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So I've not built a pc in a long time!! I think it was 15 years ago since my last build!
I built myself a pc as I could make it better spec and for half the price of a mac at the time. Then throughout the years I gradually moved to apple, got myself a G4 power book (which is still going strong!) and an iMac.
My reason for this build is i need a new mac due to my iMac being on its last legs and apple is now a rip off! Only good thing about them is the OS and I don't have £1000 spare.
So I'm building a Hackintosh on a budget that will hopefully cost half the price of the basic spec iMac and be alot better!
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iMac Spec - [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
21.5-inch iMac - Item Price: £1,049.00
Hardware;
1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz
8GB 1867MHz LPDDR3
1TB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
Intel HD Graphics 6000
Magic Mouse 2
Magic Keyboard (British) & Users Guide (English)
Accessory Kit
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I've been using [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] to help with the right configuration of parts to build the hackintosh.
My new Hackintosh Spec (Hopefully)
Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P Socket LGA1151 HDMI 7.1 Channel Audio Motherboard
£112.12
Intel Core i5 6600 3.3GHz Socket 1151 6MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor
£214.98
Gigabyte GTX 750 Ti 4GB GDDR5 Dual-link DVI HDMI PCI-E Grpahics Card
£118.20
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 DRAM 2133MHz C13 Memory Kit - Red65.97
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5inch SSD £88.18
Corsair Carbide 300R Case with Window
£72.98
Corsair VS Series 550 Watt VS550 Power Supply
£38.49
Edimax Gigabit PCIe Network Card
£9.68
LG Super Multi Blue Internal 14x Blu-ray Disc Rewriter WH14NS40
£58.22
Total: £778.82
ALL PRICES / PARTS SOURCED FROM EBUYER.COM - this is just a guide for now, needs some chopping and changing. Im wanting to get the build cost under 600 Including 2 monitors.
The idea is that the system will be upgradeable over time, so I will save money where ever I can.
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So first place to start is the case - iMac's are nice and shiny but do look as cool as a custom build!!
So to save money I dichted the Corseair case and got this [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] beauty! For £20 delivered.
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Now while its not the prettiest of cases it does have a free card reader and window panel plus a free fan and it's got enough room for everything.
Only thing is I want some customization and I can always change the case at a later date and it also give me something to do whilst I get the rest of my parts. It's actually in more parts then that now as I wanted to paint it all. I'm going for a grey / pink theme on it.
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The main case colour I've gone for is Peugeot Graphite Grey - The pink will probly be in the form of LED's I'm not sure at the moment.
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So this is were Im currently upto would love to get people's thoughts on it. Currently looking at intel processors and were I can save money.
Will update a.s.a.p.
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I built myself a pc as I could make it better spec and for half the price of a mac at the time. Then throughout the years I gradually moved to apple, got myself a G4 power book (which is still going strong!) and an iMac.
My reason for this build is i need a new mac due to my iMac being on its last legs and apple is now a rip off! Only good thing about them is the OS and I don't have £1000 spare.
So I'm building a Hackintosh on a budget that will hopefully cost half the price of the basic spec iMac and be alot better!
-------------------------------------------------------------
iMac Spec - [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
21.5-inch iMac - Item Price: £1,049.00
Hardware;
1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz
8GB 1867MHz LPDDR3
1TB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
Intel HD Graphics 6000
Magic Mouse 2
Magic Keyboard (British) & Users Guide (English)
Accessory Kit
------
I've been using [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] to help with the right configuration of parts to build the hackintosh.
