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- Jan 13, 2011
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- Gigabyte Z390 Designare
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- i9-9900k
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- PNY GTX 1080 FE
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Hi All,
I have a fully working Hackintosh (Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5/i7-6700k/GTX 1080/clover) that has served me well. In preparation of moving to a Big Nav here in a few months, I've decided to upgrade my MB/CPU to a Gigabyte Z390-Designare with a i9-9900k. Using the buyer's guide, everything has been purchased and is sitting on my bench. I intend to upgrade this weekend. I know that I am stuck with High Sierra until I get my Big Nav, due to me having a nVidia GTX 1080, and that's fine (for now).
My system is running like a top, so I'd prefer not to start over from scratch.
The advice that I need is:
1) Can I swap out my motherboard/cpu and survive the change, or do I need to install fresh and reinstall all of my apps?
2) If I can use my current install, will i need to change my serial number, etc. in order for iMessage to still work?
3) Is there anything else that I should be concerned about?
Thank you for any and all assistance.
-Corey
I have a fully working Hackintosh (Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD5/i7-6700k/GTX 1080/clover) that has served me well. In preparation of moving to a Big Nav here in a few months, I've decided to upgrade my MB/CPU to a Gigabyte Z390-Designare with a i9-9900k. Using the buyer's guide, everything has been purchased and is sitting on my bench. I intend to upgrade this weekend. I know that I am stuck with High Sierra until I get my Big Nav, due to me having a nVidia GTX 1080, and that's fine (for now).
My system is running like a top, so I'd prefer not to start over from scratch.
The advice that I need is:
1) Can I swap out my motherboard/cpu and survive the change, or do I need to install fresh and reinstall all of my apps?
2) If I can use my current install, will i need to change my serial number, etc. in order for iMessage to still work?
3) Is there anything else that I should be concerned about?
Thank you for any and all assistance.
-Corey
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