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So i have kinda odd question.

I own right now AMD fx-8350 and cheap GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 mobo (and msi 970 4gb).

I was thinking to switch Intel CPU, because i want to have hackintosh and i heard intel perform better when gaming because of better single core perfomance and just because i can 😀

The problem is that have no experience with intel cpu's and motherboards with intel sockets. So can you suggest me an Intel CPU and motheboard which can run hackintosh. The price tag i'm looking for is same as fx-8350 and GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 + 50-70€. If my budget is not enough,tell me, because i need able to play games like Witcher 3, GTA V, Fallout 4.
 
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German prices for a baseline

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (€167.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (€108.40 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €276.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-23 13:18 CET+0100

Last generation Intel (to save a little)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€170.04 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€89.58 @ Mindfactory)...
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German prices for a baseline

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (€167.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (€108.40 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €276.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-23 13:18 CET+0100

Last generation Intel (to save a little)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€170.04 @ Mindfactory)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€89.58 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €259.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-23 13:21 CET+0100

Hackintosh guide (a bit old) http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302041-guide-asrock-h97-pro4-yosemite-with-clover-uefi-installation/

Overclockable Intel

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (€239.20 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€24.40 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€137.13 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €400.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-23 13:32 CET+0100

Hackintosh on that motherboard. http://www.hackintosh.zone/forums/topic/5740-success-asrock-z97-extreme-4-i7-4790k-gtx-970/

For more modern Skylake, I'm not so sure. It's too new. http://www.tonymacx86.com/desktop-compatibility/176407-testing-thread-skylake-platform-os-x.html
 
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That was hell of an answer, THANK YOU! But i have a problem, here in my country (Finland) couldn't find that motherboard for sale anywhere : (I don't really want to order from abroad... Any other suggestion?

EDIT: I was talking about ASRock H97M PRO4 motherboard.
 
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