In the end, its these additional steps that will try your patience if youre building a Hackinotsh that you want to be your do-everything Mac.

This is a road Ive gone down myself, way back in 2008, when I built my Frankenmac.

As Kirk was building a relatively low-end Mac clone, and as Apple has ignored the high-end Mac Pro for so many years, I thought itd be interesting to build a new high-end Frankenmac.

Frame rates can vary from decent to slow, and the iMacs fan ramps up nearly as soon as I launch the simulator.

In the end, the simulator is what really drove my desire to build a new Frankenmac: I wanted a machine that could run X-Plane really well, without a screaming loud fan, and hopefully be used as my iMac replacement (at least until the new new Mac Pro is released ).

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The key to this project was Nvidias announcement of Pascal drivers for the Mac.

This meant that I could put in a leading-edge video cardone of the GeForce GTX 10 series cards.

These cards will easily outperform (in games, at least) anything in any Mac that Apple currently ships.

My motherboard doesnt have Wi-Fi, but I added it with the Fenvi 802.11AC Desktop Wifi Card (70 on Amazon ).

This card is favored with Hackintosh builders, as it supposedly supports Handoff and Continuity without any troubles.

Processor I chose an Intel Core i7 6700K 4.0GHZ CPU (300 on Amazon ).

This is basically the fastest desktop-class CPU thats fully supported in a Hackintosh.

Memory I ordered 32GB of RAM, given its relatively inexpensive and I didnt want to worry about swap files.

Graphics Kirk used onboard video, but in my case, that wouldnt cut it for X-Plane.

This was the most expensive single item in my build, surpassing even the CPU in cost.

But its a wicked-fast card that will run circles (in gaming) around anything Apple ships.

Gigabyte.

In totalexcluding keyboard, mouse, and monitorI spent 1,567 on parts.

Theres not really a comparison to this machine in Apples lineup, thanks to the video card.

Building the Hackintosh Kirk describes the process well, so Ill just add that if you dont enjoy working with small parts in tight, enclosed spaces, you probably wont enjoy building a PC.

But if you do like such things, building a PC is a rewarding experience: Theres nothing like that first boot to BIOS (a configuration system built into the motherboard) after powering on for the first time.

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Installing macOS Kirks summary of the OS install is spot-on: Its not plug and play, but getting macOS running isnt overly difficult, to a point.

Youll probably have networking and onboard video and maybe youll get lucky and have sound, too.

And if your machine is a network server, like Kirks, thats probably all you need.

But as I was trying to make my Hackintosh my every day Mac, I needed more.

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