Best Budget Intel Motherboard for music and video production i5/i7/i9 ?

[JacCarson]

I think also that latest mainboard and intel 10 gen require not clover but opencore

 

[JacCarson]

Okay,
That's for all your help peoples. This is why I ask. I do not know what Intel and Apple are up to or Intel support
on future versions of OSX.

So let me clarify.

This is what I want.

CPU - Intel i7-10700K or i9-10900k ( 5ghz )
Motherboard - ?????
RAM - 64gb Speed ?????
Thunderbolt support
Lots of PCIe slots ( Wifi FENDI, SAS controller support, etc )
Video card - (1) PCIe slot for one card.

Purpose:
Music / Audio / Video workstation.

OS
OSX Mojave and BIG SUR Support.


So what I want to know is what is the latest best motherboard type that works with these requirements ?
( Under $300 )

probably you can't find anything like that under 300.
Why don't you google first something and then look if it is hackable.

 

[Ellybz]

Not sure if this is overkill for you but here's another option:
I do music production in a professional environment every day & I use X299. It is extremely stable. Zero crash. Everything works ( Including sleep ).
Below is a screenshot of a Protools session @88.2Khz with 128 tracks & 225 Plugins (Waves, Izotope, Plugin alliance).
CPU usage stays around 40%, I have 18 cores running @ 4.9 Ghz with 64GB of 3200 MHZ of Ram. AIO Cooler

Asus, EVGA & Gigabyte are pretty solid Mobos ( stay away from the X299X From Gigabyte ).
You can grab a X299 UD4 Pro or Asus Prime AII for around $300. They'll do the job.
I use Mojave, Big Sur & Windows. Running OpenCore. ( Works also with Clover ).
Good luck.

 

[scottkendall]

Maybe you wait till Tuesday and see if apple announces some new chip with 32gb of memory and you can just buy one of those.

 

[Hamburgler-03]

Maybe you wait till Tuesday and see if apple announces some new chip with 32gb of memory and you can just buy one of those.

Yes, I have a couple Mac Pro’s I just want a PC that is hardware compatible with Mac production accessories. You guys always seem to know the latest on which hardware is the best to choose for building a PC. That’s why I ask.

 

[etorix]

Just don't raise your hopes too high… Apple is expected to announce a new iPhone tomorrow, and then new MacBook Pro 14" and 16" with a M1X (or M2) chip around November, possibly together with an upgraded Mac mini and/or a 27" iMac. No Intel machine.

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[Hamburgler-03]

So, I guess I am going to buy a few motherboards for the i7-10700k
and i9-10850k

What boards do you recommend ?

Already chosen
1) Gigabyte z490 vision G
2) Asus z490 ROG Strix
3) MSI z490 A-Pro

 

[bigpoppa206]

Not sure if this is overkill for you but here's another option:
I do music production in a professional environment every day & I use X299. It is extremely stable. Zero crash. Everything works ( Including sleep ).
Below is a screenshot of a Protools session @88.2Khz with 128 tracks & 225 Plugins (Waves, Izotope, Plugin alliance).
CPU usage stays around 40%, I have 18 cores running @ 4.9 Ghz with 64GB of 3200 MHZ of Ram. AIO Cooler

Asus, EVGA & Gigabyte are pretty solid Mobos ( stay away from the X299X From Gigabyte ).
You can grab a X299 UD4 Pro or Asus Prime AII for around $300. They'll do the job.
I use Mojave, Big Sur & Windows. Running OpenCore. ( Works also with Clover ).
Good luck.

Can you post a build list?

 

[Hamburgler-03]

If I go with the "Gigabyte z490 vision G"
what is the best Value Nvme SSD and RAM to use.
I don't necessary need the fastest just the best value.
I want to use 32gb RAM.
I will be using a Radeon graphics card or Nvidia as soon as I can get my hands on one.
They are out of stock right now.
Whats the best graphics card to use for this build ?

 

[Hamburgler-03]

probably you can't find anything like that under 300.
Why don't you google first something and then look if it is hackable.

Sure, If I add a thunderbolt card. There are lots of options.
I think its best to use the thunderbolt card too because I hear it gets hot. So a card will provide for better cooling.