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- Sep 27, 2017
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- Motherboard
- Asus Prime X299 Deluxe
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- i9-7900X
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- Vega 64
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Hi everyone,
Inspired by this thread and after spending sleepless nights deliberating the pros and cons (such as, why not just go with an EGPU for my thermal-throttled Macbook), I signed up here today. I just finished ordering a pile of components for my (hopefully) soon to be Hackintosh #2… my first one was a Dell PC in 2005 or so, which means that I'm a bit out of shape.
My initial build is supposed to look like this:
(Running total: 3028€)
- Intel Core i9-7940X [1068€]
- Asus Prime X299 Deluxe [400€]
- EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 Gaming [800€]
- Corsair Hydro Series H150i [166€]
- G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB DDR4-2666 [301€]
- BeQuiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W [190€]
- Samsung 960 Evo2 500GB SSD (taken from old Macbook) [0€]
- Generic 1TB HDD (taken from old iMac) [0€]
- Thermaltake Core V51 Enclosure [103€]
- Apple Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse (taken from old iMac) [0€]
- OSX 10.13.6, latest build
Now while I'm waiting for the deliveries, some stupid questions to begin with:
Thanks for your help!
- Do the instructions in post #1 of this thread reflect the current state of the art, or are the subsequent 1002 forum pages considered mandatory reading in order to get all the updates?
- I briefly glossed over Multibeast and Unibeast, and it seems that Multibeast now incorporates some X299 specific changes in the latest version. Does this mean that one could do a successful 79xx/X299-based installation with Unibeast/Multibeast as well?
- I have a SSD from a previous Macbook which contains a 10.13.6 installation as well as my apps. If possible, I would prefer not to install all apps from scratch again. Is it feasible to overwrite the EFI partition of the SSD with the EFI files/folders as described in post #1, install the SSD as an internal drive, and install 10.13.6 from the USB boot drive over the preexisting SSD OSX partition (which should result in preserving my existing apps and data)? Or do I really have to format everything and start from scratch with an empty disk?
I have 2 identical builds, one with a Vega 64 and one with a 1050Ti. Definitely the one I've had most trouble with is the one with the NVidia card. I'm able to work with that machine and everything, but the Vega was way smoother to install and doesn't need any additional drivers. If I ever build another machine I would definitely go with a Nitro+ Vega 64.