Does Skylake work with El Capitan and which motherboard should I get?

[Eima]

Tonymac recommends Skylake but I was also told that they're meant not for El Capitan but for Sierra instead. Is that true?

I was thinking getting GTX970 for GPU and i3-6100 for CPU (i3-4360 if Skylake doesn't work with Capitan). It's for gaming rig. Which motherboard could you recommend? Up to $150. It will be a side PC only for gaming.

 

[pastrychef]

Skylake works great with El Capitan.

 

[nobodynose]

Tonymac recommends Skylake but I was also told that they're meant not for El Capitan but for Sierra instead. Is that true?

I was thinking getting GTX970 for GPU and i3-6100 for CPU (i3-4360 if Skylake doesn't work with Capitan). It's for gaming rig. Which motherboard could you recommend?

I suggest you do a lot of reading on this site before you start purchasing hardware.

 

[Salkio]

Tonymac recommends Skylake but I was also told that they're meant not for El Capitan but for Sierra instead. Is that true?

I was thinking getting GTX970 for GPU and i3-6100 for CPU (i3-4360 if Skylake doesn't work with Capitan). It's for gaming rig. Which motherboard could you recommend?

I have a i7 6700 (none K) and it works great. Just toook me 4 days to get working 100%

 

[Eima]

I suggest you do a lot of reading on this site before you start purchasing hardware.

Implying I haven't. If you see a problem with current parts, why don't you mention it?

 

[NicoD]

I just built a Skylake-El Capitan one that works without a glitch… well so far.
Have a look at my thread: Success: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 + Intel Skylake Core i5-6600 in a Corsair Carbide 200R case. The pain in the neck, if like me you never did it before, is to set it up.
Nick

 

[Eima]

@NicoD so it actually is different to set up?

 

[EddyMac]

Implying I haven't. If you see a problem with current parts, why don't you mention it?

Nobodynose may have thought you haven't done much reading if you think Skylake doesn't work with El Capitan, as there are lots of successful Skylake/El Capitan builds on this site. I followed this one:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/g...0k-intel-hd-530-thunderbolt-dual-boot.191292/

but that's only one example among many.

 

[Salkio]

Implying I haven't. If you see a problem with current parts, why don't you mention it?

What I did is just googled my motherboard and then hackintosh (hackintosh with gigabyte z170x) and see if some had any luck for it. Then u know that part is compatible. Then do this with all ur parts.

 

[Salkio]

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What I did is just googled my motherboard and then hackintosh (hackintosh with gigabyte z170x) and see if some had any luck for it. Then u know that part is compatible. Then do this with all ur parts.

what I found is that bios settings are extremely important. 1 setting off or on can cause error or a fail