Journey of a first-time Hackintosher

G'day all,

DISCLAIMER: This will be long as I will be using this post as a repository and hopefully a step-by-step guide for myself in creating a Hackintosh.

There is only one Objective:

• Install a working version of Hackintosh that allows for Dual Booting (1x 1TB HDD on Win8.1, and 1x 120GB SSD for OSX)

BUILD INFO PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor	$269.00 @ Mwave Australia
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$39.00 @ Mwave Australia
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard	Purchased For $200.20
Memory	G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory	$99.00 @ PCCaseGear
Storage	Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$89.00 @ Mwave Australia
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$69.00 @ PCCaseGear
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card	$409.00 @ PCCaseGear
Case	NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	$159.00 @ PCCaseGear
Power Supply	Silverstone Strider 600W 80+ Silver Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$109.00 @ PCCaseGear
Monitor	BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor	Purchased For $0.00
Wireless Network Adapter	TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter	$17.99 @ Mwave Australia
Keyboard	Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Orange LED Backlit (Blue Cherry MX) Wired Standard Keyboard	Purchased For $0.00
		Total
	Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available	$1460.19

Pre-installation

I initially thought of going with Multibeast because it looked like the easiest install to do, however, having heard issues with iMessage as well as dual-booting to a PC, I decided against it and went straight for Clover. Clover has, by a lot of accounts, a lot going for it, particularly in the Dual-Booting department as well as other little things like iMessage. Hence, this personal guide is based on that.

1. 
   

   Install an OSX 10.9 bootable USB drive using Tonymacx86 Clover guide

   
   


2. 
   

   Prepared a bootable USB version of Win 8.1 to install at a later stage after compiling the parts.

   
   


3. 
   

   TBC

   
   

INSTALLATION TBC When parts come in

POST-INSTALLATION TBC (Issues, what works, what doesn't, what can be done better)

Questions so far: I will link the answers to each question as they get answered and strike them through.

1. What in the world is a DSDT.aml and SSDT.aml? Current reports have told me that it is a data distribution table that can stabilise your hackintosh. Still no idea how to get it or what it means.

submitted by Lazar1us

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