[Success] Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming + i7-9700KF + Sapphire RX 580

[oreoapple]

oreoapple's Build:
Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming + i7-9900KF + RX 580​

Components

Intel i7-9700KF Processor
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MJXYX62/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Noctua NH-D15 CPU Cooler
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L7UZMAK/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming Motherboard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J9YH428/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Corsair LPX 32GB DRAM 3000MHz C15 Memory Kit for DDR4 Systems
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014UYPEXE/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Samsung 970 EVO 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BN217QG/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Sapphire Technology Technology 11265-05-20G Radeon Pulse RX 580 8GB
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZZ6FMF8/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Wifi/BT card off ebay


Comments

The machine is being used mainly for photo/video editing of Raw footage. So the target is to match base Mac Pro. I already have an old ASUS case/500W power supply which I can't even find the name of them...



Installation

For installation I mainly followed jbarnette's Build with a little tweaks:
1. Mojave won't install and stuck at "About 13 minutes remaining"
Solution: According to @CaseySJ and @poles, instructions are here:

[Solved] Z390-H 9900k vega 64 970evo freeze on last 2 mins

Just to be sure, let me ask: After you manually reboot and continue the installation from SSD, do you select the “pre-install” disk instead of the actual Mojave disk?

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2. I use NoVPAjpeg.kext to solve preview crash issues.

3. USB SSDT:
Follow @RehabMan's thread: for Z390 M Gaming, 6 USB2/3/C ports on MB, which are HS01-06, SS01-06; Bluetooth is HS10; another USB header is used for my old case which has two USB2 in front, HS11 and HS12. Total of 15 ports. SSDT_USB.aml is attached for reference.

What works:
Everything as far as I've tested.

What doesn't work:
Can't seem to overclock in BIOS: no * seen in BIOS section. I thought Z390 support overclock. I only use 8pin 12V, not 4pin 12V due to the fact that power cables are super tight.
Thank you everyone on the forum.

 

[nloth]

Congrats on the new build!

Re: OC I have the same MB and i5-9600k CPU, the BIOS OC functionalities all work fine (CPU core clock, voltage, XMP etc.). Me too used only 8pin 12V and ignored the other 4pin 12V. I don't think that's causing your no-OC issue since 8pin should be more than enough to start with (mine draws 150W+ easily)

Are you using the latest BIOS firmware?

 

[oreoapple]

I'm using F7 (latest). As I said, I didn't see the '*' near clk multiplier or voltage etc. Feels like OC is disabled somehow and I didn't find anywhere to enable it. OC should be enabled out of the box, right?

 

[nloth]

Hey I just checked I'm using F6 and here's what's showing on mine - not sure what is the '*' you are referring to. I just type 50 and hit Enter to modify the value in this (or any other modifiable) row. Hope this helps.

 

[oreoapple]

I see. I saw the '*' on some other threads using Gigabyte MB and I thought that's the indicator of OC enabled.
I'll give a try, if doesn't work, I will try downgrade to F6. Thank you!

Hey I just checked I'm using F6 and here's what's showing on mine - not sure what is the '*' you are referring to. I just type 50 and hit Enter to modify the value in this (or any other modifiable) row. Hope this helps.
View attachment 425787

 

[cagm]

Can you upload your EFI partition? I have almost the same H/W but my sound does not work with AppleALC.

 

[oreoapple]

I don't have the machine at my hand but you can refer to jbarnette's Build as I mentioned in the original post:

[SUCCESS] jbarnette's Build - ASUS TUF Z390 M Gaming + i9-9900K + Sapphire RX Vega 64 8GB + 32GB RAM + MacOS 10.14.3 w/ USB3 working!

jbarnette's Build: Core i9-9900K - GA-Z390M Gaming - Sapphire RX Vega64 8GB Components Intel i9-9900K 3.6GHz 8 Core, 16 Threads Processor https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005404P9I/?tag=tonymacx86com-20 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819117957 Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming...

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