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wwwpuntoit said:Thank you samisnake,
In fact I have been recommended to get ryzen 5 instead, any oppinion if it’ll work fine for hackintosh?
wwwpuntoit said:I have seen videos about hackintoshes running on ryzen 5’s, why do you say : “no way”? Just trying to understand
as pilgrim posted, amd cpus arent supported on this site.
however, as you posted, there are people out there on the internet running macos on ryzen systems.
the reason for that is in pilgrims quote. this site aims to go for a more 'vanilla' or clean install approach, one which attempts to follow apple's build design resulting in the least fixes needed to make the system run. with most fully supported by apple off the shelf intel based parts these days, all that is needed to get a system working is the bootloader (clover) and fakesmc (emulates the smc on real macs), then any audio/lan kexts if necessary.
going for an amd system means additional fixes, custom kernels, custom system kexts. what that means to you as a user is that any time apple release an update, youll have to go and fix those again.
this site caters to a wide range of user ability, from hackintosh novices to experienced users, so while more seasoned users might be adept to solving those issues, less experienced users may not. so in order to promote the 'best' user experience with mac os, this site only allows use of intel cpus and motherboard chipsets. if apple were to switch to amd based systems (fingers crossed) then we would see full compatibility and this site would follow suit.
if you are determined to use a ryzen system with mac os, then i would suggest researching on a site like insanelymac.com.
personally, i wont use an amd system with mac os (until apple if ever use amd, as im an amd fan), as it seems an excercise in futility.
hope that helps explain better