adam_s Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Hi, I want to build a hackintosh to use for video editing, photo editing and web surfing. When I first decided to build a computer I got advice from someone who does it for a living. He wanted to sell me the parts and teach me how to do it. He recommend building an AMD machine. This doesn't work with mac so I decided to buy an Intel motherboard and CPU online because he doesn't sell Intel components. But I have decided to buy the case, PSU and hard drive from him still. I am still considering whether to get the RAM from him or the internet. As Video editing is the most demanding task on the computer I want hardware to be able to handle that. I will be installing Snow leopard as Lion costs £55 for me compared to £15 for Snow Leopard. I don't want to spend that much on mac incase it doesn't work plus I'm on a tight budget of £450 anyway. The hardware I have currently decided on are: Processor: Intel I5 2500K Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 The PSU is 550watt and the hard drive has a 500GB capacity and works at 7,200RPM. I'm not sure exactly which model and brand they are yet. I will be buying 8GB of RAM too. The case and PSU cost about £60, the hard drive £72, RAM £30, Mac Snow Leopard CD £15, motherboard £100 and CPU £155. Which addes up to £432. I have also heard that snow leopard installer doesn't surport Intel HD 3000 graphics so I was wondering if this is true. If it is that means I will need to buy a graphics card. What would you recommend? Is all my other hardware OK? Do you think I have selected good hardware (I haven't built a computer before)? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/273944-building-a-video-editing-hackintosh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic George Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Well the HD3000 is apparently supported by at least some of the boot loaders with SL. But remember the integrated graphics offer pathetic performance compared to all but the weakest graphics cards. http://tonymacx86.bl...ge-hd-3000.html Depending on what software you will be using for video editing, it may be able to tap the power of your graphics card for the video processing. If that is the case, then you will definitely want to get a graphics card, at least at some point. I would try this guide, it worked very well with me and should work with your MB. http://www.insanelym...howtopic=185097 As far as the HD, prices have recently gone through the roof, doubling in some cases. I probably would not pay extra for a 7200 rpm drive. If you want speed, an SSD (solid state drive) will cream a conventional HD for performance. The one disadvantage is that they are a lot more expensive for a lot less storage, but you can get a 60-90 gb SSD for around $100 or less and a $150-200 for a 120gb ssd. So that's something I'd look at in the future. Everything else is probably fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/273944-building-a-video-editing-hackintosh/#findComment-1781746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_s Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 Thanks. I'm will look at slower drives and order the parts. I can't afford a graphics card at the moment but will buy one as soon as I can. Would the I5-2500 do with the Intel 2000 for the moment.? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/273944-building-a-video-editing-hackintosh/#findComment-1783315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic George Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Thanks. I'm will look at slower drives and order the parts. I can't afford a graphics card at the moment but will buy one as soon as I can. Would the I5-2500 do with the Intel 2000 for the moment.? If you can get it up and working as a hackintosh, then yes. I wouldn't necessarily rush out to get a graphics card as your first order of business. I would look into getting more storage first. Having multiple drives in a hackintosh is very useful. On my hackintosh, I use Carbon Copy Cloner to make a duplicate of my primary drive to another HD, before I try any upgrades. Until you have another HD, you might want to consider partitioning your HD and using on half to back up your hackintosh. Remember that a hackintosh can be much more "fragile" than a regular mac. Having a back up and backing up regularly is very important, since an update can kill your hackintosh. Generally speaking you should check around here to see if people are having issues before you install any updates. Since there may be things you have to do upgrade hackintosh specific files if nothing else. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/273944-building-a-video-editing-hackintosh/#findComment-1784519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 He recommend building an AMD machine. This doesn't work with mac (...). I will be installing Snow leopard as Lion costs £55 for me compared to £15 for Snow Leopard. Yes it does, Snow Leopard can run on AMD PCs - Lion can't because there is no patched kernel. Of course it's easier to get OS X to run on something with Intel chipset and an Intel CPU. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/273944-building-a-video-editing-hackintosh/#findComment-1784521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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