Work Station Hackintosh

[colec18]

So I am going to be building a work station for my dad for under 2000 USD. He is a professional photographer and editor. He mainly uses Photoshop and other Adobe products, also he needs a work station grade GPU such as a Quadro or FirePro. Here is the build I have planned:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yGDXFT

 

Also he wants to use Mac OSX as he has always used it and is familiar with it.

I found this Z77 Mobo which is specifically for Mac and has several ports that he needs like Firewire 800:\

http://quocomputer.com/product-category/motherboard/

 

So I was wondering if this motherboard is a good Idea because it is last gen? but it does claim easy hackintoshing and has the ports he needs.

 

Also is there a better Mac compatible GPU that he could get?

 

Also he already has a pro photo monitor, keyboard and mouse and is upgrading from a 2006 Mac Pro tower.

[the jolly roger]

holy shit that card expensive, maybe look at something like a gtx titan, i dont know much about it but from some of Linus's videos he says it has workstation features, and it is not worth it for gaming

 

NVM the titan is 1000$

[ERSCreeper]

Everything looks good except the motherboard

[colec18]

Everything looks good except the motherboard

Yeah I don't love that motherboard but it does have some important ports like Firewire that he needs.

Do you know of any comparably priced motherboards that have firewire and thunderbolt and are Hackintosh compatible that he might be able to buy instead?

[ERSCreeper]

Yeah I don't love that motherboard but it does have some important ports like Firewire that he needs.

Do you know of any comparably priced motherboards that have firewire and thunderbolt and are Hackintosh compatible that he might be able to buy instead?

You are not going to find a motherboard with Firewire and Thunderbolt at that price. I would recommend another board and buy an addon card for both Firewire and Thunderbolt.

[colec18]

You are not going to find a motherboard with Firewire and Thunderbolt at that price. I would recommend another board and buy an addon card for both Firewire and Thunderbolt.

Ok I was thinking about that, also what 4th or 5th gen Intel CPUs would work with OSX?

[ERSCreeper]

Ok I was thinking about that, also what 4th or 5th gen Intel CPUs would work with OSX?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($286.94 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($81.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($287.98 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: PNY Quadro 4000 2GB Video Card  ($623.24 @ Amazon) 

Case: Fractal Design Define Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($99.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Fractal Design Tesla R2 500W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.98 @ Directron) 

Total: $1498.10

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-12 13:41 EST-0500

 

That gives you $500 for Addon cards.

[colec18]

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($286.94 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($81.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($287.98 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: PNY Quadro 4000 2GB Video Card  ($623.24 @ Amazon) 

Case: Fractal Design Define Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($99.99 @ NCIX US) 

Power Supply: Fractal Design Tesla R2 500W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  ($55.98 @ Directron) 

Total: $1498.10

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-12 13:41 EST-0500

 

That gives you $500 for Addon cards.

 

Ok Thank you,

I think his final build will be something like that.

[ERSCreeper]

Ok Thank you,

I think his final build will be something like that.

Yeah that should all work without a problem, I don't know much about Firewire and Thunderbolt since I will never need them.

 

Also you will need to use GraphicsEnabler=Yes for the Quadro.