- Joined
- Nov 14, 2016
- Messages
- 5
- Motherboard
- ASUS Maximus IX Apex
- CPU
- 7700K
- Graphics
- 1080 Ti
- Mac
mmomega's Build: Asus Maximus IX Apex - i7-7700K
Components
Intel i7 7700K Kaby Lake Processor
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MXSI216/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Asus Maximus IX Apex Motherboard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N247D6O/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 3600MHz Memory
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4V45QM/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
nVidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1080-ti/
Samsung 960 EVO 500GB NVMe SSD
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYFKJR7/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Corsair Crystal 570X Case
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LE0ZKR2/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Corsair HX850i Power Supply
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M2UIXX2/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
LG 34UC98-S Monitor
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019O78DPS/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Broadcom BCM94360CD WiFi/Bluetooth and PCI Adapter
http://www.osxwifi.com/apple-broadc...-bluetooth-4-0-with-adapter-for-pc-hackintosh
Logitech 930e Webcam
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CRJWW2G/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Cooling: All EKWB Custom Water Cooling Loop
Comments
This is my 2nd try at a full on Hackintosh, the previous was a 6700K on an Asus Maximus XIII Hero Z170. I'll have to say that build spoiled me a little bit. I had almost zero issues whatsoever and everything worked great on that machine.
I ended up putting Windows 10 on the machine and ran Folding@Home for quite a while on it. It was a "Frankenstein" machine as I called it just because the entire system was built from used parts from Amazon. It had 2 - 980Ti 's that a little over a year ago I paid just over $300 for 1 and decided a few months later I wanted a 2nd if I could find another around that price.
I found the exact card and picked it up and then I wanted water-cooling but I didn't want to pay for water-cooling - if that makes sense.
So I bought 2 used Corsair H55 AIO coolers and 2 Kraken G10 brackets and a 'damaged box' Corsair H110i, so the CPU and both GPU's were on water. This all being inside a Corsair 300R midsize case, it was a tight fit.
Fast forward a year and change and my son has been getting more and more into wanting to build his first PC.
I figured to myself, win/win. Dad gets new toys and this time build it the way I want to and I tear down the other machine and make him rebuild it step by step just with a little guidance.
So, here we are today. This machine started life as a Windows machine just because the only spare GPU I had available after giving my son the 980's was a 1070FE. If I couldn't have a dGPU I would just bide my time and hoping nVidia would come through... and they finally did.
Oh. I also de-lidded the 7700k and liquid metaled it. I am not even sure what the temps were prior, I had the deli kit, opened a brand new 7700K and popped the top on it per se. Anyone that has done this will know that pop is a bit scary the very first time you do it to a $300+ chip.
*It is currently running at 5.0GHz. At least I have it clocked for that in the bios, Intel Power Gadget is only showing 4.7 at load.
The Build
So far built-in audio from the motherboard, I do not have working. Audio over Displayport to the monitor is working.
* I still haven't figured this one out fully so for the time being a cheap little USB to headphone jack adapter is on the way.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N905VOY/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Absolutely everything else is working at the moment, though I have not had hours of testing yet.
Installation
Pre Install
10.0.2.4
UniBeast 7.1.1
MultiBeast 9.1.0
Clover Configurator
Kext Utility
Post Install
I'll keep it short for now.
I probably went about this the long way but I did not have any other drive in the computer except for the NVMe drive. So, after creating the bootable USB, I needed a drive to install to. I have a Samsung T3 Portable SSD that worked great for the interim.
I installed macOS onto the T3 along with Clover Configurator and then used MultiBeast to get a few drivers installed. Essentially everything worked, outside of onboard audio and nVidia web drivers would not installed.
I found out I could install nVidia web drivers and CUDA but could not activate them until I installed NVRAM emulation.
Once getting the nVMe driver installed with the 960EVO showing up, I downloaded and installed CarbonCopyCloner and cloned my USB T3 SSD onto the on-board nVME SSD.
(Side Note: still having macOS bootable on the T3 drive, if I make a mistake loading kexts onto the main drive and completely crash it, I can boot from the USB drive and fix/remove any added kexts that may be causing the panics and then boot back up the NVMe.)
(more detail soon)
The previous build
The newer flashier build
a few changes since this picture. The RAM switched from Corsair Platinum 3000MHz to the Skill 3600.
I wasn't even remotely worried about that cable mess at the moment. That'll get handled soon enough though.
Benchmarks
USB3 Seems to be working
I am more than happy to add any more details, as I will soon. And do any benchmarking or real world tests that anyone else may want to see.
*Next on the agenda is flashing the GPU BIOS to the overclock speeds I have been running under Windows.
