So a little back story... I used to have an older (Early 2009 I think) 24" iMac that I loved using and used everyday. Late last year though unfortunately, I went to turn on the iMac one day... nothing.

After consulting multiple sources it sounded like either the video card or motherboard died on me. And that it would cost at least a couple hundred bucks to repair it even with refurbished parts. So I decided that the best course would be to either spend the money to purchase a new Mac of some sort or try to build my own PC.

Well I choose to build my own PC to make it my own and get the parts that I wanted. I mainly wanted this PC to be a FlightSim capable PC as I am a real world Pilot and use a FlightSim to train on and have fun. Having a PC would better suit that need. But after using Windows for the first time in years it just didn't feel the same and I wanted to really have the capability of having a Mac again.

In comes the Hackintosh.

After doing some research, I discovered that my PC should be compatible with the capability of being a CusToMac. Thanks to all the guides here and on TonyMacX86 I was able to fumble through it and finally get a working Hackintosh along side my working Windows 10. It took me a couple tries to get the Sound and Internet to work.

But I finally got it!

So I now have two independent SSDs in my tower, one for Windows 10 and the other for Mac OS X. I plan on adding another 2TB drive for storage for the Mac side.

And here are some pictures... http://ift.tt/25v2qZ5 And here is the part list...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

TypeItemPrice
CPUIntel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor$215.99 @ SuperBiiz
CPU CoolerNZXT Kraken X41 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler$99.99 @ Amazon
MotherboardAsus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard$142.98 @ Newegg
MemoryKingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory$59.99 @ SuperBiiz
StorageSamsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive$85.85 @ Newegg
StorageSamsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive$85.85 @ Newegg
StorageSeagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive$65.99 @ SuperBiiz
Video CardEVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card$289.99 @ NCIX US
CaseNZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case$118.99 @ SuperBiiz
Power SupplyEVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply$65.99 @ Newegg
MonitorBenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor$329.99 @ Amazon
MouseLogitech MX Anywhere 2 Wireless Laser Mouse$59.99 @ Amazon
SpeakersKlipsch ProMedia 2.1 120W 2.1ch Speakers$179.48 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates)$1841.07
Mail-in rebates-$40.00
Total$1801.07
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-11 17:07 EDT-0400
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