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First PC build, need some reassurance!

Hey guys,

I'm working on my first PC build and I want to go the hackintosh route. I work in a small video production company editing on my MBP in Premiere, After Effects, C4D etc and am in desperate need to upgrade to a better system. I've got a bit of money saved up to build a decent PC, but we all use Macs (and HFS hard drives ) at work so I want to be able to work on these projects seamlessly and reliably, and I don't believe a Windows system will be able to integrate easily with our current work flow (described a bit here).

Someone suggested to build a hackintosh and I'm warming up to the idea. I probably should just buy an iMac, but I'm up for a challenge and my $$ go much further! I have been wanting to build a PC for some time and it would be awesome to get best of both worlds.

I've kinda based my build off this and am planning on following this guide supplemented by the vanilla guide in the sidebar. Good idea?

I've got a couple of probably noob questions:

1) Even though I would like macOS as my primary OS, is it advisable to install Windows first before attempting to hack the Tosh? I've never built a PC before so I thought it would be best to test it first with Windows to make sure I've put it together properly. I eventually would like to be able to multiboot anyways so I thought it would be a good first test.

2) The two 860 SSDs listed below are for my OS & apps (one for windows, one for macOS if all goes to plan). I plan on using the m.2 drive purely for scratch disks for editing in macOS... Will the m.2 drive be compatible with everything? Which file format would be best to format it in? Probably an apple format.

3) The 2TB hard drive was planning to be for all the other random stuff, probably in HFS or NTFS. Can I read/write reliably with Paragon?

4) Should I be trying to use APFS? What's the deal with Mojave?

Here's the part list I'm looking at:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

TypeItemPrice
CPUIntel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor$498.00 @ Shopping Express
CPU Coolerbe quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler$119.00 @ PCCaseGear
MotherboardGigabyte - Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard$369.00 @ Mwave Australia
MemoryCorsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory$549.00 @ Mwave Australia
StorageSamsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive$107.00 @ Shopping Express
StorageSamsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive$239.00 @ PLE Computers
StorageSamsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive$179.00 @ Centre Com
StorageSeagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive$72.00 @ Shopping Express
Video CardEVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB FTW2 Gaming iCX Video Card$859.00 @ Amazon Australia
CaseCorsair - Carbide Series 275R (Black w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case$102.00 @ Shopping Express
Power SupplyCorsair - CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply$118.50 @ Umart
MonitorDell - P2715Q 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz MonitorPurchased For $0.00
KeyboardApple - MB110LL/B Wired Standard KeyboardPurchased For $0.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total$3211.50
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-06 01:10 AEST+1000

If anyone sees anything amiss pls let me know, I'm excited to get started but need some reassurance to pull the trigger. Thanks for the help!

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