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Will my PC hackintosh?

 

Parts are as follows: CPU: i7 4770k GPUs: MSI Twin Frozr 780 (stock PCB) and 780 Classified EVGA (Custom PCB) MOBO: MSI MPOWER MAX z87 PSU: EVGA NEX 750G RAM: AVEXIR CORE 8GB Storage: ADATA SX900 256GB, 3TB Seagate barracuda, and Hitachi 250gb HDD. I am fairly sure that the rest don't matter...

 

If not what is the problem?

Intel Core i7 4770k - 2x Geforce GTX 780 - MSI Z87 MPower Max - Corsair H60 - 8GB Avexir Core Series MPower Yellow + 4gb no-brand DDR3 - Corsair Obsidian 750d - AData XPG SX900 256gb SSD - Seagate Barracuda 3TB (7200 RPM) - Hitachi 250GB 2.5in HDD (3200 RPM) - WD HDD 160GB extracted from iMac via black magic (no specified RPM) - ASUS VG248QE 144HZ 3d Vision Monitor - Logitech G602 - Ducky Shine 3 TKL - AKG 172 HD Headphones - Xperia z2 - Sony Noise canceling earphones -  Nikon D5200 With Bundled Lenses - Windows 7 Home Premium - Blue Snowball iCE - Acer Aspire X with a broken case, AMD A6, and Raijintek Aidos CPU heatsink

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the mobo may or may not, gigabyte are easier to hackintosh 

My Rig  

 
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/kGNksY

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($379.00 @ shopRBC) 

CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK THEMIS 65.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ NCIX) 

Motherboard: MSI CSM-H87M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.83 @ DirectCanada) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($139.99 @ Memory Express) 

Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($71.34 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($92.95 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($298.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($125.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($66.99 @ NCIX) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($116.00 @ shopRBC) 

Case Fan: Cougar Turbine 120 (4-Pack) 60.4 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($23.99 @ NCIX) 

Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($187.11 @ Amazon Canada) 

Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($187.11 @ Amazon Canada) 

Keyboard: Logitech G710 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($114.99 @ NCIX) 

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse  ($76.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Pro Headset  ($78.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Total: $2074.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-10 15:33 EDT-0400Build log http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/303263-the-dell-from-hell/#entry4121100 

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Gta V Pc Online Crew http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/344773-unofficial-linus-tech-tips-gta-v-crew-pc/

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I know you can hackintosh the Z77 Mpower,with a modded bios ( I have tried it personally ), so i don't see why you wouldn't be able to do a hackintosh doing the same with the Z87 Mpower board.

My Sig Rig: "X79 (3970X) -Midas"http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wsjGt6"  "Midas" Build Log - https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/59768-build-log-in-progress-code-name-midas/


"The Riddler" Custom Watercooled H440 Build Log ( in collaboration with my wife @ _TechPuppet_ ) - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/149652-green-h440-special-edition-the-riddler-almost-there/


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Will my PC hackintosh?

 

Parts are as follows: CPU: i7 4770k GPUs: MSI Twin Frozr 780 (stock PCB) and 780 Classified EVGA (Custom PCB) MOBO: MSI MPOWER MAX z87 PSU: EVGA NEX 750G RAM: AVEXIR CORE 8GB Storage: ADATA SX900 256GB, 3TB Seagate barracuda, and Hitachi 250gb HDD. I am fairly sure that the rest don't matter...

 

If not what is the problem?

 

tonymacx86 is an excellent resource for Hackintoshing. They have a monthly Buyer's Guide with lists of components that are known to work with few or no problems.

 

GTX 780 is theoretically compatible with OS X 10.9 (with certain issues regarding CUDA or OpenCL or something don't quite remember) but you may have problems with your 780 Classified because it's not reference (should be fixable though). SLI is compatible.

 

Motherboard would be the biggest problem, finding kexts and/or DSDTs can be really difficult. You might need custom BIOSes and other obscure things. As mentioned above (certain) Gigabyte boards are the best for Hackintoshing because they don't require kexts or DSDTs.

 

Everything else should be fine.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wpEf07mPyvCZYvlKo0YFh7cvi87eYat6dpkqY2arJas/edit?pli=1#

 

This guide might be helpful. I tried the same in Mavericks with a pretty much identical build.
Ended up giving up when I couldnt get my GPU to work. (780)

Running Arch with i3-gaps on a Thinkpad X1 Extreme
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wpEf07mPyvCZYvlKo0YFh7cvi87eYat6dpkqY2arJas/edit?pli=1#

 

This guide might be helpful. I tried the same in Mavericks with a pretty much identical build.

Ended up giving up when I couldnt get my GPU to work. (780)

Thanks, but I gave up on the idea a while back. Perhaps I'll try again now.

Intel Core i7 4770k - 2x Geforce GTX 780 - MSI Z87 MPower Max - Corsair H60 - 8GB Avexir Core Series MPower Yellow + 4gb no-brand DDR3 - Corsair Obsidian 750d - AData XPG SX900 256gb SSD - Seagate Barracuda 3TB (7200 RPM) - Hitachi 250GB 2.5in HDD (3200 RPM) - WD HDD 160GB extracted from iMac via black magic (no specified RPM) - ASUS VG248QE 144HZ 3d Vision Monitor - Logitech G602 - Ducky Shine 3 TKL - AKG 172 HD Headphones - Xperia z2 - Sony Noise canceling earphones -  Nikon D5200 With Bundled Lenses - Windows 7 Home Premium - Blue Snowball iCE - Acer Aspire X with a broken case, AMD A6, and Raijintek Aidos CPU heatsink

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Thanks, but I gave up on the idea a while back. Perhaps I'll try again now.

 

I am going to give it a try tomorrow. 

Running a MSI MPower z77 with an i7 2600. 780 GPU with the stock cooler. 

Trying to hit Yosemite this time.

Running Arch with i3-gaps on a Thinkpad X1 Extreme
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