- Joined
- Oct 10, 2011
- Messages
- 3
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z77X-D3H
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-3770K
- Graphics
- MSI GTX 970
- Mobile Phone
As a video-editor, who doesn't want to spend thousands of euro's on a real powerfull Mac Pro, I started building my hackintosh a couple of years ago... Decided to upgrade to from Yosemite to Sierra and made my new USB stick with Unibeast. This finally introduced me to Clover, and what a difference it is! Booted right away to the Installation, without boot flags... which wasn't the point with Chameleon back then.
Hardware:
Power supply: Sharkoon WPM500 Bronze
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Rev 1.0
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1333mz (4 x 4GB)
Intel Core i7-3770K Processor
MSI GTX 970
Shitload of harddrives (5,1 TB - Seagate, WD, Samsung)
NI Komplete Audio 6
Installation:
Load optimized defaults in the BIOS.. boot to USB.
Formatted the drive to Mac OS (Journaled) using the GPT partition style, named it "Sierra" and started the installation.. Was done within 15 minutes, gotta love that.
Boot with the Unibeast USB again and select the disk you installed Sierra on.
I had MultiBeast on a separate USB and installed it with the following settings:
- Quick start: UEFI Boot Mode
- Disk: 3rd Party SATA
- Disk: FakeSMC (+ plugins and HW monitor)
- USB: 3rd Party USB 3.0
- USB: 7/8/9 Series USB support (don't even know if it's necessasry)
- USB: Increase Max Port Limit
- System definition: Mac Pro 5,1
Install & reboot.. should work without USB now.. (forgot if it really did though)
Had Kext Utility and the right kext to get my internet connection running on a separate usb and installed it.
The kext that works for is this one: http://www.osx86.net/files/file/1777-atherosl1cethernetkext/
After a reboot the ethernet connection works like a charm.
Now I had to get the right drivers for my GTX 970.. because everything was sloppy as hell.
The NVIDIA web driver helped me out: http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/107807/en-us
After installing the web driver and rebooting I was ready to go.
My Komplete Audio 6 external soundcard worked out of the box, so that's one less worry
Video-editors notice:
Also installed the NVIDIA Cuda software... software like Adobe After Effects, and Premiere really need them. A lot of errors and crashes without the CUDA driver and using CUDA as render method.
Here's the CUDA driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/mac-driver-archive.html
Working with a lot of 6k footage right now and it's stable and fast, even from a external hard drive!
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I do still notice that it is a CustoMac though... Sometimes both my screen just fades to black for a second and then it comes back, but this rarely happens.. still better than spending way too much on a real Mac Pro in my opinion.
I think this is my most stable build since 2013, so I hope I somebody can use this information
Hardware:
Power supply: Sharkoon WPM500 Bronze
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Rev 1.0
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1333mz (4 x 4GB)
Intel Core i7-3770K Processor
MSI GTX 970
Shitload of harddrives (5,1 TB - Seagate, WD, Samsung)
NI Komplete Audio 6
Installation:
Load optimized defaults in the BIOS.. boot to USB.
Formatted the drive to Mac OS (Journaled) using the GPT partition style, named it "Sierra" and started the installation.. Was done within 15 minutes, gotta love that.
Boot with the Unibeast USB again and select the disk you installed Sierra on.
I had MultiBeast on a separate USB and installed it with the following settings:
- Quick start: UEFI Boot Mode
- Disk: 3rd Party SATA
- Disk: FakeSMC (+ plugins and HW monitor)
- USB: 3rd Party USB 3.0
- USB: 7/8/9 Series USB support (don't even know if it's necessasry)
- USB: Increase Max Port Limit
- System definition: Mac Pro 5,1
Install & reboot.. should work without USB now.. (forgot if it really did though)
Had Kext Utility and the right kext to get my internet connection running on a separate usb and installed it.
The kext that works for is this one: http://www.osx86.net/files/file/1777-atherosl1cethernetkext/
After a reboot the ethernet connection works like a charm.
Now I had to get the right drivers for my GTX 970.. because everything was sloppy as hell.
The NVIDIA web driver helped me out: http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/107807/en-us
After installing the web driver and rebooting I was ready to go.
My Komplete Audio 6 external soundcard worked out of the box, so that's one less worry
Video-editors notice:
Also installed the NVIDIA Cuda software... software like Adobe After Effects, and Premiere really need them. A lot of errors and crashes without the CUDA driver and using CUDA as render method.
Here's the CUDA driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/mac-driver-archive.html
Working with a lot of 6k footage right now and it's stable and fast, even from a external hard drive!
------------------------
I do still notice that it is a CustoMac though... Sometimes both my screen just fades to black for a second and then it comes back, but this rarely happens.. still better than spending way too much on a real Mac Pro in my opinion.
I think this is my most stable build since 2013, so I hope I somebody can use this information
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