Hello, beginner to the hackintosh scene and to PC building in general. I've been pricing out and researching a build for a graphics/animation/gaming rig which I think will work out okay, based on the compatibility lists. However, I'm getting tripped up when choosing a SDD/HDD, because of what I suspect in some cases will be very fundamental questions.
Here's the part I'm stuck on, and therefore my questions: If I plan to dual-boot between OSX Mavericks/Yosemite and Windows 8, giving each boot drive its own SSD, could I have them share the same HDD as storage space? Or is that impossible due to their file structure, general formatting needs, or some other kind of incompatibility that I'm unaware of?
Hypothetically, what combination of drives could I have going here, and how many can be installed in a rig before it starts to become absolutely ridiculous/unfeasible? Could I have two SSDs and two HDDs so each OS can have its own separate storage drive, for a grand total of four? Could I have one SSD for OSX, an HDD for its storage, and then a HDD for both the Windows OS and storage combined, for a total of three? What is my maximum drive disk density? How insane could I go here, if I wanted to? What is defining my upper limit, apart from cost and possibly energy consumption?
Finally, in a situation where an SSD is used to contain the OS and an HDD is used for storage, then what exactly is the role that the SSD playing, apart from housing the OS? Are other things stored on that drive, such as applications?
If it helps, the motherboard I'm most likely going to use is the Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7-TH. I can give the specs for the rest of the planned build if needed, though honestly I'm basically just lifting from the tonymacx86 buyers guides.
Apologies for my ignorance. I'm a hobbyist and a beginner, and any advice you can give is appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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