iATKOS | United Kingdom

I’ve got a decent system running that I’d like to put some money into to see if I can boost performance and keep it up to spec for another good couple of years if I can.Specs are,

• Intel i7-7700 CPU (4 x 3.6GHz)
• Gigabyte H270M-D3H
• 2 x 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 RAM
• SSD - 2 x WD WDS100T3X0E Western Digital WD Black SN770 1TB Gen4 NVMe SSD
• HDD - 1 x WD WD101FZBX Black 10TB 3.5' HDD SATA 6gb/s 7200RPM
• 6gb AMD RX 5600 XT Video Card
• Corsair Carbide 100R650W Corsair PSUBlack DVDRW

I run Mac OS Monterey currently for most of my work/home life, I use Premiere and After Effects primarily. But honestly probably get the most grunt out of the Windows side playing games, and that’s where I’d be keen to upgrade.

I had this setup built by a mate a few years back and through trial and error have picked up the basics. I shifted from Clover to OpenCore and have upgraded the OS a couple of times now, so I think I’ve got my head around how to mitigate most disasters. Or at least how to actually have backups that I can revert back to. But I was lucky to follow ‘OpenCore config for Gigabyte Z270M-D3H hackintosh’ for my current setup which got me most of the way there for a functioning experience:https://github.com/gxuamethyst/GA-Z270M-D3H-Hackintosh

I’ve been upgrading components over time, such as doubling the RAM, a new GPU, faster SSDs, but I think I’ve reached the part where to make any significant improvements to day-to-day performance I’d likely need to get a new GPU, potentially a new motherboard, which all seems a bit terrifying.

This is definitely the part where I don’t want to jump too quickly into buying the wrong parts and jeopardising a fairly comfortable setup that I’ve got, so would love any advice on,

• What’s the best overall suggestions for boosting performance, is there anywhere my computer would be bottlenecking? Maybe I have shitty ram or should just get a new GPU?

• If upgrading the CPU, would I need to get a new motherboard?

• And if so, with my current setup, is there any fairly simple straight forward step I can take to ensure a simple new setup? Such as buying a motherboard and CPU that would be fairly compatible with my setup already or at least in my wheelhouse.

• Is it even worth the hassle? I like to be able to dual boot Windows/Mac, but given Mac chip improvement lately I could pivot to purchasing a basic Mac for my work/home then just pushing my PC as a Windows-only machine.

Thanks, hope I've got the right flair and everything, open to any advice.