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by nottorp 2339 days ago
You need to buy hardware specifically for hackintoshing. Don't just buy whatever's in fashion and try to make Mac OS fit.

If you do that it's mostly hassle free. Never had freezes, had stuff like sound not working when coming back from sleep (which i solved by switching to usb audio).

Of course, then something will come along and fuck you up, like Apple dropping nvidia drivers completely. Which is solved by getting an AMD video card. Admit it, it was time you upgraded the video card anyway :)
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tokamak-teapot 2338 days ago
I bought specific hardware,

HP 6300 SFF: $35 NVidia GT 710: $30 16GB of DDR3: $60 Cheap 256GB SSD: $30

More than fast enough for me. Everything works: iMessage, iCloud, etc. No crashes, no freezes, no audio issues. It started on High Sierra and is on Mojave now. Installation straightforward, though it requires concentration as you read the instructions - and no cheating.

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sixothree 2338 days ago
I was gifted an HP 6300 and was astonished by how easy they are to Hackintosh. The 6300 & 8300 can be had on ebay for $75-150.

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-hp-6300-pro-hp-8300...

I added this graphics card:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B7YMBFC/

I even get HDMI audio support.

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tokamak-teapot 2338 days ago
Does that graphics card work with the little PSU in the 6300? I have the SFF. Not sure if it even has a power cable to feed it. And is it noisy?
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sixothree 2338 days ago
It's a low profile card and I don't remember it needing any power being plugged in. To be fair, I think this card is overpriced for whatever performance you would get out of it. That is especially considering I only use it for 2d acceleration. But I needed the card because I could not get displayport from the motherboard working - I suspect it is the particular CPU. Regardless, my entire outlay for this machine was the price of the graphics card.

It is fairly quiet, but I've never heard it really ramp up.

I do vaugely remember the card NOT coming with the shorter edge connect (metal L bracket thingy). Need to look back there and see what I have going on.

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