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Tips on new Mavericks install

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Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-Z270M-D3H
CPU
i7-7700K
Graphics
RX 580
Hi, I'm new to Macs and will be attempting my first customac build, so I was wondering if
anyone has any input to my plan below before I begin...any potential pitfalls, things to look
out for. I've been building my own PCs for years and have some experience with Linux, but
being totally new to mac, any tips or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.


Ideally, what I'd like to have is a triple-boot machine using Clover and UEFI with OSX
Mavericks 10.9.5 as the default drive, and the ability to switch to my Windows 7 and Linux
installations using a hotkey at startup. Each OS will have its own separate SSD. These will
all be clean, new installs. Also would like to be able to upgrade to Sierra at some point
natively within OSX. I'm assuming my best starting point would be from the "How to Install OS
X Mavericks using Clover" guide in the Mavericks Forum, but I have a few questions:


1. Can I leave my Gigabyte GTX 650 TI graphics card physically installed when installing OSX?
2. Assuming I install OSX first, can I just remove that SSD and do separate normal installs
for the other two OSes on their SSDs, then reconnect all the drives and set the boot priority
to the OSX SSD? Will Clover see the other installs and will I be able to switch at startup?


Here is my setup below, my apologies in advance if I'm posting this in the wrong place!

Gigabyte Series 8 motherboard GA-Z87MX-D3H
Intel Processor, Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz BX80646I74770K
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 650 TI PCIe 2GB GDDR5 GV-N65TOC-2GI REV2.0
Corsair 500W Modular Power Supply CP-9020059-NA
Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD MZ-75E500B/AM (OSX drive)
Dell 34" U3415W WQHD Curved Monitor
 
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1. Can I leave my Gigabyte GTX 650 TI graphics card physically installed when installing OSX?
2. Assuming I install OSX first, can I just remove that SSD and do separate normal installs
for the other two OSes on their SSDs, then reconnect all the drives and set the boot priority
to the OSX SSD? Will Clover see the other installs and will I be able to switch at startup?

1. GTX 650 TI has native support. No extra injection or patches are needed for full graphics acceleration or to enable OpenCL.
2. Guide: Multibooting UEFI on Separate Drives
 
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