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- Gigabyte Z370P D3
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- i5 8600
- Graphics
- GTX 1050
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flashguitar's Rocket Lake ATX: ASUS TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS - 11th-gen i5-11600K - Radeon RX 580
Components
Corsair Carbide SPEC RGB ATX
Corsair CX650M
ASUS TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (Wi-Fi)
Intel Core i5-11600K processeur 3,9 GHz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO V2
Samsung 980 MZ-V8V1T0BW
Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro (2 x 16 GB)
Already owned
Sapphire 112650520G Radeon RX 580 8 Go 1366 MHz
Sapphire 112650520G Carte Graphique AMD Radeon RX 580 8 Go 1366 MHz PCI Express : Amazon.fr: Informatique
Sapphire 112650520G Carte Graphique AMD Radeon RX 580 8 Go 1366 MHz PCI Express : Amazon.fr: Informatique
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Comments
- This took me about 20 hours to complete, mainly because of my mistakes
- I had many problems during the build, some were of my fault, some weren't. Still, the community's help and resources proved invaluable, thanks again guys! It's my pleasure to contribute today
Summary
The idea of this build started when I realised that:
- my current build (config attached to my profile) was starting to show slight signs of slowness (I have Docker, IntelliJ IDEA, databases, and various backends running locally all day long)
- the Intel Core i5 11600K CPU has a great price/performance ratio (link)
BIOS configuration: the standard one that you find everywhere
Boot loader: OpenCore 0.7.6 RELEASE
OS: MacOS Monterey (v12.1)
SMBIOS: iMacPro1,1
I had several problems during build, install and post install:
Problem #0
I initially bought a Gigabyte Z490 Gaming X motherboard, but after installing the CPU and starting the computer, the "CPU error" LED was on.
I gambled on it being a motherboard problem, so I ordered the second one (ASUS TUF GAMING Z-490 PLUS). It probably is a hardware issue on the Gigabyte motherboard. RMA is ongoing.
Problem #1
This one got me pulling my hair. I tried a dozen times to download the Big Sur and Monterey installers from my office's Big Sur build, but I always ended up getting the "small" installer (something like 47 MB), no matter the channel (public/developer) or version (11.6, 11.6.2, 12) that I used. I tried GibMacOS, macos-installer and the AppStore, but none worked (the AppStore downloaded a corrupt Monterey installer, I didn't retry).
What did it was downloading them from my home's Catalina build. It worked from the first try for both versions (Big Sur and Monterey).
If anyone has an explanation, I'd be glad to read it.
Problem #2
Building SSDTs. I tried a new approach this time: a bootable Ubuntu USB stick that I used to run a live instance and execute SSDTime. Works like a charm. Remember to deactivate the "USB reset" SSDT.
Problem #3
The CPU being 11th-gen, it is not supported by Mac OS X. The boot process stopped right after OpenCore ended its initialization process (OC logs attached). I had to spoof its ID to get it to work (config.plist attached).
Problem #4
The audio wasn't working. I tried every supported layout (about 10 consecutive reboots) to no avail. Then I realized that the AppleALC Kext was a bit old. After updating it to the latest version and choosing layout 7, everything works (the digital output is recognized by Monterey).
Problem #5
I bought a MaxSUN RX 550 4GB DDR5, thinking (dumbly) that any Radeon was compatible with Mac OS X. Little did I know, Lexa GPUs are not. This card has a Polaris architecture and a Lexa GPU. I managed to make it work by overriding its device-id, but performance is not there (the computer is very laggy even with the spoof). I'm hunting for Radeon GPUs now.
I fixed this issue by moving the card of my previous build (Sapphire 112650520G Radeon RX 580 8 Go 1366 MHz) to the new build. No need for overriding anything, it worked out of the box.
Problem #6
The bluetooth Kext caused great delays in the booting process. I fixed it using Dortania's Monterey guidelines for installing the bluetooth Kext.
Problem #7
Docker was not working ("Hypervisor framework fail"). What fixed it was enabling VT-d and "Intel Virtualization Technology" in the BIOS.
Problem #8
High CPU temp. Resting temperature is 40°C. Highest I've witnessed is 90°C. Appears to be normal for Rocket Lake, as per the CPU's specification page (Tjunction temp of 100°C). Any differing opinions?
What Works
- 1 GB LAN
- Intel Wifi (AX201)
- Sleep / Restart / Shutdown
What Does Not Work
- Bluetooth
- You can enable it from the status bar, but the control pane in System Settings always says that it's off
- After awaking from sleep, the control pane does not open anymore ("Preferences Error - Could not load Bluetooth preference pane")
Benchmarks
(The attached ZIP file contains the complete benchmark)
CPU
OpenCL
Metal
What can I do better?
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