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Just bit the bullet and ordered parts for a Hackintosh for Logic... Shitting myself reading horror stories on reddit here, anyone else using one?
Been mixing a record recently and my poor 4 y/o maxed out MBP is just not cutting it, I already gave up on using my 4k monitor a long time ago due to not being able to spare the shared video RAM and some of these sessions are 200 tracks deep it's becoming a total melt keeping on top of things.
£1600 for an intel i9 9900k based system with 64gb ram, 250GB M2 SSD, 500GB SSD, Radeon RX 580. Should beat any of Apple's current Xeon (and possibly the low end new MP) offerings for what I need it for (8 cores / higher single core frequency is what i'm after!).
Think I've got all the right bits but still slightly worried about the Firewire/ compatibility for my UAD stuff, haven't built a PC in 10 years, this is going to be fun!
- I use a hackintosh with Logic daily. I'm also using an old ass firewire card with a Pro 40. Not sure how that graphics card will work, you'll have to research.section_014
- Overall, it works great. I'm still on mac os 10.12.6, and will be until I'm forced to upgrade. Follow the TonyMacx86 guides.section_014
- Yeah, theres a huge build thread for all the hardware I've got, up and running with win 10 yesterday, attempting vanilla install today!kingsteven
- The AMD cards are supposedly working natively without iGPU since 10.4.5, and the thunderbolt on this board has been tested and works with UAD and Apogee stuff.kingsteven
- Got a firewire card too (right chipset so hopefully compatible) for fw UAD satellite. I cant se the ridiculous tb3->tb2->fw cables apple provides workin.kingsteven
- Heres the tonymac build thread, pretty fucking comprehensive! https://is.gd/eUCM8s… working from this and another on redditkingsteven
- RN: https://i.imgur.com/…, change jar will come in handy when i'm done.kingsteven