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http://www.tonymacx86.com

 

Start here, it has everything you need to know concerning how to do it, and hardware compatibility. 

 

The easiest way to dual boot the two is with separate drives, but you can also do it on the same drive with different partitions. 

 

http://www.tonymacx86.com/multi-booting/96000-guide-dual-booting-mountain-lion-windows-8-a.html

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I wanted to dual boot mac osx and windows. I have never done anything like this before and I wanted some advice on how to do it and if my hardware is compatible.

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http://www.tonymacx86.com

 

Start here, it has everything you need to know concerning how to do it, and hardware compatibility. 

 

The easiest way to dual boot the two is with separate drives, but you can also do it on the same drive with different partitions. 

 

http://www.tonymacx86.com/multi-booting/96000-guide-dual-booting-mountain-lion-windows-8-a.html

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K | Case: Bitfenix Prodigy | Motherboard: GA-H61N-USB3 | RAM: Corsair 8GB 1333 MHz | Video Card: EVGA GTX 660 Superclocked 2GB DDR5

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430 | SSD: Samsung 840 120GB | HDD: 2X Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200rpm | Monitor Asus PB238Q & Asus PB278Q

Mouse: Lenovo N50 | Keyboard: Apple Pro Keyboard | Operating Systems: Hackintosh OS X 10.8.5 & Windows 8.1

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best to go over to tonymacx86 for this type of question its a hackintosh forum I don't know about MSI boards with hackintoshs though normally I only see Gigabyte or ASUS (rare)

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I wanted to dual boot mac osx and windows. I have never done anything like this before and I wanted some advice on how to do it and if my hardware is compatible.

You should be fine. Did you know this forum has a Hackintosh guide. LOL

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/76601-os-x-mavericks-hackintosh-guide/

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That board a bunch of people have used, just do a search on that forum and you will find completed build logs 

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K | Case: Bitfenix Prodigy | Motherboard: GA-H61N-USB3 | RAM: Corsair 8GB 1333 MHz | Video Card: EVGA GTX 660 Superclocked 2GB DDR5

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430 | SSD: Samsung 840 120GB | HDD: 2X Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200rpm | Monitor Asus PB238Q & Asus PB278Q

Mouse: Lenovo N50 | Keyboard: Apple Pro Keyboard | Operating Systems: Hackintosh OS X 10.8.5 & Windows 8.1

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Your parts are compatible. 

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http://www.tonymacx86.com

 

Start here, it has everything you need to know concerning how to do it, and hardware compatibility. 

 

The easiest way to dual boot the two is with separate drives, but you can also do it on the same drive with different partitions. 

 

http://www.tonymacx86.com/multi-booting/96000-guide-dual-booting-mountain-lion-windows-8-a.html

Thank you and I guess I will wait and buy another ssd to dual boot. 

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Thank you and I guess I will wait and buy another ssd to dual boot. 

The way I dual booted is that the OS X side is what I use all the time, and only use Windows for gaming. So I just use an boot SSD for OS X, and a normal drive for all of Windows. It's pretty much just your preference. 

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K | Case: Bitfenix Prodigy | Motherboard: GA-H61N-USB3 | RAM: Corsair 8GB 1333 MHz | Video Card: EVGA GTX 660 Superclocked 2GB DDR5

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430 | SSD: Samsung 840 120GB | HDD: 2X Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200rpm | Monitor Asus PB238Q & Asus PB278Q

Mouse: Lenovo N50 | Keyboard: Apple Pro Keyboard | Operating Systems: Hackintosh OS X 10.8.5 & Windows 8.1

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