- Joined
- Dec 29, 2018
- Messages
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- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 5
- CPU
- i5-8600K
- Graphics
- RX 580
- Mac
dyne's Build:
Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 5 + RX 580 + i5-8600K
Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 5 + RX 580 + i5-8600K
Components
Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 5 Motherboard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075LGLHBY/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B075LGLHBY/?tag=tonymacx86c0c-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813145035
Intel i5-8600K Processor
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0759FKH8K/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0759FKH8K/?tag=tonymacx86c0c-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117825
NZXT RL-KRX52-02 Kraken X52 240mm All-in-one Water/Liquid CPU Cooling Software Controlled RGB Lighting
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XWYY83S/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B06XWYY83S/?tag=tonymacx86c0c-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835146060
Sapphire Radeon Pulse RX 580 8GB Graphic Card
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZZ6FMF8/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B06ZZ6FMF8/?tag=tonymacx86c0c-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202278
Western Digital Blue 3D NAND 250GB SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5-inch SSD (WDS250G2B0A) (for macos backup)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073SB2MXW/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B073SB2MXW/?tag=tonymacx86c0c-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820250086
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB SSD
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078DPCY3T/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B078DPCY3T/?tag=tonymacx86c0c-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147673
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 P2, 80+ PLATINUM 750W Power Supply
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010HWDP48/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B010HWDP48/?tag=tonymacx86c0c-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438057
NZXT H500i ATX Computer Case
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C3T1V95/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07C3T1V95/?tag=tonymacx86c0c-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146285
Already Owned
BenQ Pd2500Q Monitor
Cooler Master mechanical keyboard (modified)
Logitech Master s2 Mouse
Comments
Why I decided to build this system? I wanted to have a decent machine for my work and also for playing games so I can get rid of my old MacBook Pro.
Why I picked the components? I wanted to choose more modern components to make it close to iMac Pro but budget mattered. LOL! So, I just hope that in the near future I can add them.
Installation Notes
Most of hackintosh install process is in 4 steps.
- Prepare the USB installer stick;
- BIOS settings: set the BIOS correctly;
- Install macOS;
- Post installation, fix if something goes wrong or doesn't work.
2. BIOS SETTINGS
Most of Gigabyte Z370 motherboards have the same BIOS settings.
- Save & Exit → Load Optimized Defaults
- BIOS → Fast Boot : Disabled
- BIOS → LAN PXE Boot Option ROM : Disabled
- BIOS → Storage Boot Option Control : UEFI
- Peripherals → Trusted Computing → Security Device Support : Disable
- Peripherals → Network Stack Configuration → Network Stack : Disabled
- Peripherals → USB Configuration → Legacy USB Support : Auto
- Peripherals → USB Configuration → XHCI Hand-off : Enabled (Extremely important)
- Chipset → Vt-d : Disabled
- Chipset → Wake on LAN Enable : Disabled
- Chipset → IOAPIC 24-119 Entries : Enabled
I had problems.
No Sound
I ran Clover Configurator selecting kext installer and installed AppleALC.
No WiFi
I didn't know hackintosh doesn't support onboard WiFi, but I'm OK with LAN.
Green(/Pink) Screen
I again ran Clover Configurator, kext installer then installed WhateverGreen.
So the kexts I needed to fix were:
FakeSMC
WhateverGreen + Lilu
AppleALC
The system recognized Ethernet. So, there's no needed to install a driver/kext for Ethernet/Internet.
Final Thoughts
I thought I could upgrade the CPU in near future.
The major problem with Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 5 is:
- the current BIOS version on motherboard is F7; yes, it works well;
but, if you think of upgrading CPU to i5/i7/i9-9XXXk, you gotta upgrade the BIOS to F10 or F12c; it depends on what CPU you have;
- the CPU support list <-- click if you are interested.
So, I upgraded BIOS to F12c (latest version). I just wanted to make it sure it works. Boom! Computer turned on but took ages to see the Apple logo. I waited for 15 minutes, and it still didn't completed. So, I backed off, and now the BIOS version is back to F7.
I didn't try version F10 though. If it works, then I can upgrade CPU to i9-9900K, i7-9700K or i5-9600K. But, no, not until I see somebody succeeds.
Anyway, it was easy to install macOS Mojave. However, Mojave is not much supportive of my old applications and tools (upgrading costs is a lot more than using High Sierra-technically free). So, I'll downgrade macOS to High Sierra. (Apple still supports High Sierra, yet, and all of the applications support High Sierra perfectly.)
Benchmarks
Before overclocking
| Single-Core Score | Multi-Core Score |
| 5156 | 19456 |
After overclocking, 4.3GHz - didn't go for 5GHz.
| Single-Core Score | Multi-Core Score |
| 5447 | 20775 |
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