Hi,
I am new at this, planning to build my first hackintosh. I was wondering if it would be OK to use the non-TH (no thunderbolt 3) version of this board. Newegg link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1N83UN2370
It is rev 1.0, which is probably a good thing right? Or would that mean some of the kexts and what not wouldn't work properly? Basically I only want that slot for the displayport, so I don't really see why I should get the thunderbolt version. It seems like the displayport version might be easier to get running.
Revision doesn't matter. They're all 1.0 anyway so far, so I don't see how you conclude that kexts would be affected.
The Thunderbolt ports have DisplayPort. Just get a USB-C to DisplayPort cable. You could also have some Thunderbolt devices, and put a DisplayPort device at the end of the Thunderbolt chain.
Extra hardware doesn't make it harder to get running. It just means more stuff to check but only if you want to actually use it, otherwise you can leave it alone.
You should actually compare the specs to see what the real differences are and decide what matters to you:
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/comparison/list.aspx?ck=2&pids=5479,5480
- The UD5-TH says it can use 3800 MHz DDR4, but maybe they haven't gotten around to testing that on the UD5 (3466 MHz). Anyway, instead of choosing a high MHz, you might choose a high MHz/$ ratio, or you might choose a high MHz/CAS Latency ratio, or a combination (MHz/CAS)/$ or a multi level choice, first highest MHz/CAS, then MHz among the highest x number of those or the other way around.
- For internal graphics, the UD5-TH has 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports and a HDMI 2.0 port all capable of 4K@60Hz. The UD5 has only 1 DisplayPort (4K@60Hz) and two other less capable outputs (DVD-D and HDMI 1.4 which allow 4K@30Hz).
There are adapters for USB-C and DisplayPort to HDMI-2.0. The USB-C ports have more options since they allow you to use older DisplayPort and newer USB-C adapters.
But maybe you won't use internal graphics, since they are kind of flakey in Mac OS X so far (only one connector might work, and sleep/wake might not work).
- UD5-TH has one Gigabit Ethernet. The UD5 has two, but who needs two ethernet ports?
- UD5-TH has only 3 PCIe x1 slots. UD5 has 4. But will you ever have 4 PCIe x1 devices? I use one for a FireWire card.
- UD5-TH has only 1 M.2 slot. UD5 has 2. Maybe one 512 GB NVMe SSD is enough storage for you? There's plenty of SATA ports for regular SSDs. There are also 1 TB NVMe SSD's. The higher capacity also makes them faster, approaching the limit of the chipset bandwidth to the CPU.
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7762/samsung-sm961-1tb-2-nvme-pcie-ssd-review/index.html
- UD5-TH has 2 fewer SATA ports. UD5 has an ASMedia controller for 2 additional ports. But I think you don't need that many SATA ports. There should be enough ports for a couple 6TB drives.
- UD5-TH has Thunderbolt 3 x 2. UD5 has a Thunderbolt add in card connector. You can add Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 2 devices (docks and drives and displays).
- USB port layout differs between UD5-TH and UD5. That number doesn't matter since there's always more ports than you need. They will require different USB fixes though.
- UD5-TH has 4 fan headers. UD5 has 3. But who needs more than 3?
- UD5-TH doesn't have an ECO or OC button, but who uses those?
- The prices are different. But not so much that it should matter.