My new Hackintosh Spec (Hopefully)
Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P Socket LGA1151 HDMI 7.1 Channel Audio Motherboard
£112.12
Intel Core i5 6600 3.3GHz Socket 1151 6MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor
£214.98
Gigabyte GTX 750 Ti 4GB GDDR5 Dual-link DVI HDMI PCI-E Grpahics Card
£118.20
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 DRAM 2133MHz C13 Memory Kit - Red65.97
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5inch SSD £88.18
Corsair Carbide 300R Case with Window
£72.98
Corsair VS Series 550 Watt VS550 Power Supply
£38.49
Edimax Gigabit PCIe Network Card
£9.68
LG Super Multi Blue Internal 14x Blu-ray Disc Rewriter WH14NS40
£58.22
Total: £778.82
ALL PRICES / PARTS SOURCED FROM EBUYER.COM - this is just a guide for now, needs some chopping and changing. Im wanting to get the build cost under 600 Including 2 monitors.
The idea is that the system will be upgradeable over time, so I will save money where ever I can.
----------------------------------
So first place to start is the case - iMac's are nice and shiny but do look as cool as a custom build!!
So to save money I dichted the Corseair case and got this [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] beauty! For £20 delivered.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Now while its not the prettiest of cases it does have a free card reader and window panel plus a free fan and it's got enough room for everything.
Only thing is I want some customization and I can always change the case at a later date and it also give me something to do whilst I get the rest of my parts. It's actually in more parts then that now as I wanted to paint it all. I'm going for a grey / pink theme on it.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ] [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
The main case colour I've gone for is Peugeot Graphite Grey - The pink will probly be in the form of LED's I'm not sure at the moment.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
So this is were Im currently upto would love to get people's thoughts on it. Currently looking at intel processors and were I can save money.
Will update a.s.a.p.
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750ti isn't worth it and gets outperformed by the 1050 ti for the same price on a newer card, yes you can run a hackintosh system on it. A 2x4 set of ram doesn't make a lot of sense, you can get 2x8 for less then ~100 in some cases.
Case could be better the 300r is just a step up from the 100r but nonetheless better then that cheap case..
Case could be better the 300r is just a step up from the 100r but nonetheless better then that cheap case..
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So, the only thing you've bought is the case..? That cheap case is terrible, hence the very low price.
The PSU you've chosen is very bad, not worth buying at all. GTX 750Ti is a ridiculously terrible option. GTX 1050Ti is significantly newer, better, and can be had for the same price.
Don't get an i5-6600, get an i5-6500 or i5-7500.
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CPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£153.47 @ BT Shop)
CPU Cooler: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£19.50 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£100.93 @ Alza)
Memory: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£104.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£84.99 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£117.74 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£48.36 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £629.98
The PSU you've chosen is very bad, not worth buying at all. GTX 750Ti is a ridiculously terrible option. GTX 1050Ti is significantly newer, better, and can be had for the same price.
Don't get an i5-6600, get an i5-6500 or i5-7500.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ] / [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
CPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£153.47 @ BT Shop)
CPU Cooler: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£19.50 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£100.93 @ Alza)
Memory: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£104.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£84.99 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£117.74 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] (£48.36 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £629.98
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Yeh the case is the only thing I've bought at the moment. I don't have a lot of money but I do have imagination and really good at creating stuff and I know what I want.
It's my 2nd ever build so I'm not going to get everything right on parts to begin with. Also if you had read my post correctly you would have noticed this bit
It's my 2nd ever build so I'm not going to get everything right on parts to begin with. Also if you had read my post correctly you would have noticed this bit
NeonThunder wrote this is just a guide for now, needs some chopping and changing. Im wanting to get the build cost under 600 Including 2 monitors.
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Hackintoshes are pretty dank. I've not looked into it in quite sometime but I believe the reason why the OP went for them hardware choices is because they are known to work with a hackintosh build. You can't or well couldn't not sure if you can now, whack any ol' hardware together and install Mac OS. It doesn't work like that.
Wouldn't mind the pics being outside of FB though.
Wouldn't mind the pics being outside of FB though.
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I'm working on fixing the images now Still learning about the hackintoshes but things are getting more compatible. Going to go for the best spec I can afford for now.
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Adam wrote Wouldn't mind the pics being outside of FB though.
Images all sorted
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