Here a note of success with a Z590
ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero
- OpenCore 0.6.8
- Big Sur 11.2.3
i9-10900K, Be quiet Dark Rock 4
128GB XPI DDR4 3600
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe 2TB in slot M2_2
AMD Radeon Pro W5700
Generic Hackintosh Broadcom Wifi AC
Generic PCIe SATA card 8-ports
- Intel UHD 630 iGPU VDA decoder "fully supported"
- Intel i225 dual ethernet works
- iServices work
- Wifi / Airdrop work (don't use Continuity / Handoff but I expect it works too)
- Onboard sound works out-of-box and it appears W5700 sound is detected. Not in a position to test beyond headphones connected to mainboard. See below...
ASUS AI overclocked to 4.9GHz and stable.
Geekbench5:
CPU: 1350 / 11400
Metal: 65200
OpenGL: 60800
Cinebench: 16200
AJA Drive Test: 2800 R/W
I'm coming at this from a cMP 3,1 running dosdude Catalina. This pick is sort of awkward and lavish but it was a gift.
I punted on Rocket Lake due to uncertainties in early picture. Can drop in 11000 series if it seems compelling.
Can't get display connected to iGPU to work. Am lost in caverns of Whatevergreen / Hackintool framebuffer patching. (See P.S. below...)
AppleALC.kext is in the OC config, but may not be needed — By the time I got to looking at this post-install it seemed to be working fine.
Added @CaseSJ HackinDROM patch for Thunderbolt and Maple Ridge controller is listed in System Report but no way to test.
Surprisingly quiet under full load pushing 50 cf/m. Cores run high 80s. 250W thermal listed in iSTAT menus. Some throttling but holds steady enough under load. This can be further tuned.
Will put it all in a Fractal Design Meshify 2 case with a ton of spinners. This case is a beauty, but huge. Makes me appreciate Apple design all the more, especially cMP.
Thanks to the great write-up at Dortania github and the wealth of experience on this forum, this was a very fun / challenging build for an OC newbie. Thank you community!
P.S. Noobs:
- A Big Sur supported dGPU is required for now.
- The attached EFI is close to what I believe is minimum but I'm uncertain. When reading lore, I often came across config recommendations from a year or so ago which seem relevant to iGPU and other config, but have since been obviated by updated OC components. I hope EFI I've provided is relatively clean and a decent baseline for anyone just getting started with this board. That said, the DeviceProperties iGPU connector config is certainly wrong.
- I had a challenging experience getting to know OpenCore and at one point lost my working config and took me a whole day to recover. The Dortania guide deserves **very careful attention.** You may have to develop some working habits to avoid overlooking important details or going backwards. Pretty much every single item discussed in Dortania is relevant. It an amazing guide. It also says things like "If you don't patch you own ACPI, how will you ever know". Well. the flip-side is there is just too much to know it all. So find enjoyment in the exploration and do not expect anything to given beyond immediate offering. Any config change is significant. As rule of thumb, when stuck, consider removing config!
And keep working copies around to fall back on.
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