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 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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