fast enough for various things.

 

We're a startup, we don't want to be working against the TOS, but this build is also used for various experimental work, e.g. Docker.

We've all seen that Apple is kind of slow with getting new Hardware out. It's nice that they updated that now, but we don't know what Apple's future holds.

 

And this is my most criticial point beside's the fact that I'm too cheap for these prices. In a business environment, we can accept this, but not for private use and tinkering around.

 

EDIT:

When we have found something that works for us, we'll be able to optimize it for the Devices our co-workers have (which all meet the TOS), but as I said, in a testing environment I want to be able to have a lot of things running smoothly next to each other without taking up a lot of my time.

Fair points. Like I said, no judgment just curious.

[celerystruct]

4 hours ago, fatfattie said:

for things like a BlueRay Drive

Don't bother, just get an external one or better yet invest in a separate blu-ray player. You'll limit your case options and it'll potentially get in the way of water cooling if you get an internal one and you need to pay for software to get it to play blu-ray properly. Much easier to just buy a 4k player for like $100-$160 or if you just need regular non-4k blu-ray you can get one for as low as $40 bucks.

[VEXICUS]

3 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

discussing hackintoshes isn't allowed here, btw. maybe try asking another forum for that.

Hackintosh discussions are allowed now.

 

Have a look at new updated policy..

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