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I want to preface this by saying I'm a newbie in the Hackintosh scene so I have very little experience with debugging, complicated installs, etc. I had a hackintosh in the past, but I tried to pick hardware with minimal setup that just worked. Ideally I'd like to do something similar now - figure out a build that will work well without any complicated setup, or if that isn't possible, find a build that someone has documented all the complicated steps in detail so it is dummy proof
The main requirements I'm shooting for are using an i7 8700 and a 1070 GPU. I don't plan to overclock so I don't think an 8700K is worth the extra money and heat sink, and the 1080 doesn't seem worth the extra $$ over a 1070. Ideally I'd like to get Thunderbolt and bluetooth working as well, but that isn't quite as necessary and I am okay with using extra hardware for that since it often seems easier.
Searching through the forums I found this post - https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...black-edition-high-sierra-thunderbolt.246074/ - and it looks like most things are working, but there are a few minor glitches.
I already have a 480GB SSD to use for the OS and I plan to shuck a WD easystore 8TB for the HDD for extra storage.
Aside from that, here is the rest of the hardware I'm starting out with from the post I linked, but I'm definitely open to changing any of it if it will make the install easier:
To sum things up - I want a build with the easiest high sierra setup possible and I'm okay with either following a detailed guide or updating my hardware, but I mostly want to make sure I won't have major issues before spending money on the build.
The main requirements I'm shooting for are using an i7 8700 and a 1070 GPU. I don't plan to overclock so I don't think an 8700K is worth the extra money and heat sink, and the 1080 doesn't seem worth the extra $$ over a 1070. Ideally I'd like to get Thunderbolt and bluetooth working as well, but that isn't quite as necessary and I am okay with using extra hardware for that since it often seems easier.
Searching through the forums I found this post - https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...black-edition-high-sierra-thunderbolt.246074/ - and it looks like most things are working, but there are a few minor glitches.
I already have a 480GB SSD to use for the OS and I plan to shuck a WD easystore 8TB for the HDD for extra storage.
Aside from that, here is the rest of the hardware I'm starting out with from the post I linked, but I'm definitely open to changing any of it if it will make the install easier:
- Motherboard - Gigabyte Z370XP SLI (Intel LGA1151/ Z370/ ATX/ 2xM.2/ SLI / Motherboard) - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0764NX8DR/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
- CPU - Intel Core i7-8700 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W BX80684i78700 - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07598HLB4/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
- GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition, 8GB GDDR5, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) 08G-P4-5173-KR - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KVZBNY0/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
- Memory - Patriot Extreme Performance 32GB PC4-22400 (2800MHZ) Viper Elite Series Kit, Red PVE432G280C6KRD - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BN0MTHM/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
- PSU - Corsair RMx Series, RM750x, 750W, Fully Modular Power Supply, 80 PLUS Gold Certified - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015YEI9NQ/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
- Thunderbolt Card - Gigabyte (Alpine Ridge Thunderbolt 3 PCIe Card) Components Other GC-ALPINE RIDGE - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0722SV69N/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
- Case - CORSAIR CARBIDE AIR 740 ATX Cube Case, High-Airflow - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LHFLPB4/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
To sum things up - I want a build with the easiest high sierra setup possible and I'm okay with either following a detailed guide or updating my hardware, but I mostly want to make sure I won't have major issues before spending money on the build.