{"id":8384,"date":"2022-01-27T14:07:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T22:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/?p=8384"},"modified":"2025-04-11T15:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T22:30:16","slug":"build-i7-6900k-pc-for-windows-and-hackintosh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/build-i7-6900k-pc-for-windows-and-hackintosh.html","title":{"rendered":"Build i7-6900k PC For Windows and Hackintosh"},"content":{"rendered":"<link href=\"\/idogjs\/icss\/font-awesome\/css\/ifotorama.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\"><script src=\"https:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/1.11.3\/jquery.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"\/idogjs\/ijs\/ifotorama.js\"><\/script>\n<p><em>I needed a potent desktop to do my work with both Windows and macOS, I prefer to use macOS more than Windows because of the software. I found a combo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/products\/sku\/94196\/intel-core-i76900k-processor-20m-cache-up-to-3-70-ghz\/specifications.html?wapkw=i7-6900k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">i7-6900k cpu<\/a>\u00a0(8 cores, 16 threads) with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gigabyte.com\/Motherboard\/GA-X99-UD5-WIFI-rev-10#ov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gigabyte X99-UD5 Wifi<\/a> motherboard for $350 on craigslist. Since macOS Big Sur doesn&#8217;t support Nvdia 1060 so I had to get a gtx 760 or use the R9 280, but the R9 280 doesn&#8217;t work as well as Nvidia. The case still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thermaltakeusa.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=v100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thermal Take V100<\/a> for $29. I needed the 700W power supply and Amazon has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3IKw4BG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apevia Beast for $40<\/a> and it was efficient to run the PC reliably. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/how-to-make-your-first-desktop-hackintosh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to hackintosh this one.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class='fotorama--wp' data-ids='8417,8416,8415,8414,8413,8412,8411,8410,8409,8408,8407,8406,8405,8404,8403,8402,8401,8400,8399,8398,8397,8396,8395,8394,8393,8392,8391,8390,8389,8388,8387,8386,8385'data-allowfullscreen='yes'data-link='file'data-itemtag='dl'data-icontag='dt'data-captiontag='dd'data-columns='0'data-size='large'data-width='600'data-auto='false'data-max-width='100%'data-ratio='1.3333333333333'><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8384 gallery-columns-0 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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