[SUCCESS] High Sierra 10.13.6 - Core i5-8600K - Gigabyte Z370P D3 - GTX 1080 FTW

[Gibbousness]

The Cheshire Hackintosh:
Core i5-8600K - Gigabyte Z370P D3 - GTX 1080 FTW​

Cheshire Hackintosh

• Gibbousness
• Aug 23, 2018

Components

Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0759FKH8K/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
[COLOR=#000000]https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117825[/COLOR]

Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005O65JXI/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
[COLOR=#000000]https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099[/COLOR]

Gigabyte - Z370P D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077Y5JBQ5/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813145048

Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XHTJ86V/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
[COLOR=#000000]https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAG7R79X1097[/COLOR]

SanDisk - SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07621PNWC/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
[COLOR=#000000]https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820173150[/COLOR]

SanDisk - Ultra 3D 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071KGRXRG/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820173354

EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW DT GAMING Video Card
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IA9HKGE/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
[COLOR=#b30000]https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487252[/COLOR]

NZXT - S340 (Matte White/Purple) ATX Mid Tower Case
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NAWJEA6/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
[COLOR=#000000]https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146253[/COLOR]

EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LWTS2UL/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
[COLOR=#000000]https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438095[/COLOR]

ARCTIC - Arctic F14 PWM 77.3 CFM 140mm Fan
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J4FUU7Y/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
[COLOR=#000000]https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA85V36V6198[/COLOR]

IOGEAR Bluetooth 4.0 USB Micro Adapter, GBU521
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GFX0PY/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833139027

Already Owned
Onn Keyboard and Mouse
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MTJMHN0/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
LG W2240T 22-INCH Monitor
(unavailable) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003DA0SQU/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Comments:

I decided to build this machine to render artwork for my business. I wanted something with moderate power around a budget of $1200 US. Since I render in Iray, getting a GPU with a sufficient amount of CUDA cores was a priority. I wanted to build a Hackintosh because I enjoy the macOS, I find Windows to be unusable as a daily driver, and I cannot render in Linux. This was my first time building a computer.

I based my parts list on the July recommended parts here at TonyMacx86. I chose each part based primarily on price and customer rating. I tried to get parts that had good reviews, I think I succeeded! SSD's are an absolute must, so I got one for my OS and another for storage (games, resources, etc). The motherboard seems to be limiting how much I can OC my CPU, but I'm satisfied with 4.2GHz for now. The CM 212 is keeping it in the high 50C/low 60C during renders, with the help of some Arctic Silver thermal paste. The GPU hits the mid 60C range during load, I'm eventually gonna try to shave a degree off of that with another front case fan.

I used the "vanilla" install method for High Sierra. I disabled and reenabled SIP when installing Nvidia drivers, preventing any installation issues there. I still had some issues getting my rendering program (Daz Studio) to recognize my GPU, but a little plist-fu fixed that. I've also turned off Nvidia auto-updates just in case. GPU is sometimes finicky at the beginning of some renders, but restarting the app usually fixes it.

What Works:
Ethernet, Nvidia & CUDA drivers, Temperature sensors, Bluetooth (unreliably), Sleep/Wake, No hang on shutdown 95% of the time, App Store, Xcode, Macports, FUSE, Audio via port on mobo and front of case, all USB ports

What Does Not Work (or I haven't checked b/c not important to me):
Wifi (currently no adapter), airplay, airdrop, handoff, iMessage, iTunes, Facetime, HDMI audio

Benchmarks:
I ran each of these once and screencapped em:




Temperatures:
Over the course of ~30 minutes

 

[offx1]

Hello. Just built a very similar machine. Same motherboard. Curious as to what your multibeast build looked like. Would you mind sharing?

 

[Toxyne]

Hello. Did you used Clover for booting? Can you share you config.plsit please? I'm stuck on crossed line with Non supported OS message

 

[kambaa97]

Can someone share their multibeast configuration?

 

[n0xified]

Could you please share the config? I would like to build the same setup as you did.

 

[sycokay]

Would you share some insight with a noob? I have the same motherboard & CPU, and got stuck while booting the High Sierra Unibeast installer from USB.