Hackintosh

[Danielvtheman]

Hello I was wondering if I can get some advice for building a hackintosh for my mom because she uses a mac acc the time for work and I need to upgrade the mac to another one. I would like to see if i can squeeze a very good amount of high end hardware that isn't over the top expensve. Please if you can help feel free to reply. I know that hackintoshes need some special components I would like to know what they are so I can build this system.

[Guest]

Did you want a dedicated GPU or just a low end 950 or something like that?

[Danielvtheman]

I wouldd like it dedicated or 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Danielvtheman said:

I wouldd like it dedicated or 

did you want it to be super powerful like a 970+ or lower end? 

[Danielvtheman]

well I already have a 2 gig GTX 760 from vega that should work.

[Danielvtheman]

oops I mean EVGA

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Danielvtheman said:

well I already have a 2 gig GTX 760 from vega that should work.

This should work well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.69 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $668.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-09 19:24 EDT-0400

[glitchmaster0001]

2 minutes ago, Danielvtheman said:

oops I mean EVGA

use that in your mom's pc 

[HPWebcamAble]

1 minute ago, Ronnie76 said:

This should work well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($194.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Micro Center) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($87.69 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($65.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $668.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-09 19:24 EDT-0400

I assume you went with a Z170 board for compatibility

 

And do you really need 750 W?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, HPWebcamAble said:

I assume you went with a Z170 board for compatibility

 

And do you really need 750 W?

yeah I did check to see that the board was compatible, I had to switch it from the MSI-Z170A Pro to the MSI-Z170 PC-Mate 

I mean you could go with this one thats been used

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139054&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-tonymacx86 LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=4902415&SID=

But then again, with the other one you get an extra 100w 

[Danielvtheman]

ok so I can install the latest mac OS X on this right

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Danielvtheman said:

ok so I can install the latest mac OS X on this right

Yes

http://www.hackintosh.com/#hackintosh_instructions

You should follow these instructions though! 

[maremp]

18 minutes ago, Danielvtheman said:

I would like to see if i can squeeze a very good amount of high end hardware that isn't over the top expensve.

Why? WIll she, or anyone else using it, play games? If it's going to be just a "fb machine", there's no need to waste money on high-end hardware.

[Danielvtheman]

its a personal preference and our other mac is just plain slow

[failblox]

I would suggest doing some research on the install process for a hackintosh cause that's usually the hardest part of making one. Check out the link @Ronnie76 posted, as well as tonymacx86 to see if you feel comfortable following the instructions.

[HPWebcamAble]

1 hour ago, failblox said:

I would suggest doing some research on the install process for a hackintosh cause that's usually the hardest part of making one. Check out the link @Ronnie76 posted, as well as tonymacx86 to see if you feel comfortable following the instructions.

LTT did one too:

EDIT: That is, they made a Hackintosh. Not a guide necessarily.