Components
Intel i7 7700K Kaby Lake Processor
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MXSI216/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Asus Maximus IX Apex Motherboard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N247D6O/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
G.Skill TridentZ DDR4 16GB (2x8GB) 3600MHz Memory
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4V45QM/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
nVidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1080-ti/
Samsung 960 EVO 500GB NVMe SSD
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYFKJR7/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Corsair Crystal 570X Case
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LE0ZKR2/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Corsair HX850i Power Supply
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M2UIXX2/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
LG 34UC98-S Monitor
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019O78DPS/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Broadcom BCM94360CD WiFi/Bluetooth and PCI Adapter
http://www.osxwifi.com/apple-broadc...-bluetooth-4-0-with-adapter-for-pc-hackintosh
Logitech 930e Webcam
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CRJWW2G/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Cooling: All EKWB Custom Water Cooling Loop
EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 PWM (Pump Reservoir Combo)
EK-FC Titan X Pascal Nickel (GPU Full Water Block)
EK-M9A EVO Nickel (CPU Monoblock)
EK-HDC 12mm G1/4 Nickel Fittings
EK-Coolstream PE 360 38mm thick (Radiator)
EK-Coolstream SE 240 26mm thick (Radiator)
EK-HD PETG 10/12mm Hard Tubing
EK-FC Titan X Pascal Nickel (GPU Full Water Block)
EK-M9A EVO Nickel (CPU Monoblock)
EK-HDC 12mm G1/4 Nickel Fittings
EK-Coolstream PE 360 38mm thick (Radiator)
EK-Coolstream SE 240 26mm thick (Radiator)
EK-HD PETG 10/12mm Hard Tubing
Comments
This is my 2nd try at a full on Hackintosh, the previous was a 6700K on an Asus Maximus XIII Hero Z170. I'll have to say that build spoiled me a little bit. I had almost zero issues whatsoever and everything worked great on that machine.
I ended up putting Windows 10 on the machine and ran Folding@Home for quite a while on it. It was a "Frankenstein" machine as I called it just because the entire system was built from used parts from Amazon. It had 2 - 980Ti 's that a little over a year ago I paid just over $300 for 1 and decided a few months later I wanted a 2nd if I could find another around that price.
I found the exact card and picked it up and then I wanted water-cooling but I didn't want to pay for water-cooling - if that makes sense.
So I bought 2 used Corsair H55 AIO coolers and 2 Kraken G10 brackets and a 'damaged box' Corsair H110i, so the CPU and both GPU's were on water. This all being inside a Corsair 300R midsize case, it was a tight fit.
Fast forward a year and change and my son has been getting more and more into wanting to build his first PC.
I figured to myself, win/win. Dad gets new toys and this time build it the way I want to and I tear down the other machine and make him rebuild it step by step just with a little guidance.
So, here we are today. This machine started life as a Windows machine just because the only spare GPU I had available after giving my son the 980's was a 1070FE. If I couldn't have a dGPU I would just bide my time and hoping nVidia would come through... and they finally did.
Oh. I also de-lidded the 7700k and liquid metaled it. I am not even sure what the temps were prior, I had the deli kit, opened a brand new 7700K and popped the top on it per se. Anyone that has done this will know that pop is a bit scary the very first time you do it to a $300+ chip.
*It is currently running at 5.0GHz. At least I have it clocked for that in the bios, Intel Power Gadget is only showing 4.7 at load.
The Build
So far built-in audio from the motherboard, I do not have working. Audio over Displayport to the monitor is working.
* I still haven't figured this one out fully so for the time being a cheap little USB to headphone jack adapter is on the way.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N905VOY/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Absolutely everything else is working at the moment, though I have not had hours of testing yet.
Installation
Pre Install
10.0.2.4
UniBeast 7.1.1
MultiBeast 9.1.0
Clover Configurator
Kext Utility
Post Install
I'll keep it short for now.
I probably went about this the long way but I did not have any other drive in the computer except for the NVMe drive. So, after creating the bootable USB, I needed a drive to install to. I have a Samsung T3 Portable SSD that worked great for the interim.
I installed macOS onto the T3 along with Clover Configurator and then used MultiBeast to get a few drivers installed. Essentially everything worked, outside of onboard audio and nVidia web drivers would not installed.
I found out I could install nVidia web drivers and CUDA but could not activate them until I installed NVRAM emulation.
Once getting the nVMe driver installed with the 960EVO showing up, I downloaded and installed CarbonCopyCloner and cloned my USB T3 SSD onto the on-board nVME SSD.
(Side Note: still having macOS bootable on the T3 drive, if I make a mistake loading kexts onto the main drive and completely crash it, I can boot from the USB drive and fix/remove any added kexts that may be causing the panics and then boot back up the NVMe.)
(more detail soon)
The previous build
The newer flashier build
a few changes since this picture. The RAM switched from Corsair Platinum 3000MHz to the Skill 3600.
I wasn't even remotely worried about that cable mess at the moment. That'll get handled soon enough though.
Benchmarks
USB3 Seems to be working
I am more than happy to add any more details, as I will soon. And do any benchmarking or real world tests that anyone else may want to see.
*Next on the agenda is flashing the GPU BIOS to the overclock speeds I have been running under Windows.
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