Kick-ass build, hopefully. Will an ASUS GTX 980 Ti work?

[SuperSoul9]

Hey all, long time Mac user, but new to the forum and new to building a Hackintosh. I want to build a kick-ass Mac, along with a decent gaming PC. Hence I went with the 980 Ti. Anywhere here's the details of the planned build:

Case: Evolv ATX Tempered Glass
Motherboard: ASUS Z170-A ATX DDR4
Processor: Intel Core i7 6700K Processor (4 GHz, 4 Core, 8 Threads, 8 MB cache)
Graphics Card: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (managed to find one on ebay)
Power Supply: EVGA Supernova 850 W Gold G2 Series
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3000 MHz C15 XMP 2.0 Enthusiast LED (RED)
Cooler: Corsair CW-9060025-WW Hydro Series H100i V2 240 mm Extreme Performance
Wifi: TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 N900 Dual Band Wireless PCI Express Adapter
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB 2.5 inch Solid State Drive x 2 (one for mac, one for windows)

Does this all look and sound okay? Does it matter that the GTX 980 Ti is from ASUS and not EVGA?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

 

[pastrychef]

Looks like a nice build. Asus GTX 980 Ti should be fine.

 

[osoglaN]

i have the same PC (980ti + 6700K + Z170 Chip) and works perfect, but i don't know if your tplink wifi works with hackintosh.

 

[pastrychef]

The TP-Link can work, but, personally, I prefer using one of the BCM94360 cards like:
Amazon.com: PC Hackintosh Apple Broadcom BCM94360CD 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac + Bluetooth 4.0 OS X Yosemite 10.10: Computers & Accessories

 

[SuperSoul9]

ah, thanks all.

I picked up the suggestion for the tplink wifi from here: http://hackintoshmethod.com/
The Apple Broadcom BCM94360, probably looks like a better choice, so I'll swap that into the build.

Any other hardware suggestions before I get the rest of this build ordered?

i have the same PC (980ti + 6700K + Z170 Chip) and works perfect, but i don't know if your tplink wifi works with hackintosh.

Any tips or things I should be aware of when getting Sierra installed? (am going to go with 10.12.3)

 

[SuperSoul9]

Ah poop. Looks like the Apple Broadcom BCM94360 is no longer available

However, I did find this:

Fenvi 802.11AC Desktop Wifi Card 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC Bluetooth 4.0 OS X Yosemite 10.10+ PC/Hackintosh - Handoff and Continuity: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M997EKF/?tag=tonymacx86-21

Anyone here tried this? Is it as good as it sounds?

 

[pastrychef]

You can purchase:
Wifi Wlan Bluetooth Card 4.0 BCM94360CD 802.11ac for Apple A1418 A1419: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
and
BQLZR Wireless Network Card Convert PCI-E 1X PCI-E: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

It will yield the same result as what I linked to earlier.

 

[tiqo]

TP-Link N300 (WN823N) Wifi works with any Osx. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088TKTY2/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

It's a better choice than the WDN4800, since the wifi signal drops every couple of minutes (like others have confirmed).

 

[macdaddywannabe]

Holy cow! Now that's what I call a build! Probably a gaming rig?

 

[SuperSoul9]

Holy cow! Now that's what I call a build! Probably a gaming rig?

Yup! Plan to set it up as dual boot, Mac for work. Windows for Gaming