Gigabyte Z690 Aero G + i5-12600K + AMD RX 6800 XT

[arquicion]

** Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge for Z690 Platform **
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@Inqnuam has uploaded a Thunderbolt SSDT for Z690 that can be used with GC-Titan Ridge. This is available from the HackinDROM website. A unique Thunderbolt ID (UID) will be generated each time the file is downloaded to ensure there are no duplicated UIDs.

Select the option: Gigabyte GC-Titan Ridge - Z690 Platform

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Hello! Is there any way to adapt the GC-Alpine-Ridge (flashed or not) to the Z690 Platform? Thanks!

 

[mattbatt]

Hi @CaseySJ, I've followed you since 2018 and have had my second Hack i9-9900k with Vega Frontier running for 5 years. I did the cost / performance analysis and I'd like to go with my final build as an i9-13900ks with an RX 6950 XT (I'll have to spoof) and DDR-5 Ram (I'll have to research more there).

I know there's going to be challenges. Should I try to base it off your thread here or find someone with a similar build? I've found people claiming they have these working on a Z790 board but I've never found someone with such descriptive tutorials as you.

Should I go for it with your board here?

 

[CaseySJ]

Hi @CaseySJ, I've followed you since 2018 and have had my second Hack i9-9900k with Vega Frontier running for 5 years. I did the cost / performance analysis and I'd like to go with my final build as an i9-13900ks with an RX 6950 XT (I'll have to spoof) and DDR-5 Ram (I'll have to research more there).

I know there's going to be challenges. Should I try to base it off your thread here or find someone with a similar build? I've found people claiming they have these working on a Z790 board but I've never found someone with such descriptive tutorials as you.

Should I go for it with your board here?

Hello @mattbatt,

I think @dehjomz is a better authority on Intel Z790 and 13th-Gen Hacks. Several problems have been reported recently, including some reboot/crash on wake-from-sleep after 1 or 2 cycles. I believe solutions were found by making changes to BIOS settings.

You're welcome to use this guide as a starting point if you're planning to use a Gigabyte Z690 Aero G. If different boards are used it will be necessary to adjust the USB port map and some device property PCI paths.

 

[mattbatt]

Hello @mattbatt,

I think @dehjomz is a better authority on Intel Z790 and 13th-Gen Hacks. Several problems have been reported recently, including some reboot/crash on wake-from-sleep after 1 or 2 cycles. I believe solutions were found by making changes to BIOS settings.

You're welcome to use this guide as a starting point if you're planning to use a Gigabyte Z690 Aero G. If different boards are used it will be necessary to adjust the USB port map and some device property PCI paths.

Thank you - I don't have to use a Z790, if you think this board would support everything, I'll research it

 

[mattbatt]

Hi @dehjomz @CaseySJ referred you to me. what MB would you suggest I go with for my final Hack build with an i9-13900KS and a 6950 XT? Any RAM you recommend? (I've been trying to read up on all you are writing. I see too fast of ram can cause wake problems?)
I'm ready to build something stable for Logic and decent in video rendering (I know I can't beat Apple's M2 encoder/decoder but I want to see how good things can get)

Also, Lightroom seems to love fast RAM I hear and I do a lot of work in there. Thank you for any advice and direction!

 

[lightmanrt]

Hello @mattbatt,

I think @dehjomz is a better authority on Intel Z790 and 13th-Gen Hacks. Several problems have been reported recently, including some reboot/crash on wake-from-sleep after 1 or 2 cycles. I believe solutions were found by making changes to BIOS settings.

You're welcome to use this guide as a starting point if you're planning to use a Gigabyte Z690 Aero G. If different boards are used it will be necessary to adjust the USB port map and some device property PCI paths.

You must be very careful with the BIOS settings on the Z790 Aero G otherwise sleep is messy and if you are not careful, you’ll get window server failures. I went back to safer settings and sleep appears to be fine. Also, with the F3 Bios, the Titan Ridge is recognized in BIOS even with no TB device connected. My Z790 hack as been stable for three days. I’ve used, Photoshop, Premere Pro, Protools and Capture One. LRC just crashes but I switched to Capture One months ago becuse of multiple issues. Also note, I don’t use the built in NIC. Using a NIC PCIE card with a Realtek chip.

I am using CaseySJ’s Efi with minor modifications.

 

[mattbatt]

You must be very careful with the BIOS settings on the Z790 Aero G otherwise sleep is messy and if you are not careful, you’ll get window server failures. I went back to safer settings and sleep appears to be fine. Also, with the F3 Bios, the Titan Ridge is recognized in BIOS even with no TB device connected. My Z790 hack as been stable for three days. I’ve used, Photoshop, Premere Pro, Protools and Capture One. LRC just crashes but I switched to Capture One months ago becuse of multiple issues. Also note, I don’t use the built in NIC. Using a NIC PCIE card with a Realtek chip.

I am using CaseySJ’s Efi with minor modifications.

Thank you! Is Lightroom crashing because of the board? At this point, Lightroom working is a must for me

 

[vinneesh]

@CaseySJ I am going with the same configuration but using a 13th gen cpu. Will that be an issue?

Thank you

 

[StefanAM]

Hello! Is there any way to adapt the GC-Alpine-Ridge (flashed or not) to the Z690 Platform? Thanks!

Yes. Non flashed with ssd. I bet flashed also work.

 

[slickdawg]

Maybe I am not remembering things correctly.....

Didn't istat menu historical data (last hour/day/week/month) plot on the build? I have nothing, it is not logging historical data, only displaying current data. I went back to OC 0.8.3 from 0.8.8 and that changed nothing.