[hackerboos]

I built a Hackintosh in 2011 using hardware that was recommended on Tonymacx86 as being 'highly compatible'. The problem as you say is it doesn't just 'work'. The machine sometimes randomly restarts, which is unacceptable and every update required repatching audio drivers to work.

If you can deal with this then do it since you will save a lot of money. But sometimes the stability of the real thing is worth the price.