Mac for music production

[IamI1]

Hi all!
I need a Mac for music production, so it needs to be very powerful.
I was thinking an 8700k (or can i go with the iMac Pro cpus?) and a motherboard with Thunderbolt working in Mac.
Someone can suggest me a good 8700k+MB(with TB) combo that can work with HighSierra?
Thanks!
(with the other parts i'm ok)

 

[IamI1]

Up please

 

[Jamesbond007]

Hi all!
I need a Mac for music production, so it needs to be very powerful.
I was thinking an 8700k (or can i go with the iMac Pro cpus?) and a motherboard with Thunderbolt working in Mac.
Someone can suggest me a good 8700k+MB(with TB) combo that can work with High Sierra?
Thanks!
(with the other parts i'm ok)

You want a 8700K? As far as I know there is only one motherboard with Thunderbolt 3 onboard that supports the 8700K, an ASRock Z370 ITX board.

If you don't want ITX and want Thunderbolt 3, you have to make sure the motherboard has a Thunderbolt header, and you will have to purchase in addition a Thunderbolt 3 add in card like the Gigabyte GC Alpine Ridge or Asus ThunderboltEX 3.

Check the Coffee Lake Buyer's Guide for motherboard choices. Personally I recommend Gigabyte or Asus boards.

The iMac Pro uses Xeon W CPUs which are not available at retail.

 

[IamI1]

Hi sorry for the delay!
Yeah i managed to get one Asus Thunderbolt EX so there's no problem now.
Do you know what MB is better that the others (from the buyer's guide) in terms of compatibility with Mac?