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[Guff]

Originally Posted by Somerandom18

i7-4790k
Asus Sabertooth Mk2
16gb 1600 MHz ddr3 @ CAS 9
2x Gaming G1 GTX 980s

256gb Samsung 840 Evo SSD
2x 4 TB WD Black HDDs

24" 1080p 144hz Asus monitor
24" 1080p 60hz Asus monitor

Logitech g502 mouse
Sennheiser game zero headset
Logitech g19 keyboard

Plan on replacing the 980s with a single 1080 ti when it's released.

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2x4TB goddang! That's some serious storage.

[Somerandom18]

Movies and TV shows yo.

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[jasonojordan]

Monitor: ASUS ROG PG278Q Black 27" WQHD
Keyboard: Logitech Illuminated Thin Keyboard K740
Mouse: Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
Headset: HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 760T
Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA
Processor: Intel Core i7 6700K
Watercooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm AIO
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX GV-N1080G1 GAMING-8GD
Hard Drive: Samsung 850 EVO Series 250GB x2
Power Supply: Cooler Master 800w (Model number escapes me. Its one of the older 800W supplies with massive 12v rail amperage)

[Guff]

Originally Posted by jasonojordan

Monitor: ASUS ROG PG278Q Black 27" WQHD
Keyboard: Logitech Illuminated Thin Keyboard K740
Mouse: Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
Headset: HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 760T
Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA
Processor: Intel Core i7 6700K
Watercooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm AIO
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX GV-N1080G1 GAMING-8GD
Hard Drive: Samsung 850 EVO Series 250GB x2
Power Supply: Cooler Master 800w (Model number escapes me. Its one of the older 800W supplies with massive 12v rail amperage)

Very nice! How do you like that Asus monitor? I was looking at one but man it's $$$!

[jasonojordan]

Originally Posted by Guff

Very nice! How do you like that Asus monitor? I was looking at one but man it's $$$!

It is very nice! Only reason I got it is I have a gamer buddy who split the cost with me for a wedding gift when I got married last year.

[Guff]

Originally Posted by jasonojordan

It is very nice! Only reason I got it is I have a gamer buddy who split the cost with me for a wedding gift when I got married last year.

That's awesome! Also, that 360mm water cooler is serious business! You running a crazy overclock or something?

[jasonojordan]

Originally Posted by Guff

That's awesome! Also, that 360mm water cooler is serious business! You running a crazy overclock or something?

I used to have a AMD 9590. If you know much about AMD stuff then you know the CPU voltage was insane on that thing and it ran very hot. Got that 360mm cooler to keep it cool and stable. Just kept the cooler when I switched sides and built my 1st intel setup with what I listed above. Now I have plenty of cooling for when I do overclock it more. Currently it is overclocked to a very modest 4.5GHZ

[Guff]

Just finished up my Hackintosh! OSX installed smooth as day. The tools have really come a long way in the last few years. I had a very small issue with getting nVidia drivers to work, but that was fixed with some quick kexting. Only issue now is that running the resolution at 3840x2160 results in everything being wayyyyy too small, as OSX is not automatically setting up "HiDPI" scaling. I'll have to do a bit of trickery to get around that, but it should take care of all my problems. Geekbench scores for the stock 6700K were pretty decent at 5256 SC, 16842 MC. CPU is running very frosty with the H100i, so there might be some overclocking in the future.

The only real issue that's left is figuring out how to ramp the fan curve in OSX. None of the tools in OSX really work, and Gigabyte's BIOS doesn't really help. In GPU benchmarks like Unigine Heaven, the GPU hits about 85°C and doesn't ramp the GPU fan up till very late. Based on score, I imagine it's throttling the GPU clock a fair bit. I'm fairly certain my fan setup is fine. 2 NF-F12s pulling through the rad in the front, one NF-A12 exhausting in the rear. I'll post pics when I get the chance.

[jasonojordan]

Running OSX just because or is there an actual reason you want the OSX OS?

