Building a Hackintosh

First, is there a Hackintosh thread? If there is I can't find it so forgive me for posting here.

So I've decided to build a hackintosh. There are several reasons why, mainly that I can build a better computer for 1500$ than I can buy from apple, and because it gives me more control and repairability.

So here are the parts I've chosen (all from newegg.ca):

CPU: Intel Core i7 3770 (3.4Ghz, quad core, hyper threading, Ivy Bridge)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H (4 DDR3 slots, PCI-E 3.0, PCI-E 2.0)

RAM: 2X8GB Corsair DDR3

SSD: Kingston SSDNOW V+200 (120GB)

HDD: Seagate Barracuda (500 GB)

PSU: Xion XON-1000P14F (1000 Watts)

Case: CoolerMaster SGC-1000-KWN1

Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7970 (3GB, PCI-E 3.0) (Apple is adding drivers for this card in 10.8.3)

If anyone with experience with building a Hackintosh has any helpful pointers that would be greatly appreciated.

simsaladimbamba said:

Just because you can build a "faster by specs" computer for less than Apple wants from you, it does not mean it is better.

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Actually it tends to mean its better. Thats the whole point. Faster parts=better experience

Ugh I hate signing up for forums.