pastrychef's Asus ROG Strix Z370-G Gaming (WI-FI AC) build w/ i9-9900K + AMD 6600 XT

[mm2margaret]

Hey @pastrychef:

In the beta notes for 10.14.5, Beta 3, it says the following ".....Kernel extensions signed after April 7th, 2019 must be notarized in order to load on macOS...."

Do you have any thoughts about this? Any discussions on tonymac or elsewhere about how this might impact us all?

 

[pastrychef]

Hey @pastrychef:

In the beta notes for 10.14.5, Beta 3, it says the following ".....Kernel extensions signed after April 7th, 2019 must be notarized in order to load on macOS...."

Do you have any thoughts about this? Any discussions on tonymac or elsewhere about how this might impact us all?

I haven't seen any threads regarding this.

I don't think it's going to an issue for normal kexts.
I don't think it will be an issue for those of us injecting kexts via Clover.
I don't think it will be an issue for those who have SIP disabled.

 

[mm2margaret]

I haven't seen any threads regarding this.

I don't think it's going to an issue for normal kexts.
I don't think it will be an issue for those of us injecting kexts via Clover.
I don't think it will be an issue for those who have SIP disabled.

Well, that's great. Let's hope this notarization issue is no big deal for us.

 

[SFSquire]

The F4-3400C16Q-64GTZ - Trident DDR4 3400 (4X16) is difficult and expensive to locate- any ideas for good value and availability.
Located a z370-G wifi strix- it is used and the seller says there are some scratches on the heatsinks- should I steer clear of this?

 

[pastrychef]

The F4-3400C16Q-64GTZ - Trident DDR4 3400 (4X16) is difficult and expensive to locate- any ideas for good value and availability.
Located a z370-G wifi strix- it is used and the seller says there are some scratches on the heatsinks- should I steer clear of this?

You can find the Asus Qualified Vendor List for RAM here:

ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING | Motherboards | ROG Global

Z370 mATX gaming motherboard with advanced cooling, Aura Sync, SupremeFX, dual M.2, Intel LAN, and USB 3.1 for 8th Gen Coffee Lake.

www.asus.com

I don't know about the motherboard... Scratches wouldn't affect the motherboard... As long as everything else is working and there are no bent pins on the CPU socket, I guess it should be okay...

 

[SFSquire]

Thank you
I note that you used ddr4 3400- which is a good deal faster the the majority on the Asus Z370-g memory list- does performance increase significantly with the faster memory?

You can find the Asus Qualified Vendor List for RAM here:

ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING | Motherboards | ROG Global

Z370 mATX gaming motherboard with advanced cooling, Aura Sync, SupremeFX, dual M.2, Intel LAN, and USB 3.1 for 8th Gen Coffee Lake.

www.asus.com

I don't know about the motherboard... Scratches wouldn't affect the motherboard... As long as everything else is working and there are no bent pins on the CPU socket, I guess it should be okay...

 

[pastrychef]

Thank you
I note that you used ddr4 3400- which is a good deal faster the the majority on the Asus Z370-g memory list- does performance increase significantly with the faster memory?

When I did my build, I just bought the best (or what I thought was best) components available. As to whether or not it was worth the cost... Honestly, probably not. Yes, Geekbench numbers are better, but, in the real world, it's probably imperceivable.

3000MHz is probably more than enough...

 

[SFSquire]

Thanks PC,

I did a good bit of research comparing speed and latency and found a deal at newegg that I went ahead and ordered-
F4-3200C14D-32gtzr 2X16gb. I purchased 2 of 2x16gb for $314 each whereas newegg is selling the 4x16gb for $689.
More expensive than I was hoping for but a decent mix of performance and value.

When I did my build, I just bought the best (or what I thought was best) components available. As to whether or not it was worth the cost... Honestly, probably not. Yes, Geekbench numbers are better, but, in the real world, it's probably imperceivable.

3000MHz is probably more than enough...

 

[SFSquire]

Just a quick note regarding memory considerations- Newegg is selling the F4-3400C16Q-64GTZ which is 3400 speed and 16 latency for $890- this is actually less efficient than the F4-3200C14D-64gtz (or gtzr) running at 3200 with 14 latency that you can buy for $628- I am using a formula I found on the Internet- I will check it to make sure it is an accurate formula and if so I will post a comparison chart of speeds and latencies (somewhere on this site- I will check around on where to put it.)
The formula seems to be Latency * 2000 / speed

F4-3400C16Q-64GTZ = (16 * 2000) / 3400 = 9.41
F4-3200C14D-64gtz = 8.75

Of course this formula is theoretical - in real world application there seems to be a lot of disagreement as to whether or not latency will have this pronounced of an affect.

 

[chev85]

heya!

if I'm using the iGPU will the unified EFI in the Original post work for me?