Can you use the New skylake Processors in Hackintosh

[ersen99]

Hi Folks
i have a question:is it possible now to use the New 6th gen Skylake Processors.they didnt work recently because there were no Drivers in OSX for Them.but now the New iMacs got released and they have the New Processors because of that the Drivers got implemented into OSX.does anyone know if Skylake Processors work with OSX now or if Not When they are going to work with OSX?

thx to every replies

 

[nobodynose]

Can you use the New skylake Processors in macintoshs?

Hi Folks
i have a question:is it possible now to use the New 6th gen Skylake Processors.they didnt work recently because there were no Drivers in OSX for Them.but now the New iMacs got released and they have the New Processors because of that the Drivers got implemented into OSX.does anyone know if Skylake Processors work with OSX now or if Not When they are going to work with OSX?

thx to every replies

I can assure you that there are folks working very hard on getting Skylake working; however there are still several obstacles. The first is that iMacs using Skylake processors have been announced, but they are not yet shipping, so we don't know what version of OS X will actually be shipping on them (whether it's 10.11.1 or 10.11.0 with a special update, etc.). The biggest problem (besides unsupported CPU models) appears to be unimplemented support in El Capitan (so far) for the built-in SATA in the Skylake chipset. And then there's the fact that Apple's iMacs use DDR3 RAM, not DDR4 like what is used in most Skylake motherboards shipped so far.

So the answers to your questions are "no (not yet)" and "nobody knows"?

 

[ersen99]

Thanks for your reply
well then i'll build my Hackintosh with a haswell i7 4970k

 

[ammulder]

I can assure you that there are folks working very hard on getting Skylake working

I would re-read that part. So it really depends. If you need a hackintosh to use right now, sure you can go with a Haswell. But if you can use Windows/Linux for a month or two, you might find substantial progress on Skylake in that time frame. So if you're buying for the future, why not look at Skylake?

Edit: though personally, I'd like to see a lower-power 30-50W desktop chip. That's the promise, right? More performance on less power. Hopefully that will arrive "soon" too.

 

[beelzebozo]

It looks like the Skylake iMacs have a special OS X version 15a4310 which differs from the current 10.11 version. Hopefully public 10.11.1 will have full support.

 

[femmestem]

This should help you out:

"Apple seeded a fourth Beta (OS X 10.11.1) to Developers and Public Beta tester, and this update (Build 15B38b) adds support for Intel Skylake processors."

https://pikeralpha.wordpress.com/2015/10/14/os-x-10-11-1-beta-4-adds-skylake-support/

 

[katza]

10.11.2 beta4 is already out...
http://9to5mac.com/2015/11/17/os-x-10-11-2-beta-4/

 

[driftwoodtv]

Couple of issues really apart from the processor problems in which should be fixed in newer releases of El Capitain. One of the problems is USB 3.1, Apples use gen 1 and PC mobo manufacturers are using gen2. Quick Explanation here http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/03/explaining-the-usb-3-1-gen-1-port-in-the-retina-macbook/

 

[dhruvamin5]

Thanks for your reply
well then i'll build my Hackintosh with a haswell i7 4970k

you mean i7 4790k

 

[squareeyes]

I've got a TC Electronic Powercore PCIe card that will only work upto Yosemite. Is it likely that Skylake will be able to to run Yosemite in the future?