Hackintosh + PC (Gaming)

[mdre83]

Hi,

I'm looking to build a Hackintosh/PC with gaming capabilities . I'm not a hardcore gamer but going for something that will last. Gaming via PS3 at the mo. Nothing wrong that but as I'm doing a custom build I thought it might as well be up to the game.

I was all set to purchase the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H however, now I'm not so sure. Also been looking at the Asus P8Z68-V/Gen3.

Anyone got any recommendations/comments on these or any other board?

Only requirement is that it is compatible with a Hackintosh build. Don't really have a budget as such but going from the above two boards maybe around the £200 mark... I'm open to suggestions /comments.

Cheers,
Mart

 

[GigaChunk]

Don't have much of an idea about the whole hackintosh thing, but for the sub £200 mark most people here would recommend the Msi Z77 MPower, or the GD65 if you want to save a bit more or you prefer the aesthetics. Both are brilliant boards, especially for the money.

 

[seumasbeathan]

I would say that for Z77 msi are your best bet, Either the MPower, G45, GD55 or GD65 will be great choices

 

[mdre83]

Thanks for the replies and recommendations. The MPower is extremely appealing Hadn't even looked at MSI until now

Found a good vid on it too: MSI Z77 MPower

Also looks likely it is compatible with a Hackintosh build

Thanks again,
Mart

 

[CPMFW]

the mpower is a real billy bargain

 

[N1KLoT]

how did it go?

 

[MadMarc]

The m-power is an amazing board but according to tonymacx86 gigabyte board seem to work the best

 

[Feronix]

I've heard that most Z77 boards should work, though I'd personally still go with a Gigabyte one as you do the clean install with an older version of Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) which doesn't support things like Intel HD 4000 and the newer audio and LAN chips.

If you can't get your LAN to work, you can't download a new version of OS X, and get the correct drivers (Cause the LAN drivers do exist in Mountain Lion, but if you can't get there, it's useless...)

^Problem I ran into myself Was lucky enough to find kexts for my particular board (Z77-d3h) for Mountain Lion and they worked within Snow Leopard so I had internet and could upgrade

 

[N1KLoT]

i don't really have a problem using linux on my workstation but i'll probably need os x for my studies and i don't feel like doing it all on my laptop and the desktop solutions from apple are a joke... probably just gonna install os x as a guest os.