This is going to be my second attempt as a Hackintosh build after failing miserably with an Intel NUC. Like a lot of people, I wasn't really happy with where Apple took the Mac Pro line. I'm long pass due for an upgrade. I'm typing this out on a Mac Pro 1,1 with about a dozen or so upgrades from stock.
My requirements are:
- Play UT4.
- Run three monitors(not all necessarily while gaming). Two 20 inch Apple Cinema Displays(1050p) and a 1440p QNIX.
- Eventually triple boot with Windows and Linux. I want to use Ubuntu as my backup, so hardware/linux compatibility is important. If I can get away without windows enterially, I will.
I'd like to:
- Add a hot swap eSATA card. I have some old drives with that interface. Not a deal breaker if I can't,
but would the Mac compatible cards like the ones MacSales sells work?It looks like the ones HighPoint sells would be the safest path for this, but I only see 2 internal port cards available now. What would be the best way to maximize - Add a 4 port Gigabit network card like this if possible. Do any cards like this work in Hackintosh builds?
Also, how does M.2 SATA work with Hackintoshes? The motherboard I selected has support for one. I want to boot off an SATA SSD, but in the future, either install games to an M.2 or if that get cheap enough, just install the whole system to one.
I'd like a motherboard that has dual Gigabit Ethernet ports. The Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H does this, but I just missed being able to get from new. There's someone on ebay selling a used one I may pick up. If I can get it, I wouldn't have a use for 4 port Gigabit card.
[link] [1 comment]
Post a Comment