Asus Z690 ProArt Creator WiFi (Thunderbolt 4) + i7-12700K + AMD RX 6800 XT

[starghost1100]

Hi guys! does anyone have a ready to use code for the 6900 XT on the XTXH chip? Do I need to create anything else in the device properties to solve problems with flickering or other image defects?
I'm going to be installing Monterey 12.6 on Asus ProArt z690 Creator tonight. I have already assembled and tested the cooling quality of 12900K when working in Windows 11 and now I am ready for macOS with my new Asus ROG Strix LC RX 6900 XT. I tried to find a liquid version on the XTX chip, but it was unsuccessful.

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the desire to do won over the laziness to study. I thought it was more complicated, but to my surprise it is 4 lines.
165000 metal points.

 

[Azimuth1]

Hi,

@CaseySJ could you share your recommendation which MB to buy. I have purchased i9-12900K new for very good price - 400€. I am thinking right now between these options.

Gigabyte Z690 AERO G
+ pros
Good Price (300€)
Already have DDR4 RAM
- cons
I am using right now Z590i but I have many problems with this build.. I was always Gigabyte fan, but now I thinking to replace it with ASUS, what is your opinion ASUS vs Gigabyte?

ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-I
+ pros
DDR5 RAM
SMALL mini-ITX build
- cons
More pricey (400€)

ASUS Z690 ProArt
+ pros
DDR5 RAM
Better design
- cons
Very pricey - 620€ in Lithuania
This will be the last hackintosh build for me and I plan to use it for 2-3 years.

P.S. Anyone else are also welcome to share their thoughts

Thanks.

I would go for a different solution:

Asus Z790 Prime A , especially if you don't need Thunderbolt ports. Price in Europe is around 350€ , so not that expensive, and you will have more PciEx slots (all independent thanks to new chipset), so more expansions for the future. DDR5 are expensive but way faster than DDR4 if you buy those with faster timings. I would also consider installing a Broadcom M.2 chip instead of the Intel one for Wi-Fi and BT.

 

[f1zzas]

@Azimuth1 Thanks. I have viewed this board it looks really better than Gigabyte AERO G, but problem is that I don't see any tutorial with this motherboard so I'm afraid I will not stable build with this GPU. I have dropped ITX option and decided to go for ATX MB. So my current ranking by price/stability would be:

1. GIGABYTE AERO G DDR4 (285€)
2. Asus Z690 ProArt Creator DDR5 (600€)
3/4. Asus ROG STRIX Z690-A DDR4 (340€)
3/4. Asus PRIME Z790-A WIFI DDR5 (420€)

I prefer cheap and stable option, that's why Gigabyte in the first place. If I knew that Asus Z790-A or ROG STRIX Z690-A would work without any issues, I would choose one of those motherboards.

 

[dehjomz]

The next generation of Thunderbolt is coming. 80 Gbps bi-directional data, up to 120 Gbps video. No new 'Ridge' controllers have been released yet. I'm guessing new NVMe enclosures will allow PCIe4.0 speeds... over a wire. PAM3 signalling at the physical layer. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/next-gen-intel-thunderbolt-80-gbps-120-gbps-video

USB has also been upgraded to USB4 v 2.0, which has similar maximum speeds as TB5, but these are optional on USB4v2. I have a feeling monitors of the future will increasingly offer USB-c ports, and offer DP2.1 tunelling via USB-c. Hopefully more monitors include 2 USB-C ports with a built in KVM, and hopefully video cards of the future also have at least 1 USB-c port with USB4 support and DP2.1 tunelling.

Also, Asus released a new BIOS for optimizing Raptor Lake performance on Z690, with some Microcode updates for both Alder Lake and Raptor Lake. I'm going to get the 13900K eventually but not right away.

 

[TKPSSS]

ASUS ProArt Z790 Creator released finally!

ProArt Z790-CREATOR WIFI｜Motherboards｜ASUS Global

Every aspect of ProArt Series motherboards is built to remove barriers and deliver optimal performance to content creators who work in 3D modeling and rendering, animation or media production. The series empowers you to concentrate on your creativity and expand what is possible.

www.asus.com

 

[starghost1100]

ASUS ProArt Z790 Creator released finally!

ProArt Z790-CREATOR WIFI｜Motherboards｜ASUS Global

Every aspect of ProArt Series motherboards is built to remove barriers and deliver optimal performance to content creators who work in 3D modeling and rendering, animation or media production. The series empowers you to concentrate on your creativity and expand what is possible.

www.asus.com

I see new... i think... full pins for second x16 slot, maybe. someone see something else? )

 

[ckrueger99]

I see new... i think... full pins for second x16 slot, maybe. someone see something else? )

The two slots are labled "PCIEX16(G5)_1" and "PCIEX16(G5)_2", so it seems so. Slot 2 doesn't have the PCIe Slot Q-Release found on slot 1, though, so maybe they are not identical.

 

[dehjomz]

81 degrees average over all the cores?

 

[dehjomz]

macOS x86 support lives on to see another Intel generation. No tweaks needed from an Alder Lake config to run macOS on Raptor Lake. Boots right up.

If you have the i9, and you care about efficiency and temps under an all-core load, then undervolt... stock voltages are too high.

Idle temps seem to be 6-7 degrees higher than Alder Lake however, but idk if that's my cooler/thermal paste application that needs to change, or if Raptor Lake idles higher. Microcenter had the CPUs on sale for $20 less than MSRP, so I couldn't resist.

 

[CaseySJ]

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macOS x86 support lives on to see another Intel generation. No tweaks needed from an Alder Lake config to run macOS on Raptor Lake. Boots right up.

If you have the i9, and you care about efficiency and temps under an all-core load, then undervolt... stock voltages are too high.

Idle temps seem to be 6-7 degrees higher than Alder Lake however, but idk if that's my cooler/thermal paste application that needs to change, or if Raptor Lake idles higher. Microcenter had the CPUs on sale for $20 less than MSRP, so I couldn't resist.

Ouch, that's a dizzying number of cores/threads (8P, 16E, 32 total). Soon there won't be enough width to display the entire Activity Monitor usage window, and macOS will need to switch to a row/column matrix!