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Hi. I'm building my first hackintosh and I have put together a part list, but before ordering, I wanted to do one final check to make sure everything's compatible with OS X 10.11. If you notice anything incompatible here, please let me know!

 

 
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1 minute ago, cocolde said:

Hi. I'm building my first hackintosh and I have put together a part list, but before ordering, I wanted to do one final check to make sure everything's compatible with OS X 10.11. If you notice anything incompatible here, please let me know!

 

 

 
Component   Selection Base Promo Shipping Tax Price Where  
CPU 47922a245db0ece527a153dda3ae5cea.med.256 $279.99   Free two-day shipping with Amazon Prime   $279.99 Amazon Buy
Motherboard 8c2168c85c1fe63aaff53647578585dd.med.256 $111.99       $111.99 SuperBiiz Buy
Memory b1edfb7ab6e9ac419f5b61ecb5d45572.med.256 $51.99   FREE   $51.99 Newegg Buy
Storage 5b7e8c4d0946f34f06dd4110f0b4a23f.med.256         $58.21    
  cfae225dd3e43bf766ab1468189a4703.thumb.2         $39.00    
Case a32af25c1373521c2b3c50fca8fa11d1.med.256 $44.99 -$15.00 FREE   $29.99 Newegg Buy
$15.00 mail-in rebate
 
Power Supply 6ad878421b196e271ae00e154150275d.256p.jp $32.99       $32.99 SuperBiiz Buy
Operating System   Mac OS X 10.11         $0.00    
Monitor   Sanyo ~16 1/2" Television Display w/ Built-in Speakers           (Purchased)  
Keyboard cdb5d39ef011b8e20666efffcc737ff5.256p.jp         $15.00    
Mouse 92d3e604f61abb2d8b79e58c262105e5.med.256         $20.00

so first thing Get a i7 4790k z97 mobo And then it should work most xeons won't work or boot and get like a gt 740

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K | Ram: 16GB Corsair LPX 3000 DDR4 | Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390 | GPU: EVGA RTX2080 XC | 960 EVO Samsung 500GB M.2 | 850 EVO Samsung 250GB M.2 | Samsung 1TB QVO SSD | 1TB HDD WD Blue 

Laptop: Dell XPS 13 2 in 1 9370 | I7 1065G7 | 32GB DDR4 | 1TB SSD |

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2 minutes ago, cocolde said:

Hi. I'm building my first hackintosh and I have put together a part list, but before ordering, I wanted to do one final check to make sure everything's compatible with OS X 10.11. If you notice anything incompatible here, please let me know!

 

 

 
Component   Selection Base Promo Shipping Tax Price Where  
CPU 47922a245db0ece527a153dda3ae5cea.med.256 $279.99   Free two-day shipping with Amazon Prime   $279.99 Amazon Buy
Motherboard 8c2168c85c1fe63aaff53647578585dd.med.256 $111.99       $111.99 SuperBiiz Buy
Memory b1edfb7ab6e9ac419f5b61ecb5d45572.med.256 $51.99   FREE   $51.99 Newegg Buy
Storage 5b7e8c4d0946f34f06dd4110f0b4a23f.med.256         $58.21    
  cfae225dd3e43bf766ab1468189a4703.thumb.2         $39.00    
Case a32af25c1373521c2b3c50fca8fa11d1.med.256 $44.99 -$15.00 FREE   $29.99 Newegg Buy
$15.00 mail-in rebate
 
Power Supply 6ad878421b196e271ae00e154150275d.256p.jp $32.99       $32.99 SuperBiiz Buy
Operating System   Mac OS X 10.11         $0.00    
Monitor   Sanyo ~16 1/2" Television Display w/ Built-in Speakers           (Purchased)  
Keyboard cdb5d39ef011b8e20666efffcc737ff5.256p.jp         $15.00    
Mouse 92d3e604f61abb2d8b79e58c262105e5.med.256         $20.00

also get a 450watt psu 

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K | Ram: 16GB Corsair LPX 3000 DDR4 | Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390 | GPU: EVGA RTX2080 XC | 960 EVO Samsung 500GB M.2 | 850 EVO Samsung 250GB M.2 | Samsung 1TB QVO SSD | 1TB HDD WD Blue 

Laptop: Dell XPS 13 2 in 1 9370 | I7 1065G7 | 32GB DDR4 | 1TB SSD |

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1 minute ago, cocolde said:

what about an i5-4460?

I am not 100% sure on the i5s but i know for sure the i7 4790k works let me double check that i5

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K | Ram: 16GB Corsair LPX 3000 DDR4 | Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390 | GPU: EVGA RTX2080 XC | 960 EVO Samsung 500GB M.2 | 850 EVO Samsung 250GB M.2 | Samsung 1TB QVO SSD | 1TB HDD WD Blue 

Laptop: Dell XPS 13 2 in 1 9370 | I7 1065G7 | 32GB DDR4 | 1TB SSD |

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3 minutes ago, cocolde said:

what about an i5-4460?

yeah sadly the i5 will not work. :( and the igpu could not work maybe so get a cheap gpu if u need it get a gt 640 or 750ti

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K | Ram: 16GB Corsair LPX 3000 DDR4 | Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390 | GPU: EVGA RTX2080 XC | 960 EVO Samsung 500GB M.2 | 850 EVO Samsung 250GB M.2 | Samsung 1TB QVO SSD | 1TB HDD WD Blue 

Laptop: Dell XPS 13 2 in 1 9370 | I7 1065G7 | 32GB DDR4 | 1TB SSD |

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1 minute ago, cocolde said:

Is it just all i5's or a specific family of i5's?

Most i5s i think look at tonymac x86

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K | Ram: 16GB Corsair LPX 3000 DDR4 | Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390 | GPU: EVGA RTX2080 XC | 960 EVO Samsung 500GB M.2 | 850 EVO Samsung 250GB M.2 | Samsung 1TB QVO SSD | 1TB HDD WD Blue 

Laptop: Dell XPS 13 2 in 1 9370 | I7 1065G7 | 32GB DDR4 | 1TB SSD |

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15 minutes ago, cocolde said:

what about an i5-4460?

The i5 4460 works, I don't know why @Killstreak said it doesn't.

✨PC Specs✨

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X | MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus | 16GB Team T-Force 3400MHz | Zotac GTX 1080 AMP EXTREME

BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | NZXT 750W | Phanteks Eclipse P400A

Extras: ASUS Zephyrus G14 (2021) | OnePlus 7 Pro | Fully restored Robosapien V2, Omnibot 2000, Omnibot 5402

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Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

The i5 4460 works, I don't know why @Killstreak said it doesn't.

I am not 100% sure.. I don't hackntosh 

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K | Ram: 16GB Corsair LPX 3000 DDR4 | Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390 | GPU: EVGA RTX2080 XC | 960 EVO Samsung 500GB M.2 | 850 EVO Samsung 250GB M.2 | Samsung 1TB QVO SSD | 1TB HDD WD Blue 

Laptop: Dell XPS 13 2 in 1 9370 | I7 1065G7 | 32GB DDR4 | 1TB SSD |

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Just now, Killstreak said:

I am not 100% sure.. I don't hackntosh 

Ok, most websites I visited said the i5 4460 works and some are running off a 4460.

✨PC Specs✨

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X | MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus | 16GB Team T-Force 3400MHz | Zotac GTX 1080 AMP EXTREME

BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | NZXT 750W | Phanteks Eclipse P400A

Extras: ASUS Zephyrus G14 (2021) | OnePlus 7 Pro | Fully restored Robosapien V2, Omnibot 2000, Omnibot 5402

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