QUICK tip needed

[Dubesor]

Hi everyone! Just curious if either of these two pre built desktops would work for a fully functioning Hackintosh right off the shelf (or with minimal hassle)? In terms of part/driver compatibility etc

 

https://www.amazon.com/iBUYPOWER-i7-8700K-Motherboard-Slate-9210/dp/B07BDTTQ1M/

 

https://www.amazon.com/Alienware-Desktop-i7-8700-GeForce-Windows/dp/B076BHG74V/

 

These i7 machines are on sale for Prime Day which is ending real soon, so I was wondering if anyone can offer up some helpful advice 

[fallen00sniper]

buy parts that are known to work, with those there is no real telling what board it uses, also alienware is a overpriced dell and the cyberpowerpc isn't worth the price since the power supply and fans are known to fail pretty early on.

 

if you want a good hackintosh, there are some pre-builts that would work, but you don't really need anything fancy to run macos... see videos below.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKqdDiL8t80

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0FpvIbkYeE

 

Also the prime day prices on a few things i noticed are the every day price, be careful.

 

i would suggest getting the parts from snazzylabs $350 build, switch out the cpu for a i7 apple uses in their machines, maybe more ram if you need it and @Pavo says his AMD Vega 64 is awesome in his hack, though intel graphics will work fine on a hack.

[Dubesor]

17 hours ago, fallen00sniper said:

i would suggest getting the parts from snazzylabs $350 build, switch out the cpu for a i7 apple uses in their machines, maybe more ram if you need it and @Pavo says his AMD Vega 64 is awesome in his hack, though intel graphics will work fine on a hack.

 

Thanks, that's really good advice! I'm looking to build a workstation that can handle some serious photo editing (and down the line a bit of video editing). Is there an easy (not much fiddling) already posted build you would recommend for: 

1) Strong but "budget" station (Geekbench score of 30,000 or so)

2) Sort of top-of-the-line matching or beating the latest iMac Pro workstation (Geekbench score of 40,000+)

[fallen00sniper]

that build should be what you are looking for, even with just the intel onboard gpu and plenty of ram.

 

however like i said in the previous post, put a i7 that matches a real mac and amd vega 64 into that build, i don't remember how much ram Quinn used, but 16+ should be fine.

 

what is important about a hackintosh, is building for compatibility.

 

if you want wifi, it is best to use a real apple card.

[Dubesor]

10 minutes ago, fallen00sniper said:

put a i7 that matches a real mac and amd vega 64 into that build

thanks again for the tip! is there a handy list out there? (other than https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks#2) 

so far i was thinking of using i7 8700k or i7 7820x just based on some other adobe lightroom based benchmarks out there ...

[fallen00sniper]

The SnazzyLab build parts

 

https://everymac.com/

 

scroll to the bottom of the page.

https://everymac.com/systems/by_processor/intel-core-i7-macs.html

 

The motherboard he used is 7th gen, if you want a 8th gen you would have to find a build here someone posted with a parts list.

 

For ease of use and since @Pavo already made a working SSDT for his vega 64, you should get the ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB.

 

These are the scores for the card he posted.

https://insanelymacworkspace.slack.com/files/U8Z9QFKR6/FBQ7J619C/screenshot_2018-07-11_17.06.25.png

https://insanelymacworkspace.slack.com/files/U8Z9QFKR6/FBNSURB1R/screenshot_2018-07-11_16.59.43.png

[Dubesor]

18 hours ago, fallen00sniper said:

The motherboard he used is 7th gen, if you want a 8th gen you would have to find a build here someone posted with a parts list.

 

Thanks! I might just do that and put the best compatible 7th gen CPU in there which I think is i7 7700k 

 

Do you think that Snazzy build is a lot more straightforward to build/maintain for someone inexperienced than these 8th gen builds below I found today?

I think Snazzy would be about 20% slower which isn't a big deal breaker for me (compatibility would be more important):

#1 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/334811-successguide-asus-h370m-prime-pluscsm-i78700-msi-radeon-rx-560-hackintosh-build/ - seems easy and great value

#2 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/330706-dell-xps-8930-resource-extravaganza/ (complete desktop available off the shelf!)
#3 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/330827-8700k-build-overclocked-to-50-only-scores-21000-on-geekbench/ 

#4 https://hackintosher.com/builds/gigabyte-z370-aorus-gaming-7-hackintosh-build-guide/ (also referenced at https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/intel-core-i7-7820x-processor-it-s-working-well-in-hackintosh.230647/page-4#post-1634508 )

Edited July 19, 2018 by Dubesor

[Dubesor]

@fallen00sniper what do you think of the above?

[fallen00sniper]

if you are looking for easy, the dell might work, but there is a hidden danger in easy... it can easily fail down the road with an update.

 

my build hasn't really had any issues with updating, take my build for example.

 

I have a solid gaming pc and hackintosh wrapped into one, the only issue I've had of late is hdmi audio not working, a problem with hackintosh and the Nvidia ti cards so I am told.

 

I've had it working, but then update to a newer version of macOS and have to fight it again to get it back, I've recently finally gotten both my onboard and Nvidia to work together supporting 2 displays. sounds silly, but I need it with gaming lol.

 

in the end the choice is yours to make for the hardware, the primary difference I see between 6th 7th and 8th gen intel cpu's is price, 8th is honestly a great bang for your buck, throw in a amd Vega 64 and you'll be happy.

 

there are plenty of good people here that will help if you have a problem.

 

on the flip side of cost, from what I have heard, the z170 is easier to hackintosh than 270/370 and with less issues.

 

if it were me and I saw the video Snazzy put up, I'd get a 7700k and amd Vega 64, more ram (at least 16gb) and build it same as he shows, if the prices are still similar to when he built it it shouldn't cost more than $900 and perform very well for what you want.

[Dubesor]

@fallen00sniper thanks for that advice!