Hello to all my fellow Syndicate brothers/sisters (I don't judge)
Have a lot of you guys considered doing a "Hackintosh"? And have you gotten tied up in research of parts that will work in harmony? Well, I have come to end your frustration.
Below is a parts list that my good friend Luke and I came up with that caters to all you lovers of ATX systems, aaannnnddd we kept it cheaper than what I spent on mine two days ago. So here it is:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/folsom_prison_blues/saved/B8PgXL
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Please provide feedback, as to I would love to hear constructive criticism and/or insults. I love both. So have fun with this list.
Um what? Are you talking mac pro killer? Because then a base model mac pro is going to wipe the floor with that build... And a base model mac pro costs $3000 so your talking the equivalent $3000 pc to kick the base model mac pros ass. Something like this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WxCwyc 6 core 12 thread kicks the quad core xeon in the base mac pros ass. 16gb's of ram is 4gb's more then the mac. Dual r9 290x's is faster then the dual d300's in the mac. Dual kingston hyper x 3k's in raid 0 is faster then the mac pro's pcie ssd, probably.
If your talking $1200 hackintosh like your build could do, then there's lots of room for improvement. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/z6dqP6 Step up to a quad core xeon with hyperthreading so you get 4 cores/8 threads like on an I7. Then I switch to the R9 290 instead of the Gtx 760 because its twice as fast in gaming, and opencl absolutely destroys cuda in anything rendering or professional work.
The Mac Pro is quite a bit more powerful, though.