GIGABYTE GA-H170N-WIFI with M.2 Works with macOS Sierra

[BamiGorengo]

Hey!

I want to build a very small and noiseless Hackintosh. I Like this Mainboard: GIGABYTE GA-H170N-WIFI LGA1151 mini-ITX 2x DDR4 PC Because it got a M.2 Slot. This will save me alot room/space inside the case. But the Big question is... M.2 will work? I am a absolute beginner in this. I build allready alot normal PCs but this is my first Hackintosh.

 

[acidburn666]

I have seen a build guide here, where it was said, that M.2 SSD was working. I will test this in a couple of days, as I have the same board.

Hey!

I want to build a very small and noiseless Hackintosh. I Like this Mainboard: GIGABYTE GA-H170N-WIFI LGA1151 mini-ITX 2x DDR4 PC Because it got a M.2 Slot. This will save me alot room/space inside the case. But the Big question is... M.2 will work? I am a absolute beginner in this. I build allready alot normal PCs but this is my first Hackintosh.

 

[BamiGorengo]

Sounds very good, thanks! =)

I found this list: https://www.tonymacx86.com/buyersguide/february/2017 and found there some M.2 Cards listed. So i think they are Supported. I found this Case: http://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/3476100_-f1c-evo-streacom.html and ordered it directly, because its very cheap atm. Price reduce 47%.

In this very small case, is a M.2 a Dream =)

 

[pastrychef]

There are different types of M.2; SATA, AHCI, and NVMe. SATA and AHCI work fine. NVMe requires additional patches/kexts.

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[BamiGorengo]

I have realy no idea about all this stuff... i try to buy components, with that i can install mac os sierra so easy as possible.

 

[pastrychef]

If you want easy, stick with M.2 AHCI, M.2 SATA, or regular SATA SSDs.

 

[BamiGorengo]

Ahh i see... The NVMe are the fast ones....

Okay anyway, in this case i must accept the slow ones what exactly have problems with NVMe cards? The MacOs Sierra self? Ore it is a problem with the boot loader?

This Setup is Easy to make run?
Mainboard: GIGABYTE GA-H170N-WIFI
M.2: Samsung MZ-N5E250BW 850 EVO interne SSD 250GB (SATA III, 6GB/s, M.2)
CPU: Core i5-6600

 

[pastrychef]

Ahh i see... The NVMe are the fast ones....

Okay anyway, in this case i must accept the slow ones what exactly have problems with NVMe cards? The MacOs Sierra self? Ore it is a problem with the boot loader?

The problem is with Apple's non-standard implementation of NVMe. Again, you can use NVMe, it will just require more work to setup and maintain.

This Setup is Easy to make run?
Mainboard: GIGABYTE GA-H170N-WIFI
M.2: Samsung MZ-N5E250BW 850 EVO interne SSD 250GB (SATA III, 6GB/s, M.2)
CPU: Core i5-6600

Yes, easier than with NVMe M.2 SSD.

 

[BamiGorengo]

The problem is, that my english is very bad, and the NVMe guide that you linked me, looks like i need to programm / reCode the firmware? i dont understand exactly what they do in the guide. it looks like programming language.

 

[pastrychef]

Then stick with M.2 AHCI, M.2 SATA, or conventional SATA SSDs.