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hackintosh777

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OK so I go to a private school (8th grade) and the head of IT has given me a $500 (flexible) budget to build a CAD PC to replace our old iMacs. I'm in Boston and live about 30mins from MicroCenter. This is my parts list:

Parts List:

Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 20th Anniversary Overclockable $57

Motherboard: ASROCK Z97 Anniversary Edition $95

GPU: MSI Radeon HD R7 260X 2 GB GDDR5 $135 OR ZOTAC GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2 GB GDDR5 $150

RAM: MicroCenter 8GB DDR3-1600 PC3-12800 SDRAM $70

Case: ThermalTake V3 Black Edition $25

HDD: WD 1TB 7200RPM HDD $57

PSU: Corsair CX500M Modular 500W PSU $70

Fan: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO $30

OS: Windows 8 x64 or Windows 7 Pro x64 with license already owned

OS2: Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS FREE

OS3: OS X 10.9.4 Yosemite

$535 ($550 with NVIDIA card)

We do plan to hackintosh triple boot and OC the CPU. We will be doing CAD and light to medium video editing with Premiere Pro on the Windows partition and Final Cut Pro on the Hackintosh partition.
 
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Doing something similiar, working on build :D

Edit:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-D PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($88.79 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($77.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case ($36.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($15.00 @ Newegg)
Total: $513.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-06 10:44 EDT-0400

Compared to your build, it has a cheaper motherboard( you can still overclock, just update the bios),better PSU (not modular but should not be a problem),faster HDD (its a hybrid so bootup should be faster and most used programs should be faster loading) and no fans.

If you get everything from newegg, you pay 533$, just 17$ less.

But yeah, I realized its a bad idea so, I will give you advice to change your build.

1. I suggest you to get a hybrid drive instead of normal HDD. It should be faster.

2.Get RAM with lower CL rating if possible.Latency is more important than speed when doing everyday tasks, but any modern RAM should be fine.

3.Get the 750ti, it suits much better for a school PC. Great power consumption.

4.Dont get a case thats too cheap.

5.PSU is fine, but I think its a bit overpriced (maybe).

6. Don`t get a CPU Fan. You don`t need it. Get a better case&psu with that money.

Good luck :D
 
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Did either of you get the Hackintosh to actually load? I've been hitting a wall during the install process, due to the G3258, and most everything I've been seeing online is to swap it out for an i3 or better...
 
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