My macbook pro of 5 yes is really starting to show it's age and as funds are limited my options are either a souped up mac mini, the low end macbook 13" or building a customac.


I was looking at the October tonymac recommendations and am thinking of building out the customac (matx) using these options GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Intel Core i5-4690K GeForce GTX 760


My goal is to build a dual boot running win8.1 and Mavericks. I'll be using this machine everyday for my day job doing frontend development and running a rails server on the Mavericks side, so I need to have everything pretty stable. I'll be using the win side for testing and running steam. I don't need wifi or bluetooth but do need it to run my asus 2550x1440 monitor over display port. iMessage would be nice but not critical.


So my Questions...




  • Are there any problems running a 2550 x 1440 monitor?




  • On a dual boot would it be possible to use parallels or similar software to run the windows disk so I can code in Mavericks and do testing in IE?




  • Will the machine be stable enough and functional using Unibeast/Chimera install or would taking the plunge into Clover give me better results?




  • Realistically, having built a couple windows machines before, but never having built a hackintosh, should I be able to get the machine running smoothly in under 20 hours of total build time?




If there are any problems I should prepare myself for or look out for, I'd appreciate hearing everyones advice. Thanks in advance for your help.



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