Sanad Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Hey! I have about 800$ saved up alongwith 2 gb ram extra. I need help building a hackintosh on which i can flawlessly run Final Cut Studio 2 as well as listen to music and play videos. I need help from all the users! Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82658-800-hackintosh-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate256 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 you should be able to get a Quad Core Machine with $800!!!! im just going to strip down the build im doing in the future CPU: Q6600 Quad Core $280 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115017 Mobo: Bad Axe 2 $200 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...mp;sku=I69-2145 Cheap 2 gig sticks but wont count since you got 2, but more is always better!!! $35 each http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820208344 500 Gig harddrive $105 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136073 DVD burner $35 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827106073 7300 Gt video card $30 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/se...=OTC-GOOGLEBASE remember the case and PSU here are mine (oh and cpu cooling fan which a good on is $50) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811119137 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...&CatId=1483 you can cut prices with a smaller HDD or aCore 2 Duo but Quad is very good so i would spend the money!!! or maybe you can use an esisting HDD you have?!?!?! so with out the case, PSU, and CPU fan you are looking at around $650 dollars before shipping!!!! You can get cheapers Cases or PSU if you want mine has 3 500's HDD 8 gigs of ram 8800 GTS Blue tooth adapter and thats around $1500 Hope this helps!!!!!!!! maybe you can find the parts cheaper other places too!!! do research Oh rememer FCS2 is 1300 legally Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82658-800-hackintosh-help/#findComment-586684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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