Hackintosh on x86 platform - Part I Hardware
"Hackintosh is a computer that runs Apple's Macintosh operating system macOS on computer hardware not authorized for the purpose by Apple." Wiki All credits belong to the OpenCore official guide . I cannot complete without the super detailed guide. :-) Hardware is the first step for Hackintosh. You need compatible computer parts that macOS can support. I have successfully build my Hackintosh system on a desktop PC and a laptop. Please refer to the OpenCore official guide to buy your computer parts. I will only share my experience in this article. CPU First of all, I recommend Intel CPU. According to the guide. It appears a bit hard and extra steps if you use AMD CPU. Memory M emory is more flexible. I have tried from high-end Samsung DIMMs to some super cheap DIMMs (32GB per DIMM). I didn't see any issue. Hard Disk Hard disk is also flexible. You can use SATA to NVMe. However, I would recommend SATA SSD or NVMe SSD. It's much faster. My macOS loading speed is