Anyone build a hackintosh for music related stuff?

[mostapha]

Or buy an SSD that has a real controller chip and doesn't use that BS stop-gap solution that should have never been necessary.

Also, I've been lucky, but SSDs have higher failure rates than hard drives and lower MTTF times, in general. They're just so blazing fast that they're worth it. If my Mercury 6G dies, I'll order another one of the same drive and be back up in 24 hours, booting off a drive in a FW chassis in the mean time.

If you want data integrity that survives drive crashes…3 good, identical hard drives in a hardware raid 5 chassis is your best bet. They're just slower.

And since Apple doesn't make server hardware anymore, I have no idea what raid controller to buy for a hackintosh. A bootable backup drive and time machine might actually be your best bet for a hackintosh.

[Rukks]

Your thinking of backing up on an SSD is not completely correct. First off it will be much easier to recover data if you have it on a strictly storage drive but I am speaking from a windows perspective, I've never dealth with OSX with multiple drives.

But keeping your 'important' files and apps and OS separate is more likely to save files, what reasons would a storage drive have to fail other than mechanical failure?

Or if you are worried, buy 2 1TB drives for the cost of 1 120GB SSD and just back the data up twice...if you lose data off both drives then you sir are not meant to use a computer.

[Xonetacular]

Hmm I've built a lot of computers but not since SSDs have become affordable, there are just so many to choose from and I'm not sure what to look out for in good value/performance in the 120gb range.

For backup I'll just use time machine so not really worried about that.

[mostapha]

Mercury or OCZ drives benchmark extremely well, perform great in practice, and din't require TRIM support because their controller chips weren't designed by morons.

And other world computing's warranty is better.

[Xonetacular]

Well if the rumor that the CDJ-2000 is being discontinued and replaced with a CDJ 2000 Nexus in April then I may just go ahead and build a hackintosh.

I wonder what the best I can do for $1000 or less is. Video card doesn't really matter so I would go for a card that is known to work but cheap- will have to do some research but if I can get something for around $100 that would be ideal. Intel 2600k CPU for $299, gigabyte mobo $130-$160, 16gb corsair DDR3 $90, SSD $150. Case and PSU- I'm picky about cases and normally I would go for a nice Lian Li but maybe I'll look at something cheaper or more practical on this build. I'll see if I can find a decent PSU for like $50. CPU cooler $30.

[mostapha]

What SSD are you getting for $150?

[Xonetacular]

What SSD are you getting for $150?

One of the OCZs, not sure which

$135 after rebate http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227726

this is $170 with rebate http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227706


not really sure the difference in all these ocz models that are so close

[Rukks]

You can buy my lian li off of me

I'm gonna be moving around next year for work so I can't have this tower anymore

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product...ndex=62&g=spec

I modded it so it can fit 3 fans in the front but still the best looking case ever made IMO

Sounds like your decisions are pretty good atleast to me. I don't think you need 16gb of ram but it has come down in price lately. Just get a reliable PSU, last thing you want is replacing that. video cards eat up the most power so if your going lowend video card then go with like a 500watt or so...anything over that is only needed for dual cards.

If you spec it all out you may think you need more power than you actually do...just an fyi.

[mostapha]

not really sure the difference in all these ocz models that are so close

The vertex 3 is a much better drive. 3 refers to generations, and the 3rd gen are the first ones that don't suck (good controller chips that reportedly don't need trim). Other than that Vertex >> Agility > Solid.

When I was shopping the Mercury Extreme Pro 6G beat it out, but they were also the same price back then. I'd probably buy a vertex 3 today.

[brian_johnstone]

i took the vertex over the agility, was a little more expensive but thought i might as well have the model up whilst i had the cash. its blisteringly quick. i only took the 60gb but with running windows i was able to save 8gb as you no longer need the page file on the computer. not sure if this applies to a mac but worth a look, thats a lot of space to save. my hackintosh samsung nc10 arrived the other day and i love it, tempted to do the same to my main hp.