Fluxtor Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Hi All, I'm currently experimenting with some hardware I have to hand just to broaden my knowledge working with Hackintosh installation etc. This is a pretty ambiguous question but could anybody recommend a set of hardware that would work out of the box for a budget Mountain Lion build but would also work with some of the later OSX versions. This system would not be for gaming or video editing but mainly design work using Illustrator, Photoshop etc. I guess the main components are Motherboard, CPU, Memory and Discrete GFX as I'm assuming these would be most likely problem areas? I've currently considered the following: Gigabyte Z97 DH3 Motherboard Intel i5 4460 nVidia 740GT Crucial Ballistix 8gb (2 x 4gb kit) Samsung 840 EVO 250gb Corsair System Builder CX500 Would the above hardware work with little if no addition kext work arounds etc. One of my biggest stumbling blocks to date has been getting audio working. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buoo Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 The hardware is good, I'd change the graphics card with an ATi one. Nvdia drivers suck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluxtor Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 The hardware is good, I'd change the graphics card with an ATi one. Nvdia drivers suck. Thanks for the advice, any recommendations for ATI cards that would work OOB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buoo Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 R9 280 - 280X - 290X should work OOB, search around for further feedbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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