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Hi all!
I've been lurking for a while looking at Ryzentosh and Hackintosh builds and am about ready to need a new computer since my 2013 MacBook Pro is aging and my work laptop is... just for work. The specs and a friend's recommendation sold me on AMD over Intel. Haven't built a PC for myself since 2004 (for work since 2013) so I am a little rusty, especially on all the new cooling and M.2 drives. I can wait a bit on the new Ryzen 5000 series once it is stable in a build, but wanted to get the community's opinion on the other pieces and get suggestions where I'm not as well versed. I plan to run two M.2 drives, one for Windows side (needed for work) and the other for MacOS.
Currently looking at these parts:
Motherboard: MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WiFi - may not use WiFi in MacOS, but heard onboard Bluetooth has success
Processor: Ryzen 3700X (or 5600X once available)
Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black
Video card: Open to suggestions, would like to stay under/around $200-300. Have read Sapphire cards have done well, may not be ready for a 6000 series price. Currently looking at Sapphire Radeon RX 5500 XT 8 GB NITRO+ SE Video Card
RAM: Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3600 16GB
Storage: 2x WD Black SN750 500GB (one for Windows and one for MacOS)
WD Blue SSD for backup image
PSU: Corsair HX750 Platinum
Case: Corsair iCUE 4000X RGB
I can make room for the Fenvi card should I need WiFi, but didn't know about the max number of SSD/HDDs using SATA ports available if dual booting.
Looking forward to getting this going sometime this winter!
I've been lurking for a while looking at Ryzentosh and Hackintosh builds and am about ready to need a new computer since my 2013 MacBook Pro is aging and my work laptop is... just for work. The specs and a friend's recommendation sold me on AMD over Intel. Haven't built a PC for myself since 2004 (for work since 2013) so I am a little rusty, especially on all the new cooling and M.2 drives. I can wait a bit on the new Ryzen 5000 series once it is stable in a build, but wanted to get the community's opinion on the other pieces and get suggestions where I'm not as well versed. I plan to run two M.2 drives, one for Windows side (needed for work) and the other for MacOS.
Currently looking at these parts:
Motherboard: MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WiFi - may not use WiFi in MacOS, but heard onboard Bluetooth has success
Processor: Ryzen 3700X (or 5600X once available)
Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black
Video card: Open to suggestions, would like to stay under/around $200-300. Have read Sapphire cards have done well, may not be ready for a 6000 series price. Currently looking at Sapphire Radeon RX 5500 XT 8 GB NITRO+ SE Video Card
RAM: Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3600 16GB
Storage: 2x WD Black SN750 500GB (one for Windows and one for MacOS)
WD Blue SSD for backup image
PSU: Corsair HX750 Platinum
Case: Corsair iCUE 4000X RGB
I can make room for the Fenvi card should I need WiFi, but didn't know about the max number of SSD/HDDs using SATA ports available if dual booting.
Looking forward to getting this going sometime this winter!