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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 917066" data-attributes="member: 243342"><p>So after using the same PC for over 5 years now on the original Intel i5 CPU (the 760), I thought it was about time to do the upgrade - especially as it's my birthday in 2 weeks!</p><p></p><p>I don't do any gaming but I do watch a number of HD videos and it does sometimes struggle with the content. I run Mac OS X as my OS (Hackintosh method), as I hate Windows 8 with passion and Linux doesn't float my boat as a desktop OS. OS X is also free! While Mavericks runs fine, Yosemite was a bit sluggish with some UI transitions being a bit choppy.</p><p></p><p>Sooo.... I bought:</p><p></p><p>A new Dell U2412M IPS monitor - beats the spots off my old 24" TN panel</p><p>A Gigabyte Ga-Z97M-D3H motherboard - I like Gigabyte stuff, nice and reliable. Also, lots of support from the Hackintosh community for it.</p><p>An Intel i5 4590 3.3GHz CPU - with onboard HD4600 graphics, which is natively supported by OS X</p><p>A Mac keyboard with Russian/Cyrillic layout</p><p>A 128GB SSD drive. Toyed with the idea of going with PCI-Express SSD, that have real world speeds of over 700Mb/sec!!!, but the high price ruled that out</p><p>8GB RAM - really don't see the point of having more than that in my use case</p><p></p><p>Very much looking forward to playing with it. The whole thing above cost about £500, which is a lot cheaper than what a real Mac would have cost (an equivalent Mac would probably be about £1200-1300).</p><p></p><p>The only thing that I need to purchase now is a USB satellite card that I can use from within a Windows VM.</p><p></p><p>Will also be selling my old hardware (including the sat card) to recoup some of the cost... but will be worth it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Not all my spare cash goes towards satellite stuff! Most but not all...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 917066, member: 243342"] So after using the same PC for over 5 years now on the original Intel i5 CPU (the 760), I thought it was about time to do the upgrade - especially as it's my birthday in 2 weeks! I don't do any gaming but I do watch a number of HD videos and it does sometimes struggle with the content. I run Mac OS X as my OS (Hackintosh method), as I hate Windows 8 with passion and Linux doesn't float my boat as a desktop OS. OS X is also free! While Mavericks runs fine, Yosemite was a bit sluggish with some UI transitions being a bit choppy. Sooo.... I bought: A new Dell U2412M IPS monitor - beats the spots off my old 24" TN panel A Gigabyte Ga-Z97M-D3H motherboard - I like Gigabyte stuff, nice and reliable. Also, lots of support from the Hackintosh community for it. An Intel i5 4590 3.3GHz CPU - with onboard HD4600 graphics, which is natively supported by OS X A Mac keyboard with Russian/Cyrillic layout A 128GB SSD drive. Toyed with the idea of going with PCI-Express SSD, that have real world speeds of over 700Mb/sec!!!, but the high price ruled that out 8GB RAM - really don't see the point of having more than that in my use case Very much looking forward to playing with it. The whole thing above cost about £500, which is a lot cheaper than what a real Mac would have cost (an equivalent Mac would probably be about £1200-1300). The only thing that I need to purchase now is a USB satellite card that I can use from within a Windows VM. Will also be selling my old hardware (including the sat card) to recoup some of the cost... but will be worth it :D Not all my spare cash goes towards satellite stuff! Most but not all... [/QUOTE]
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