l3acon Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hey all, I've been following hackintosh forums for awhile, finally decided to register and get involved. My tax return is burning a hole in my pocket and I haven't built a computer since I was 10-11 (I'm 19 now). Anyways, after the research I've done, I compiled a build together, but I wanted to ask the community about what you guys think. I will be dual booting Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 (haven't decided yet) and OSX Mavericks. The machine I want to build will mainly be for lots of graphic/web design work, university work, and possibly getting into some basic 3D work for said design work. I left room for upgradability down the line. I haven't decided if I really want to pull the trigger on this build or not. I currently work on a 15" early 2011 Macbook Pro. My main questions for this build: Does this build have longevity and does it have a good amount of power for what I'm building it for? I personally think it does from what I know, but what do you guys think? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Y0zR CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling UCACO-FI30201-GB 74.0 CFM Ball Bearing CPU Cooler Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5 TH ATX LGA1150 Motherboard Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer I'm considering more RAM, a larger Mac OSX SSD, and possibly a different Mother Board. I'm not too impressed with this CPU cooler either. Thanks everyone for your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufanec Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 That should be quite a nice system. I have a very similar 3770K based machine (overclocked to 4.2 GHz) that performs very well for similar work, although I use a Quadro 4000 rather than the 770 as I use it for Architectural visualisation. Given the way OS X handles GPUs I have been considering changing over to a 770/780. Longevity wise it should be good for a reasonable while. My build was completed shortly after Ivy Bridge was released and, with its overclock, it gets better geekbench scores than the 6 core nMP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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