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Creating a Hackintosh

I've always wanted to create a "Hackintosh", i.e. a standard PC that runs OS X. My PC is over 5 years old so it was time for a refresh. I figured this was the best time to give the Hackintosh a go. Hardware CPU:  Intel Quad Core i7 4790 3.6 Ghz Motherboard:  GIGABYTE GA-Z97-HD3 Audio:  ALC 887 Network: Realtek 8111F-VL Network Card:  4 Antennas 802.11ac WiFi BCM94360CD Wireless Network Card Graphics Card:  nVidia 750 GTX Memory:  Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 32 GB (4x8 GB) Hard Drive : Seagate ST3000DM001 3 TB SATA3 7200 rpm DVD:  Samsung SH-224DB 24X BIOS Changes The first step was to change the BIOS settings to support OS X. Disabling VT-d is the only setting that is clearly required; the others are questionable but were done by others so I thought they were worth trying. F7  to load Optimized Defaults M.I.T. Advanced Frequency Settings Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.): Enabled Miscellaneous Settings ...