[Success] GIGABYTE Z370 Gaming 7 + Intel Core i7-8700K + RX 580 + (2x) Dell P2715Q 4k @ 60Hz

[cin0]

Guys do you know why my CL Score is soooo low? Author of this post has 130k and I have 49k only. The same motherboard, procesor, graphic card, ram, but no OC yet.

UPDATE:
After a restart I get 132k score, but shortly after it degrades to 49k... What could be the problem?

 

[NCMacGuy]

You probably did this, but I have to check: Did you first install the driver in Windows using the Gigabyte disc that came with the GC Thunderbolt Rec 2 Card? You should get two ports in Windows 10. There's a disc in the box. It may have slid under something. You need that disc, then you need to update the driver from within Windows. .

I installed the TB card, booted to Win10 and installed the supplied TB driver that was on the CD with the card. Then tried to use the app from the CD to update the card's firmware, which didn't find the card. Went back to the BIOS and still no Thunderbolt shown on the "Peripherals" page. Knew something was wrong and started troubleshooting.

The only "trick" to get the card functioning within macOS AND Win10 is to be sure the card appears on the BIOS's "Peripherals" page so it can be "Enabled" and other settings for the card set in BIOS. Within macOS it seems to run "natively" but I haven't checked to see how "hot plugging" works, or how sleep or shutdown affect Thunderbolt-connected hardware.

 

[jiffyslot]

Okay, if you still have Windows 10, update the driver via (Device or System) manager, it's under System Devices in a long list, way down, where you'll see "Intel Thunderbolt" (etc) –click on that to bring up the pane and click "Update Driver" -or just go to System and run your updates. The last Thunderbolt driver update that pertains to our cards was in 2017. I can't check it right now, so just use this to poke around if you're in a hurry before I can get back to it...

I'm having issues with plugged in USB SSDs not showing unless I restart the machine. USB sticks are okay...

 

[NCMacGuy]

That's a good question....
So to answer your question, yeah. It was definitely worth it.

trs96 asked an interesting question for all of us who used HackaShaq's great guide for their builds.

In my case it wasn't a matter of speeding up a workflow, or making my work more efficient. My day-to-day computer is an "iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014)" which is more than adequate for everything I use it for. Hopefully it will run for another 4 or more years before it stops working and I have to junk it because Apple no longer carries repair parts, and I can't easily get inside it to try to do the repair myself.

I'm just a computer hobbyist who decided to build another hackintosh for the enjoyment of building a computer which I can use, repair, upgrade, and tinker with, yet will also run macOS.

If Apple does something in the future that prevents macOS from running on hackintoshes, I can always switch this build to run Windows, or some other OS, and continue to use it for years.

Many thanks to those in the Hackintosh community who develop the software hacks, for those of us who are incapable of doing it, to keep macOS running on non-Apple hardware!

 

[bluepr0]

This is just awesome! One thing I'm missing from the original post is that if everything is working software wise, for example Messages.app, App Store, Continuity, Bluetooth headphones like Airpods, etc. I read bluetooth is working out of the box but just was curious to see if software is doing it as well!

Also read that this works perfect with sleep/wake which is great because I never turn off the mac

Thanks!

 

[trs96]

If Apple does something in the future that prevents macOS from running on hackintoshes, I can always switch this build to run Windows, or some other OS, and continue to use it for years.

Modern “Hackintoshes” show that Apple should probably just build a Mac tower
Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica

The main question for Apple that I have is: "You make really elegant products for people with a lot of disposable income. You make the best OS that I've ever used in macOS. Why not build something (for under $1,000) that is designed to be user upgradable, repairable and affordable ?" "You can keep selling iMacs and Mac Pros that sell from $5,000 to $13,000 and most will still buy them even though there are lower cost options." "This community is a demonstration that tens of millions of people will buy the former choice and help you obtain even more macOS users that use your services and buy software like Logic Pro and FCP X." "Isn't that what you really want, as many people to be using macOS as those using Windows right now ?"

Of course, the new modular 2019 Mac Pro will start at 7,000 dollars and go up to 15,000 maxed out. Apple will sell more iPhones in one day than it sells the new Mac Pros in the next five years. That's why I just don't get that they completely ignore the huge market that exists for what I've mentioned in the first paragraph. A Mac that is user upgradable, repairable and affordable. This build by HackaShaq proves that a mid range, sub $2,000 PC can run macOS as well as anything Apple sells right now... The benchmarks prove that it can perform just as well as the $5,000+ iMac Pro. In summary, it would be nice if Apple got back to their original mission, to provide great personal computers for everyone, not just $1,000 iPhones that they expect you to upgrade from every 1-2 years. For me, and most likely you too, an iPhone can never replace what I do with macOS on a daily basis.

 

[Edit-like-a-mac]

Guys do you know why my CL Score is soooo low? Author of this post has 130k and I have 49k only. The same motherboard, procesor, graphic card, ram, but no OC yet.

UPDATE:
After a restart I get 132k score, but shortly after it degrades to 49k... What could be the problem?

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...-score-drops-after-playing-any-videos.241564/

 

[cin0]

https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...-score-drops-after-playing-any-videos.241564/

The thing that helped me was to enable iGPU in the bios.... That's it.. Although my boot time increased 3-5x, and to fix it I boot with -disablegfxfirmware and everything came back to normal. Now I score always 130-142k. Everything works now so it's time to OC a bit..

Thanks

 

[jiffyslot]

No problems. Could you let us know when you get the thunderbolt (Gigabyte?) card going. I'm looking at using one to put one of my two RX 580's in as I need the PCI slots in the case for other uses like the 10Gbe ethernet card and my WiFi/Bluetooth card...

My Hack crashed hard. Unrecoverably hard, as in not boot from my CCC backup -which was the first thing I did when I got it to boot the first time after Multibeast. Starting over. Anyway, about Thunderbolt, I just made these for you. I'm assuming nothing about what you already know, so pardon the arrows, etc.

 

[JimmakoS]

Hello guys, just replace my Gigabyte GTX 1060 to

Asus Radeon RX 580 8GB ROG Strix TOP Edition OC!!

I want to confirm that the card play out of the box.