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Poles 4th Coffee Lake Build::
GIGABYTE H370-HD3 - i5-8600 - UHD 630 - MSI RX 570 8 GB - 16 GB RAM
GIGABYTE H370-HD3 - i5-8600 - UHD 630 - MSI RX 570 8 GB - 16 GB RAM
Components
Gigabyte H370 HD3
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CCWBV37/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Core i5-8600
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0793CD3V2/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Corsair Vengeance 2666MHz DDR4 16GB RAM
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019HVO62A/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Kingston SSDNow A400 240GB
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A1ZTZNM/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
MSI RX 570 Armor
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079NW5Y1C/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
CORSAIR VS500, 500 Watt
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N2HRRH4/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Zebronics Coal Cabinet
Comments
This is my 4th Coffee Lake build. I always like NVIDIA but as Apple decided to keep distance from them I had to choose AMD . In the era of Machine Learning how can a company like Apple neglect those revolutionary graphic cards (FYI, NVIDIA cards are more compatible than AMD cards because of CUDA cores. AMD cards are more focused on gaming & editing till now). Anyway, I configured this build in may 2019 but didn't get time to post it. So here it is.
The Build
BIOS Settings
Use "F2" to enter you UEFI setup.
- Load Optimized Defaults
- Disable VT-d
- Disable Secure Boot Mode
- Set OS Type Other
- Turn off internal Serial port
- Turn off Network stack for boot
- Set XHCI Handoff to Enabled
- Enable HD Audio
- Don't enable decode over 4G
- Set Primary Display to dGPU
- Set DMVT pre-alloc to 64MB
- Set USB legacy to enabled
Installation
Download UniBeast 9.1 for Mojave and make a bootable USB as described in the installation guide. I replaced the clover with Clover_v2.4k_r4920. The installation was smooth.
Post InstallationFor post installation I used MultiBeast 11.2.1. I selected the following options:
I updated the Lilu.kext, AppleALC.kext & WhateverGreen.kext of /Library/Extensions with the latest kexts.
Graphics
As I was using AMD card & selected dgpu as primary display I didn't need WhateverGreen kext. It was showing 8GB after I first logged in and didn't face any issue. But as I'm using Headless IGPU Configuration I had to install whatevergreen kext. I followed @jaymonkey 's guide for this. Becaue headless configuration gives more stability to hackintosh and behave much more like a genuine Mac with access to IGPU hardware accelerated features. I also selected 18,2 System Definitions (SMBIOS) from 18,3.
Audio
As I install Lilu+AppleALC, I don't have do much for it. I just changed Audio ID to 7.
USB
To remove USB port limit I used headkaze's Hakintool . I also attached the .aml files if anybody needs it.
What Works
Everything as per I know. Except the USB Type C (as I didn't need it I didn't configure).
Here is the geekbench score.
I have also attached the config.plist file.
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