Uploaded March 2016 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Want to know if your machine is VR Ready? We'll show you how to check.
Hardware used in this build:
SD Cards used in this video (not recommended unless you want to spend an hour writing the card - only 4MB/s write): [affiliate] amzn.to/1o2apeH
SD Card recommended (16GB, 30MB/s write): [affiliate] amzn.to/1TUHBkB
SD Card Reader/Writer used in this video (recommended): [affiliate] amzn.to/1o2aFue
Belkin SuperSpeed USB 3.0 4-Port Hub (F4U058tt): [affiliate] amzn.to/1QatYOy
Corsair Vengeance Series Black C70 Mid Tower Computer Case (CC-9011016-WW): [affiliate] amzn.to/1Tix0gT
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800): [affiliate] amzn.to/1Tix4gS
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E120B/AM): [affiliate] amzn.to/1NMAGDY
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM): [affiliate] amzn.to/1REuoKM
Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001): [affiliate] amzn.to/1klmXeP
Intel Core BX80646I74790K i7-4790K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz): [affiliate] amzn.to/1NMB4SU
Corsair RM Series 650 Watt ATX/EPS 80PLUS Gold-Certified Power Supply - CP-9020054-NA RM650: [affiliate] amzn.to/1NMBadd
Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 LGA 1150 Z97 HDMI 2-Way CrossFire ATX Motherboard: [affiliate] amzn.to/1NMBicO
TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter: [affiliate] amzn.to/1NMBqJr
(This is the graphics card in the build video, but I recommend the 970, below) EVGA GeForce GT 740 Superclocked Single Slot 2GB DDR3 Graphics Cards 02G-P4-2742-KR: [affiliate] amzn.to/1Tiy9oX
(This is the card in this video) EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ Cooling Graphics Card (04G-P4-3975-KR): [affiliate] amzn.to/1TiyeJf
Check out these other awesome videos in my Hackintosh series:
For the hardware specs and assembly walkthrough see Part 1: youtu.be/EuJPWxj8WYA
For software installation, see Part 2: youtu.be/sZn8OdA-xR0
For a comparison of using an SSD vs a magnetic HDD for FCPX storage, see Part 3: youtu.be/bzgA8M9R0wE
For a comparison of FCPX GTX 970 performance with the GTX 740, see Part 4: youtu.be/QSJt9e6PvRw
Want to know if your machine is VR Ready? We'll show you how to check.
Hardware used in this build:
SD Cards used in this video (not recommended unless you want to spend an hour writing the card - only 4MB/s write): [affiliate] amzn.to/1o2apeH
SD Card recommended (16GB, 30MB/s write): [affiliate] amzn.to/1TUHBkB
SD Card Reader/Writer used in this video (recommended): [affiliate] amzn.to/1o2aFue
Belkin SuperSpeed USB 3.0 4-Port Hub (F4U058tt): [affiliate] amzn.to/1QatYOy
Corsair Vengeance Series Black C70 Mid Tower Computer Case (CC-9011016-WW): [affiliate] amzn.to/1Tix0gT
Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800): [affiliate] amzn.to/1Tix4gS
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E120B/AM): [affiliate] amzn.to/1NMAGDY
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM): [affiliate] amzn.to/1REuoKM
Seagate 3TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST3000DM001): [affiliate] amzn.to/1klmXeP
Intel Core BX80646I74790K i7-4790K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz): [affiliate] amzn.to/1NMB4SU
Corsair RM Series 650 Watt ATX/EPS 80PLUS Gold-Certified Power Supply - CP-9020054-NA RM650: [affiliate] amzn.to/1NMBadd
Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 LGA 1150 Z97 HDMI 2-Way CrossFire ATX Motherboard: [affiliate] amzn.to/1NMBicO
TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter: [affiliate] amzn.to/1NMBqJr
(This is the graphics card in the build video, but I recommend the 970, below) EVGA GeForce GT 740 Superclocked Single Slot 2GB DDR3 Graphics Cards 02G-P4-2742-KR: [affiliate] amzn.to/1Tiy9oX
(This is the card in this video) EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ Cooling Graphics Card (04G-P4-3975-KR): [affiliate] amzn.to/1TiyeJf
Check out these other awesome videos in my Hackintosh series:
For the hardware specs and assembly walkthrough see Part 1: youtu.be/EuJPWxj8WYA
For software installation, see Part 2: youtu.be/sZn8OdA-xR0
For a comparison of using an SSD vs a magnetic HDD for FCPX storage, see Part 3: youtu.be/bzgA8M9R0wE
For a comparison of FCPX GTX 970 performance with the GTX 740, see Part 4: youtu.be/QSJt9e6PvRw
