- Joined
- Mar 5, 2012
- Messages
- 26
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z370 gaming 5
- CPU
- Intel 8700
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX1050 TI
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
danzlotnik's Build:
Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - i7-8700 - Nvidia GeForce GTX1050 Ti
Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - i7-8700 - Nvidia GeForce GTX1050 Ti
Components
GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS Gaming 5 Motherboard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075LGLHBY/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Corsair Vengeance LED 4x8GB DDR4-2666 32GB DDR4 2666MHz Memory
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HKF58A4/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Intel BX80684I78700 8th Gen Core i7-8700 Processor
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07598HLB4/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Corsair H80i v2 Processor Liquid Cooler
https://www.amazon.com.mx/gp/product/B019954Y2Q/
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050Ti G1Gaming 4GB Graphic Card
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MCUYOWK/?tag=tonymacx86com-20[/SIZE]
Rankie Cable DisplayPort (DP) a DVI
https://www.amazon.com.mx/gp/product/B01KANYY8U/
Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2 500GB PCI Express SSD
https://www.amazon.com.mx/gp/product/B01M20VBU7/
ASUS Expansion Card for Z170 & X99 Motherboards ThunderboltEX 3
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HDUVJ54/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
StarTech.com Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter – Backward Compatible – USB C to Mini DisplayPort
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019FPJDQ2/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
(i also tried the Apple TB3 to TB2 converter and works great)
Corsair Carbide Series 100R Silent Edition Quiet Mid Tower Case
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RORBQSW/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
PC Power & Cooling Silencer Series 750 Watt Power Supply
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AXX0MZM/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
ALREADY OWNED
2 monitor 21´ (one LG another one Dell)
1 LG TV.
UAD Apollo TWIN Thunderbolt
Protools 12HD
Comments
My last build works great but it had Mavericks OS (and it works great with PROTOOLS10) but since im using more PT12 not and I am using more Virtual Instruments and Kontakt instances and bigger movie files, I needed to built a new system.
Everything works great, the PT sessions run super smooth. The UAD works great BUT the ASUS thunderbolt EX sometimes (it happened just a few times) boot without thunderbolt support. For what i researched is a known bug. In a few reboots it comes back (or changing the security from NO SECURITY to USER AUTHORIZATION) does the trick.
The Z370 Bluetooth works great but you need the antenna connected.
The WIFI does not work at all.
Motherboard audio work. (I use the UAD anyway)
It´s super silent. (great for a recording studio)
(EFI FOLDER ATTACHED)
My 3 monitors (one via DVI, one via Displayport to DVI cable, one via HDMI) work great. None of the other display output works. (there are 2 more HDMI in the nvidia 1050ti)
IMPORTANT!!!!
I'm using a ASUS THUNDERBOLT EX card in a GIGABYTE Mobo. !! The connectors are NOT THE SAME. So i had to cut a little bit of the connector (on the motherboard). Then hook the ASUS plug a GLUE !!!
It was risky....
Now it works like a charm (I made already 2 of this same builds)
BIOS Settings
These the are the BIOS settings you will need to change after creating the macOS installer and before first boot:
- Save & Exit → Load Optimized Defaults
- M.I.T. → Advanced Memory Settings Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P.) : Profile1
- BIOS → Fast Boot : Disabled
- BIOS → LAN PXE Boot Option ROM : Disabled
- BIOS → Storage Boot Option Control : UEFI
- Peripherals → Trusted Computing → Security Device Support : Disable
- Peripherals → Network Stack Configuration → Network Stack : Disabled
- Peripherals → USB Configuration → Legacy USB Support : Auto
- Peripherals → USB Configuration → XHCI Hand-off : Enabled
- Chipset → Vt-d : Disabled
- Chipset → Wake on LAN Enable : Disabled
- Chipset → IOAPIC 24-119 Entries : Enabled
Dedicated graphics card:
- Peripherals → Initial Display Output : PCIe 1 Slot
- Chipset → Integrated Graphics : Disabled
- Peripherals → Initial Display Output : IGFX
- Chipset → Integrated Graphics : Enabled
- Chipset → DVMT Pre-Allocated :128M (if this setting isn’t showing then: 1. Set Integrated Graphics: Enabled. 2. Save and Exit BIOS by pressing F10. 3. Reenter BIOS upon computer restart and it should be there.