[turshija]

I've started building my own "budget" hackintosh yesterday actually! It is pretty straight forward if you are purchasing components specifically for hackintosh (instead of trying to salvage your current PC).

Here is my geekbench 4 benchmark: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/15176970 (slightly better compared to new 16'' macbook with i7)

And these are components that I've bought and for which prices:

  Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z390M-PRO GAMING - 144 euro
  CPU: i5-9600K - 208 euro
  RAM: Predator 2x16gb RGB - 184 euro
  NVMe: SILICON POWER 512GB P34A80 M.2 PCIe M.2 2280 
  SP512GBP34A80M28 - 81 euro
  PSU: THERMALTAKE Smart Pro RGB 750W Bronze - 89 euro
  GPU: ASUS Radeon RX 580 4gb - 166 euro

I still have to see how stable this will be, and if it can replace my 2015 iMac.

Here are useful links I used: https://github.com/alienator88/ASUS-TUF-Z390M-Pro-Gaming-Hac... Also Google: hackintosh asus tuf z390m

[FireBeyond]

> It is pretty straight forward if you are purchasing components specifically for hackintosh

Definitely this. There are "golden builds" where people have ironed out components and steps exactly so there's barely any more pain than installing Windows.