How to Build a Hackintosh Editing System on the CHEAP!

How to Build a Hackintosh Editing System on the CHEAP!

You want to build a Hackintosh to edit your film or video projects? First of all, what is a “Hackintosh?”

A hackintosh is simply any non-Apple hardware that has been made—or “hacked”—to run Mac OS X. This could apply to any hardware, whether it’s a manufacturer-made or personally-built computer.

I owned a Hackintosh a few years back and I loved it. It was a laptop and I took it everywhere. Today’s tech makes it super easy to build out a custom editing and visual effects system on the cheap while still using the gorgeous MacOSX.

It will take a bit of time and there are some pros and cons but if you want a powerful editing system for your own projects then a Hackintosh might be for you.

Check out the video tutorials below and see what flavor of Hackintosh works for you.

Hackintosh Sub-$1000 build featuring Oculus Rift – Hardware Specs

This is my first Hacki tosh build. My goal was to create a computer running OS X that was capable of supporting the Oculus Rift from a pure hardware perspective for under 1K. Read more on 9to5Mac:

Parts Used:

• EVGA GeForce GTX 970
• Intel Core i5-4590 BX80646I54590 Processor (6M Cache, 3.3 GHz)
• Gigabyte H97 Extreme Multi Graphics Support UEFI DualBIOS Micro ATX DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboard
• Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800)
• Samsung 850 PRO – 256GB – 2.5-Inch SATA
• TP-Link TL-WDN4800 Wireless-N900 Dual Band PCI-Express Adapter
• IOGEAR Bluetooth 4.0 USB Micro Adapter
• Sentey Xplus Power Supply 725 Watt
• Thermaltake CORE V21 Black Extreme Micro ATX Cube Chassis
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO – CPU Cooler with 120mm
• PNY Turbo 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
• Case Speaker for POST
• AmazonBasics Wired Keyboard

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How-To: build a Hackintosh: Software Installation

In part 2 of our Hackin tosh series, I show you the step-by-step software installation process for our Oculus Hackin tosh build from beginning to end. If you’ve always wanted to know how easy of difficult a Hackin tosh install can be, watch this video. You might be surprised by how simple it is. Here is a link to the parts we used.

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$682 Hackintosh Mac Mini vs. $1,300 Apple Mac Mini

After spending a few weeks with my small, quiet, pretty aluminum Hackintosh Mac Mini build, I’m more confident than ever that it’s a perfect lower-cost, higher-performance alternative to the Mac Mini. iMessage, Find My Mac, and other Apple serves work flawlessly. It’s a fantastic build!

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Ultimate Portable 4K Video Editing PC – $1200 Hackintosh

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$988 Hackintosh vs Mac Pro – 5K iMac & 2016 MacBook Pro

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Top 5 Pros and Cons of A Hackintosh

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