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Install Big Sur or Catalina on a i7 2600k Asus motherboard possible?

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rockyosx

rockyosx

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Motherboard
Asus P8Z68-V PRO
CPU
i7-2600K
Graphics
RX 560
Hi!

I would like to use an old pc to install Big Sur for it to last a few more years, but how can I do it?

The parts are:

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO
CPU: I7 2600K sandy bridge
RAM: 16gb corsair ddr3 1333
GPU: MSI Radeon RX 560 4gb

At present I have Mojave with iMac 14,2.

I tried with clover but can't get Big Sur to install.

Thanks for your help.
 
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rockyosx said:
At present I have Mojave with iMac 14,2.

I tried with clover but can't get Big Sur to install.
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Try changing the SMBIOS to iMac 15,1 which is supported by Big Sur.
Using OpenCore bootloader with BS makes the most sense. Would be wise
to read the Dortania/Github OpenCore guide to learn more about it.
 
Hi. Thank you very much. I will try just that and post here the results.
 
rockyosx said:
Hi. Thank you very much. I will try just that and post here the results.
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I have the same board & cpu as you running High Sierra with Nvidia 560 Ti. If Big sur can work on these, I am thinking to buy a radeon gpu (e.g. rx 580 8gb). Please update your progress. Thanks!
 
glasser said:
I am thinking to buy a radeon gpu (e.g. rx 580 8gb)
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Hope you have a lot of money saved. The average selling price of a new card is $400 to $500. Notice how the MSI cards only have 1 DVI output. Miners don't need DP or HDMI outputs. They're buying up all of these cards.

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Even the less powerful RX 570s sell at crazy high prices now.

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For those very outdated components, I wouldn’t agree with investing much money on a ridiculously expensive graphics card released even 4 years ago. Older generations of cards would be much cheaper and your CPU couldn’t limit their performance.
 
glasser said:
I have the same board & cpu as you running High Sierra with Nvidia 560 Ti. If Big sur can work on these, I am thinking to buy a radeon gpu (e.g. rx 580 8gb). Please update your progress. Thanks!
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I haven't had time with work, but will try next weekend and post the progress. thanks
 
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