Building a Hackintosh

orest · Post by **orest** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 11:14 am

Did not have the money to buy a Mac Pro.

So, I am building my own custom PC that will be able to run Mac OS X.

When the build is complete it will be a Core i7 4790k quad core with 16 gig of ram (to start with). It will also have 5 SSD drives and an nVidia graphic card.

If someone is interested I will post the complete setup and post a step by step guide.

andygabrys · Post by **andygabrys** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:51 pm

love to hear about it Alexander.

JAMRecording · Post by **JAMRecording** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:57 pm

I know several people who use them in their studios and they work great.

PaulBergren · Post by **PaulBergren** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 5:57 pm

I would love to follow your progress on this project. It sounds like a sweet machine. Good luck!

orest · Post by **orest** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:45 am

I will do so!

And the thing is, I need a dedicated hard drive for Windows 7 as well.

I will not run a DAW system on this computer. The Mac partition will only be used for Vienna Ensemble Pro and link that to my Macbook pro machine (running Logic)

elser · Post by **elser** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:29 pm

For those interested in something like this and not feeling up to the task of DYI, I just found this guy building custom hacintoshes with some good reviews. I'm planning to get one within a month or so.

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/syd/4666504341.html

He also has a website, something to do with "Iconic Workstations" if you want to google it.

orest · Post by **orest** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:23 am

He has good prices for sure!

My build will be somewhat less powerful (no Xeon, mine is Devil's Canyon. Strange name..)

But, I think mine will handle all the tasks needed.

elser · Post by **elser** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:50 pm

He's adding Thunderbolt ports this month as well. I plan to order one with USB, FW and Thunderbolt for convenience.

HectorRContreras · Post by **HectorRContreras** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:34 pm

This is so very impressive, dear Alexander.

orest · Post by **orest** » Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:00 am

Success!

I did it! I actually built my own working Hackintosh computer!

Specs:
Gigabyte gaming 3 killer ethernet motherboard
Core i7 4790k CPU
GT 740 nVidia GPU
16 gig Ballistix sports crucial memory
3 SSD drives (1 SSD drive running Windows 7)
Noctua fans (for the case and CPU)
Fractal design r4

I had some problems getting the killer ethernet to work, but after using the Atheros Multibeast it did work. The audio is not working, but I will run the iRig pro on this computer. I also had some problems with login on to my apple ID, but after some configurations and throwing out some ethernet preferences plists it did work.

Benchmark is 4 000 single core and 15 000 multi core. So I am pretty satisfied!

I have installed Logic, Vienna ensemble pro and Kontakt 5 so far. No problems!

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