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Questions on building a Haswell Hackintosh
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Sure thing.

The MRF community has plenty of experience in hackintoshing.

Honestly, as you are not a novice, it should be really straightforward:

1) Be sure to get hardware that's been shown to be viable for your hackintosh application.

2) Don't get too frustrated by something stupid.

3) Be sure you have plenty of time to build it.

4) Once built, be careful about OS updates (i.e. be sure to have a bootable backup drive).

When it comes to CPUs, the best bang-for-the-buck is the last-gen model. In this case, the new Haswell models are not faster in core processing power - the advances are in on-board graphics and power efficiency. If I were to build a new hackintosh, I'd visit tonymac to pick out a nice quad i7 processor, add a discrete graphics card, and pick out case, power supply, etc. Should be fun to personalize. If you are not into that, I recommend getting an Apple-made Mac. Or be willing to accept some compromise by converting a box like a Dell XPS8600 (which is what I did this summer/fall).
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Re: Questions on building a Haswell Hackintosh - by sekker - 01-30-2014, 11:33 PM

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