- Joined
- Jan 15, 2018
- Messages
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- Motherboard
- Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming
- CPU
- Intel Core Coffeelake i7 8700K
- Graphics
- PNY Technologies Nvidia Quadro P4000
- Mac
Photo/Graphic Editing build:
Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming - i7-8700K - Nvidia Quadro P4000
Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming - i7-8700K - Nvidia Quadro P4000
Components
Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming Motherboard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075RHWCBT/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119042
Intel Core Coffee Lake i7-8700K Processor
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07598VZR8/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117827
Arctic Liquid Freezer 240 All-in-one 240mm CPU Liquid Cooling
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013WAY9UQ/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186153
Sonnet Presto 10GbaseT 10Gb RJ-45 Network Card
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MRELN12/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=2BH-000H-00004
PNY Technologies Nvidia Quadro P4000 Graphics Card
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X9TNDFF/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133643
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 64GB DDR4 2666 Memory
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XJKQ5FR/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820164047
Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB SSD (x3)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OAJ412U/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W02CZ2241
Logitech K375s Wireless Keyboard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N5BVUGS/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4RE53D6772
Dell DW1830 M.2 BECM943602BAED Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JGFA50U/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Already Owned
Cooler Master Cosmo II Case
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006P88VNE/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119252
Seasonic Snow Silent 750 Power Supply
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E1RS590/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151154
Zalman Case Fans (various sizes to fill all the Cosmo II's fan spots)
Logitech M325c Wireless Party Mouse
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZYK2KJA/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
LG Blueray Burner Blu-Ray Burner
Wacom CINTIQ 27QHD Touch Pen Display (DTH2700), Add-on Wacom Color Manager Device (EODIS3-DCWA) & Ergostand (ACK411040Z)
Sony MRW-E90 XQD/SD USB External Card Reader (Needed to read XQD memory cards used in my Nikon cameras)
OS's: Windows 10 Pro, OpenSuSE Tumble weedLinux, macOS High Sierra
Comments
I've been lurking here for a while and I decided to build my first CustoMac. For this build I almost exactly duplicated Pastrychef's work here and Going Bald's Multi-Boot guide here.
What makes this build a little different than average:
1. I do professional photography, art work and retouching. Have you ever printed a picture and had the printed colors not match what's on the screen? I have to be able to map what my screen displays to what my customers presses are capable of. I built my CustoMac to replace an ageing Mac Pro (and a Linux/windows dual boot system). I needed to build a system that had a color calibrated display that supported custom color space (For this I use the Wacom CINTIQ - a display and graphic tablet combination) and a video card with 10 bit color channel in OpenGL. the Nvidia Quadro video card excel at this (10 bit channels are only supported in DirectX on the Geoforce 10-- cards).
2. I needed a 10Gb network card that works under MacOS, Linux and Windows to work with files directly on my file server. I ordered the Sonnet card before Pastrychef switched from the Solarflare 10GbE to the Gigabyte GC-AQC107 10GBase-T card.
The MacOS and Windows install was completely trouble free. Linux install went well once I discovered the additional command to send its bootloader. I won't do a step by step because I'd just be replicating what Pastrychef and Going Bald have explained much better than I am able. My process was set up bios according to the directions for installing High Sierra. Create the Efi partition. Install windows. Install all relevant windows drivers (Nvidia Quadro, Wacom, Network, Logitech). Install High Sierra (UniBeast, MultiBeast, etc.). Follow Pastrychef's post install fixes and install MacOS Drivers (Nvidia Quadro by following the Tonymac links for the Nvidia web drivers, Logitech, Wacom, Network). Install OpenSuSE Tumbleweed. For the latest versions, all MacOS and Windows drivers were downloaded from the manufacturers/designers sites i.e. Asus, Nvidia, Wacom, Logitech, Sonnet, Intel, etc. Follow Going Bald's work for editing the config.plist for Clover to show linux as well as High Sierra and Windows as boot options.
Notes for MacOS: Carefully follow Pastrychef's build like I did.
NOTE for some "UNIFYING TECHNOLOGY" Logitech wireless keyboards and mice: For new Logitech unify keyboards AND mouse installs you have to install the first OS with a wired mouse AND/OR keyboard depending on which wireless dongle you insert (although windows 10 recognizes 2, Linux and macOS don't). The wireless keyboard and mouse I chose both use logitech's "Unifying Technology" - Logitech's fancy name for using one wireless dongle for multiple devices. The problem is the keyboard and mouse each ships with its own dongle. The solution is to install the OS then use Logitech's software to pair them both to same dongle.
Note on Linux: For Z370/Coffee Lake motherboard you want a very recent kernel even then their is no on CPU graphics unless you use the 'i915.alpha_support=1' boot flag on kernel 4.13 and 4.14 or update to the beta/release candidate 4.15 kernel line even though version 4.10 and 4.13 made upgrades to kaby Lake/Coffee Lake specific code respectively. If your kernel is really really old, Z370 boards won't boot even with a supported graphics card. I prefer OpenSuSE's distribution, I opted for the Tumbleweed branch over the Leap branch because it installs version 4.14.15. Ubuntu is another good distribution for including the latest stable kernel at the time each release is packaged.
SUMMARY
What Works
As far as I can tell everything.
What Does Not Work
I think everything works.
NOW I HAVE A GRAPHIC EDITING POWERHOUSE!