So I'm currently running a hybrid Mac/windows machine thanks to this sub and I'm looking to upgrade it to an AMD machine for better performance with video editing in Premiere and After Effects.
My current setup is an i5 6500, H110I Pro board, 16 GB of 2133 DDR4 RAM, and a Radeon RX 480 8 GB video card. I'm also running 2 27" 4k Acer monitors.
I'm planning on keeping the video card because I'm not having any performance issues there and I'm trying to save some money. I think I'll bump the RAM up to 32 and maybe 64 down the road and I'm looking for more cores in the CPU than the 4 on the i5 I have now. I mostly use this for video work and some light gaming (on Windows). I'm not doing super heavy lifting in video editing (mostly just short films shot in 4k RAW and very occasionally 6k), and when I need really big stuff done it usually gets shipped out to someone else. I do work with basic correction and some light grading and need to be able to handle that, but I'm not rendering big CGI stuff or anything along those lines.
To any AMD hackintoshers out there, what boards and chips have you had the easiest time working with and getting setup? I was smart enough to get my current system up and running but it was not easy.
I'm trying to keep my costs somewhat low, which is why I'm looking at AMD over intel (more cores for your buck). Also, size isn't really an issue. I like the mini tower I have now and its pretty cool looking but I'm more interested in spending money on components than style.
Last question- any ideas on what to do with an old i5, board, and RAM? I have an old 2 GB video card here somewhere. I don't really need an extra PC but I hate having old stuff laying around and collecting dust. Is eBay worth the trouble or is there some cool project I can put it towards?
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