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[SUCCESS] Gigabyte Designare Z390 (Thunderbolt 3) + i7-9700K + AMD RX 580

Do I have to enable Trim on WD Sn850x Black or is it on by default?
 
Ok so, it looks like for NvMe M.2 ssd users this is the best option at the moment

  1. Crucial P1 1TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe Internal SSD, up to 2000MB/s - CT1000P1SSD8 @ $77
  2. Crucial P2 2TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD Up to 2400MB/s - CT2000P2SSD8 @ $149
I'm probably going to use one of the above in my system.
This SN770 costs more for 1TB but the speeds are much faster. Will work in a PCIe 3.0 M.2 slot.


I would avoid the Crucial P1/P2. I believe even @CaseySJ said to avoid Crucial P2 drives. The P1's most likely use the same controller.

NOTE 2:
  • Avoid Samsung NVMe SSDs due to incompatibility with trim that can lead to excessive boot times and reduced drive longevity. Crucial P2 NVMe SSDs (only P2 series) also suffer from trim incompatibility.
  • WD SN750 and SN850 series are good choices, as are NVMe SSDs from Silicon Power and others. Refer to this post for more details.
 
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This SN770 costs more for 1TB but the speeds are much faster. Will work in a PCIe 3.0 M.2 slot.


I would avoid the Crucial P1/P2. I believe even @CaseySJ said to avoid Crucial P2 drives. The P1's most likely use the same controller.

NOTE 2:
  • Avoid Samsung NVMe SSDs due to incompatibility with trim that can lead to excessive boot times and reduced drive longevity. Crucial P2 NVMe SSDs (only P2 series) also suffer from trim incompatibility.
  • WD SN750 and SN850 series are good choices, as are NVMe SSDs from Silicon Power and others. Refer to this post for more details.
Missed that. Thanks for the heads up. Added the WD to my Amazon list for later.

I think Casey's earlier suggestion to install/upgrade from Mojave -> Monterey in place on the "clone" Samsung 860 SSD is a good one.
That would make that SSD my primary OS and the existing M.2 EVO 970 as a data drive, which is fine for now.
 
Wow, look at these prices! Amazon and Bestbuy have some great sales. I should get this ASUS HyperCard setup before it’s too late and all sold out.
 
CaseySJ I found something very strange and interesting. I noticed today after a few hours when I was working on my system that internet traffic stopped. I checked the Ethernet adapter, and it was enabled. Traffic monitor wasn't showing any movement ofc. I tried through Ethernet adapter settings to "renew DHCP lease" but w/o luck. Then I quit Safari and reopened and started to open random sites w/o luck! Then I tried Apple's website which was working like nothing has happened... I opened many subpages there and everything was working smooth. I tried again other websites and nothing worked. Then I thought it may be AdGuard that does all these things... So I quit Adguard and checked again but no luck!

This is not the first time that's happening, and it's happening since some version on Monterey. If I didn't have two exact systems with Designares, I would be sure that my Ethernet adapter is dying but this problem has shown up on both systems. So I was thinking that the systems haven't done a clean install for a long time ago and now with the the new NVMe drivers that issue would go away. But it's here again with latest OC 0.8.5 and fresh installation on fresh drives. Finally, I thought to plug the Ethernet cables to the upper ports and see if I have again these traffic issues. Then, immediately systems start to freeze again!

So, in conclusion, when I plug from the router Ethernet cables to the upper ports of my Designares, then freezes are starting to show up. When using below ports, I don't have freezes but sometimes network isn't working. Any help would be amazing...

UPDATE:
After a few hours of research I found out that my router is the mad man in the house! It's losing internet connection here and there and needs replacement as it seems. I'm not 100% sure though and need more testing when the new router comes. That again doesn't explain why the upper ethernet port is giving freezes when ethernet cable is connected.
 
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@CaseySJ would you be able to point me in the right direction on this one.

I have cloned my working Big Sur install on to a USB3 Sandisk Extreme - with a view to booting from this to run an update to Ventura as a test.
Clone made following your mini guide and CCC.
I have tried a new EFI from your mini guide OpenCore 0.8.3 EFI for Z390 Designare - copied all system details over but could not get it to boot.
Now put my working Big Sur EFI on to the external clone - updated using your HackinDROM guide to OC 0.8.3 - again I cant boot.
When selecting the external drive in the Bios boot (F12) I get 'OCB: Startimage Failed - Aborted' then 'OCB: Startimage Failed -unsupported'

Any ideas as I cant seem to track the error down. EFI attached.
 

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So, in conclusion, when I plug from the router Ethernet cables to the upper ports of my Designares, then freezes are starting to show up. When using below ports, I don't have freezes but sometimes network isn't working. Any help would be amazing...

UPDATE:
After a few hours of research I found out that my router is the mad man in the house! It's losing internet connection here and there and needs replacement as it seems. I'm not 100% sure though and need more testing when the new router comes. That again doesn't explain why the upper ethernet port is giving freezes when ethernet cable is connected.
macOS is increasingly reliant on AppleVTD. Additionally, the driver programming model is changing from IOKit to DriverKit.

This means older drivers may not be as reliable. But both Ethernet ports on the Z390 Designare should be perfectly okay even in Ventura. I haven’t encountered any issues, but I rely on WiFi much more. I can, however, test Ethernet ports over the next couple of days.

I don’t have any firewall or adguard or other such apps installed. I remember encountering frequent DNS/network traffic issues when I used Pi-Hole on a Raspberry Pi to block ads.
 
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