Hackintosh Build

[littlepigboy5]

Hey

I am building a hackintosh for my brother for the holidays.  He does some music editing, but that;s it, very light use.  The build is below.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FKCxxr

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FKCxxr/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($185.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.89 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($63.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($40.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $540.80

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-30 21:06 EST-0500

 

is there any way to better optimize the build, or are the parts even compatable with osx.  I want him to run yosemite or the one before that.  My main concerns are if he updates the computer will everything stop working? or will it just not let him update(in case of incompatibility for future updates).  I really can't be doing maintenence on this all the time, so i need to be able to get it up and running, and working for good.  So, are there any better parts for the same amount or less?  and is this compatable?  I would really like somebody who is confident and really knows what there doing that I can troubleshoot with while I am building it.

Thanks,

Gabe

[teddyteddyteddy]

yeah it should work.  here are two places to look if you want more information:

 

http://www.tonymacx86.com/home.php

 

http://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh

[TehTotalPwnage]

Careful not to install OSX 10.9 Yosemite though. You cannot use TRIM for SSDs due to a change in the way kext signing works, which will probably result in the SSD not performing optimally.