Hello!
I'm currently looking into building a hackintosh (or rather putting together a spec list and then paying someone to build it for me, as I'm not hardware-savvy enough sadly).
I'm planning to use it for certain very lightweight applications available only for macOS, but would also like to run Photoshop and InDesign in 4K, and these would be the most compute-intensive programs to be run in the machine.
My current build is currently the following:
- RAM: 32 GB RAM
- CPU: An intel i5 10600k processor
- SSD: SSD 500GB WD Black SN750 SE
- GPU: AMD Gigabyte Radeon RX 6600
- Motherboard and cooler: no idea!! >_<
- Power supply: the least powerful one that will reliably work
- Case: the least pretty/least shiny/most unexpensive one that will do its job
Here are some notes on it:
- I don't know the specific RAM brand/model that would be nice for a hackintosh
- Choice of CPU: It is based solely on having heard intel 10th generation is nice for Mac hackintosh compatibility on tonymac's guide. Is this a solid choice, or should I look for something else?
- SSD: I chose it based on tonymac's guide, is there a less expensive good 256 GB option?
- GPU: will this work nicely for 4K photoshop editing? Would a GPU with half the compute (or say a good one with half the VRAM for simplicity) work well for this?
- Cooler: is a water cooler a good idea?
- OS version: I want if possible to install the highest macOS version that will work, for future-proofing.
- On accessories: do I have to pay a lot of attention when buying e.g. mouses, keyboards, wi-fi and bluetooth dongles, etc., as it is common for them not to work? Or are most accessories likely to work?
Sorry for not being more specific, I'm still exceedingly new to hackintoshes, and am trying my best to be as specific as I can despite my ignorance.
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