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M.2 SSD as boot drive for new Sierra install on GA-Z170X-Gaming 6?

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I've got all my parts arriving today for my first Hackintosh!

After testing the Gigabyte LGA1151 Intel ATX DDR4 Motherboards GA-Z170X-GAMING 6 with i7 6700K with Win10, I was going to attempt a Sierra install.

1. Can I boot directly to the Samsung 960 PRO Series - 512GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V6P512BW)? It will be the only storage for now. I'm unclear on whether I'll have the needed drivers in place?

2. As 10.12.6 just arrived, should I wait a few days for the dust to settle and then download new versions of UniBeast and MultiBeast?

3. I have an i7 6700K coming in, but ... should I return that an get an i7 7700K instead as it's fully supported in 10.12.6? Or totally re-think and get a Z270 chipset board?

4. I saw one success story where he installed El Capitan first and then upgraded to Sierra. Is that a preferred option - or should I just go to Sierra directly?
 
I've got all my parts arriving today for my first Hackintosh!

After testing the Gigabyte LGA1151 Intel ATX DDR4 Motherboards GA-Z170X-GAMING 6 with i7 6700K with Win10, I was going to attempt a Sierra install.

1. Can I boot directly to the Samsung 960 PRO Series - 512GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V6P512BW)? It will be the only storage for now. I'm unclear on whether I'll have the needed drivers in place?

2. As 10.12.6 just arrived, should I wait a few days for the dust to settle and then download new versions of UniBeast and MultiBeast?

3. I have an i7 6700K coming in, but ... should I return that an get an i7 7700K instead as it's fully supported in 10.12.6? Or totally re-think and get a Z270 chipset board?

4. I saw one success story where he installed El Capitan first and then upgraded to Sierra. Is that a preferred option - or should I just go to Sierra directly?

I have installed 10.12.6, on Z270 Asrock Taichi, i7 7700k, GTX980 EVGA 4GB, 32GB HyperX Fury, and currently waiting for the 960 Pro m.2 512GB to make it bootable disk. You will have no problem on the installation of Sierra. You can find everything in here.
 
I have installed 10.12.6, on Z270 Asrock Taichi, i7 7700k, GTX980 EVGA 4GB, 32GB HyperX Fury, and currently waiting for the 960 Pro m.2 512GB to make it bootable disk. You will have no problem on the installation of Sierra. You can find everything in here.
I sent back my Z170 motherboard (and i7 6700K) and bought a GA-Z270XP-SLIl (with i7-7700K) instead as 10.12.6 fully supports Kaby Lake. The last component comes in today.

My plan is to install to a local hard disk, get that drive modified so that it sees the Samsung 960 PRO, and then Carbon Copy the drive to the 960 and copy the EFI partition to the 960.
 
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