Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Should I replace Imac with a better hackintosh?? Need help asap


so im in high school , interested in film making. lot of work premiere , after effects decent computer must. have 2011 base model imac 12gb ram , pretty - although crashed 15 times since bought 6 months ago. put on craigslist see got offered , guy offered me custom built hackintosh paid 1400 make. specs on paper (geekbench score around 8500), has 3.31 quad core processor 8gb ram 1tb hard drive blu ray drive 2gb dedicated vram radeon graphics card. has mac os x lion installed windows 7. know on paper specs r better imac , aware imac more stable/smooth. however, told him unfair trade give imac since although share similar price, mine made apple , more stable. understood , made me counter offer. why considering offer. said throw in white 16gb new ipad 2. in addition include 1080p 20" samsung monitor. seems deal video editor - know not fair trade pc imac, if includes ipad 2?! seems pretty decent trade me. use ipad school because dont have laptop. should trade? again, know wont stable imac (which incidentally has crashed several times) bonus of ipad , expandability options of mac pro, hard pass on offer. appreciated.

sent me parts used build pc:

case- antec 2 hundred s
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16811129074

motherboard- asus p8p67 deluxe
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16813131701

cpu- intel core i5-2500k
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16819115072

psu- hec xp1080 800w
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16817339035

gpu- diamond 6870pe51g
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16814103123
http://www.amazon.com/diamond-pci-express-graphics-display-eyefinity/dp/b0047cq0l0

ram- g.skill ripjaws series 8gb
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16820231314

hdd- western digital caviar black wd1002faex 1tb 7200 rpm 64mb (x2)
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16822136533

peripherals-logitech wireless combo
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16823126197

logitech s120 2.3 watts (rms) 2.0 speaker system
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16836121013

rosewill rnx-n150pce
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16833166047

siig 3-port 1394 (firewire) pci adapter
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16800998056

vantec 58-in-1 internal card reader/writer
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16820276003

optical- lg 22x super-multi dvd burner
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16827136240

lg black 12x bd-r 2x bd-re 16x dvd+r 12x dvd-ram 10x bd-rom 4mb
cache sata internal 12x super multi blue 3d playback blu-ray disc rewriter
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=n82e16827136239

comes apple keyboard/mouse.
 

you asked question already. , while gpu better, hackintosh has 1000 geekbench points more imac.

, if interested in hackintosh, why not build yourself, troubleshooting easier, versed in matter then?
 


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