- Joined
- Aug 18, 2014
- Messages
- 113
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z490 Vision D
- CPU
- i7 10900K
- Graphics
- Vega VII
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Arquicion's Build:
Gigabyte Z690 ELITE AX + i9-12900K + AMD RX 6600 XT
Gigabyte Z690 ELITE AX + i9-12900K + AMD RX 6600 XT
Components
Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite AX DDR4
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09J6BWK2Z
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813145366
Intel Core i9 12900K 16 (8P+8E) Cores
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FXDLX95
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16819118339
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Turbo BLACK Edition CPU Air Cooler
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H25DYM3
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16835103278
Kingston Fury Renegade 64GB DDR4 (2x32GB) 3600 MHZ
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097RHX32W
https://www.newegg.com/p/0RN-001J-01097
SSD M.2: 1TB WD_Black NVMe SN750 SE WDS100T1B0E (macOS Monterey 12.1)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MQ468S8
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16820250191
HDD RAID: 3x 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM ST2000DM008
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075WWN4QJ
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16822184773
AsRock AMD Radeon RX 6600XT 8GB DDR6 Challenger OC
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HHP4VLY
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16814930063
Azza Iris 330 Black Steel Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (CSAZ-330)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V24Z128
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811517062
EVGA 700W Bronze Semi Modular Power Supply (110-BQ-0700-V1)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0877B3TJJ
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16817438176
UPDATE March 8, 2022: The Cooler Master Hyper 212 Turbo BLACK Edition was really insufficient cooling for the hard work, so we got some proper refrigeration for the processor beast:
EVGA CLC 280mm All-In-One RGB LED CPU Liquid Cooler
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N16CAKN/https://www.newegg.com/p/2YM-0028-00072
Comments
+ Some words for the video workers: I am working with 6K and 8K video raw footage. This huge processor and the memory provided makes working with full resolution previews easy. Therefore, I don’t mind about getting a bigger GPU now because this Hackintosh will only work for small video clips. For these purposes Radeon RX 6600XT is the best catch! Right now, exporting a 1O minutes Premiere’s sequence to H264 makes me wait for 4 o 5 minutes. I don’t use video plugins, just some LUT for the RED footage.
+ I attached my full EFI folder updated to OpenCore 0.7.7.
+ This build’s up based on CaseySJ’s work. So please refer to his post for further information and for a better understanding:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/gigabyte-z690-aero-g-i5-12600k-amd-rx-6800-xt.317179/
+ I got this motherboard for free so there was no choice for me.
Post-installation Notes
+ My case have 2 USB 2 and just 1 USB 3 on the front panel, so if you have a different front panel configuration you have to build your own USBmap.kext.
For USB Mapping, I used the new USB TOOL BOX method, which I find very practical because you can easily do it even on a Windows installation.
For Information see: https://github.com/USBToolBox/tool
Bear in mind that UTBmap.kext only works along with USBToolBox.Kext Enabled.
Note: My UTBMap.kext includes HS14 port enabled for the Intel Wireless Chip, but does not included many others HSxx ports.
+ It is mandatory for you to generate your own SMBIOS ID and to input your GPU string name at PCI Devices Properties.
Summary
What Works
- Shutdown, restart
- Sleep / Wake
- iCloud, App Store
- Handoff / Continuity / AirDrop (with Broadcom-based WiFi/BT module)
- FaceTime / Messages
- WiFi / Bluetooth with Broadcom-based WiFi/BT module
- Ethernet port (2.5GbE)
- RGB Fusion 2.0 lighting controller with liquidctl (see CaseySJ’s post Tech Talk please!)
- Quick Look, Preview
- Apple TV
- Netflix and Prime Video in Safari
Intel's Bluetooth 5.2 is not yet supported. It works with the implementation of IntelBTPatcher.kext!- Sidecar requires either an iGPU or an Apple T2 chip for HEVC encoding/decoding so it does not work on this system (iGPU UHD 770 is not supported by macOS). See Alternatives to Sidecar.
- macOS treats all cores the same and does not schedule tasks optimally between P-cores and E-cores
Benchmarks
Hope it helps!
If you have some questions, I will kindly answer in my free time.
Saludos!
UPDATES
- Nov 26, 2022: EFI updated to OpenCore 0.8.6 with some improvements (RadeonSensors, IntelBTPatcher...)
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