Originally Posted by Guff

Just finished up my Hackintosh! OSX installed smooth as day. The tools have really come a long way in the last few years. I had a very small issue with getting nVidia drivers to work, but that was fixed with some quick kexting. Only issue now is that running the resolution at 3840x2160 results in everything being wayyyyy too small, as OSX is not automatically setting up "HiDPI" scaling. I'll have to do a bit of trickery to get around that, but it should take care of all my problems. Geekbench scores for the stock 6700K were pretty decent at 5256 SC, 16842 MC. CPU is running very frosty with the H100i, so there might be some overclocking in the future.

The only real issue that's left is figuring out how to ramp the fan curve in OSX. None of the tools in OSX really work, and Gigabyte's BIOS doesn't really help. In GPU benchmarks like Unigine Heaven, the GPU hits about 85°C and doesn't ramp the GPU fan up till very late. Based on score, I imagine it's throttling the GPU clock a fair bit. I'm fairly certain my fan setup is fine. 2 NF-F12s pulling through the rad in the front, one NF-A12 exhausting in the rear. I'll post pics when I get the chance.

[Guff]

Originally Posted by jasonojordan

Running OSX just because or is there an actual reason you want the OSX OS?

I'm just an old man set in his Final Cut ways. I don't mind Adobe Premiere, but just prefer FCPX. As such, I need OSX. I'll be running Windows on a separate drive, mostly for games. On top of that, I just prefer using OSX for day to day use. Not for any performance reasons, just like the UX.

[Swift]

My workstation is a few years old but still the most powerful "work" computer our IT guy has seen in the area...but I am not full nerd.

-Asus X99-LGA 2011-v3 intel X99 Satat 6 gb/s atx motherboard
-Corsair vengeance LPX 16 GB 288-pin ddr4 26666 ram
-Intel core i7-5820K 6 core 3.3Ghz LGA 140 processor
-PNY Quadro K2200 VCQK2200-PB 4GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI express 2.0X16
video card
-Deepcool heatsink
-500 watt power supply

-dual monitor with logitech wireless keyboard/mouse

I do 2D/3D CAD with CAM(toothpathing)

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Guff

I'm just an old man set in his Final Cut ways. I don't mind Adobe Premiere, but just prefer FCPX. As such, I need OSX. I'll be running Windows on a separate drive, mostly for games. On top of that, I just prefer using OSX for day to day use. Not for any performance reasons, just like the UX.

Out of curiosity, ever used Pinnacle Studio on the PC? I don't do anything in-depth, but have done some editing for church and school performances (as well as hours of home video) with it and have always been happy with it. Never used FCPX.

[Guff]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Out of curiosity, ever used Pinnacle Studio on the PC? I don't do anything in-depth, but have done some editing for church and school performances (as well as hours of home video) with it and have always been happy with it. Never used FCPX.

Nah, can't say I've ever heard of it. I'll check it out though! The main thing with me and Final Cut is that over the last decade of usage, I've bought numerous plugins (some of which didn't even transfer to FCPX!) and tools, etc so I'm almost too invested in the ecosystem. The video that comes out the other side isn't bad either!

I'm actually making a video on this Hackintosh build, so that should be pretty fun! It probably won't be out soon

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Guff

Nah, can't say I've ever heard of it. I'll check it out though! The main thing with me and Final Cut is that over the last decade of usage, I've bought numerous plugins (some of which didn't even transfer to FCPX!) and tools, etc so I'm almost too invested in the ecosystem. The video that comes out the other side isn't bad either!

I'm actually making a video on this Hackintosh build, so that should be pretty fun! It probably won't be out soon

It was an off-shoot of their old Pinnacle Liquid product which was their studio quality editing software that was pretty heavily used.

I'm not an expert video editor by any means, but I found it very easy to use and it has a lot of add-ins/features including in it at a very reasonable price (that has dropped substantially over the years). It has changed owners a couple of times, and I am a few versions behind so I can't really speak to their current version.