Thunderbolt 3 builds - current status?

[Snead]

Hello,

Where did you read that the Apollo won't work with Thunderbolt Cards. I have the GA Z270xp-SLI with the GA alpine ridge thunderbolt card and can't get the darn thing to work. Ca you tell me where you read that Apollo doesn't work with cards?

You can find the info on the Universal Audio Homepage, FAQ. The say that "PCIe to Thunderbolt adapters, Thunderbolt to FireWire adapters, and Thunderbolt hubs are not tested or supported and may cause unexpected behavior." Here's the link: https://help.uaudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/215733823-Apollo-Twin-Thunderbolt-Windows-Compatibility

 

[Snead]

Ok, so I put my build together, downloaded the High Sierra GM, extracted it to a USB, installed the latest clover onto it, with only two options ticked. I had to get the fake SMC, apfs efi and two USB kexts and put it in the clover folder, and that is all!

High Sierra installed perfectly. EVERYTHING then works out of the box.

Usb 2.0, usb 3.0, usb 3.1, thunderbolt 3, Vega works ootb, sleep wake etc

This 7700k 5ghz hackintosh smokes my actual 2013 trashcan Mac pro

No kidding? Sounds awesome maybe you could list up the parts you have finally used in this build?
Thank you all for giving so many helpful answers here!!

 

[trs96]

Ok, so I put my build together, downloaded the High Sierra GM, extracted it to a USB, installed the latest clover onto it, with only two options ticked. I had to get the fake SMC, apfs efi and two USB kexts and put it in the clover folder, and that is all!

High Sierra installed perfectly. EVERYTHING then works out of the box.

Usb 2.0, usb 3.0, usb 3.1, thunderbolt 3, Vega works ootb, sleep wake etc

This 7700k 5ghz hackintosh smokes my actual 2013 trashcan Mac pro

Could you be more specific about which motherboard you used. "Custom Built" is what you have listed in your profile.

 

[arjunchawda]

No problem! So the parts used were:

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270X-UD5

CPU: i7 7700K @ 5GHz (de-lidded}

RAM: 32GB GSkill Trident Z RGB RAM @ 3333MHz

Graphics Card: Saphire Radeon Vega 64 8GB

Hard Drive: Samsung 960 Evo m.2 NvMe 500GB SSD

Power Supply: Corsair 850W modular PSU

CPU Cooler: Alphacool Eisbaer 360mm CPU Water cooling AIO + extra 240mm copper radiator

Case: Corsair 570X Tempered Glass Case

Netword Card: OSXWIFI Bluetooth + WiFi network card PCIe (Apple Magic Mouse + Magic Keyboard with numeric pad works at bios level, clover level

As mentioned earlier - all I needed was the latest clover, APFS.efi, Fake SMC and 2 USB injector kexts.

High Sierra GM installed effortlessly.

Everything works.

All USB's (bios set to XHCI handoff enabled)

Thunderbolt 3 (bios security set to no authorization)

Graphics out of the box with sleep wake etc..

BIOS:
Change “Windows 8/10 Features” to “Other OS”
Change “Storage Boot Option Control” to “UEFI”

PERIPHERALS:
Change “SW Guard Extensions (SGX) to “Disabled”
—“Super IO Configuration”
Change “Serial Port” to “Disabled”
—“USB configuration”
Change “XHCI Hand-Off” to “Enabled”


Change “VT-d” to “Disabled”
Internal graphics disabled
All internal SATA ports disabled
CPU speedstep disabled
Fast boot enabled (USB initialise set to Full)

 

[Snead]

No problem! So the parts used were:

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270X-UD5

CPU: i7 7700K @ 5GHz (de-lidded}

RAM: 32GB GSkill Trident Z RGB RAM @ 3333MHz

Graphics Card: Saphire Radeon Vega 64 8GB

Hard Drive: Samsung 960 Evo m.2 NvMe 500GB SSD

Power Supply: Corsair 850W modular PSU

CPU Cooler: Alphacool Eisbaer 360mm CPU Water cooling AIO + extra 240mm copper radiator

Case: Corsair 570X Tempered Glass Case

Netword Card: OSXWIFI Bluetooth + WiFi network card PCIe (Apple Magic Mouse + Magic Keyboard with numeric pad works at bios level, clover level

As mentioned earlier - all I needed was the latest clover, APFS.efi, Fake SMC and 2 USB injector kexts.

High Sierra GM installed effortlessly.

Everything works.

All USB's (bios set to XHCI handoff enabled)

Thunderbolt 3 (bios security set to no authorization)

Graphics out of the box with sleep wake etc..

BIOS:
Change “Windows 8/10 Features” to “Other OS”
Change “Storage Boot Option Control” to “UEFI”

PERIPHERALS:
Change “SW Guard Extensions (SGX) to “Disabled”
—“Super IO Configuration”
Change “Serial Port” to “Disabled”
—“USB configuration”
Change “XHCI Hand-Off” to “Enabled”


Change “VT-d” to “Disabled”
Internal graphics disabled
All internal SATA ports disabled
CPU speedstep disabled
Fast boot enabled (USB initialise set to Full)

Very cool, thank you very much!
Using a different Case & a differenct CPU Cooler should'nt have any influence on the functionality of the system, right?

I think I will give it a shot, then. Will be my first hackintosh. Exciting... is there a certain installation guide you have followed while building this Computer?

 

[firstmiro]

No problem! So the parts used were:

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270X-UD5

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@arjunchawda - Congratulations! Sounds like really great build.
Could you share with us, which system definition did you use?

Best,
fm

 

[arjunchawda]

@arjunchawda - Congratulations! Sounds like really great build.
Could you share with us, which system definition did you use?

Best,
fm

Absolutely! Thank you.
I used the iMac 18.3 definition.

The only issue I'm having at the moment, which I'm following an ssdt patching guide, is the USB 3.0 ports not working.

 

[firstmiro]

Thank you!

 

[Snead]

Absolutely! Thank you.
I used the iMac 18.3 definition.

The only issue I'm having at the moment, which I'm following an ssdt patching guide, is the USB 3.0 ports not working.

@arjunchawda , could you maybe send a link to the build you have followed? That would be a great help to me.

 

[gundogg9999]

Hi mate I want to build your computer @arjunchawda looks great.

Can you please or someone else tell me what other graphics cards will install natively? The one you suggested is a bit expensive for me. How did you know?

I like that everything works even sleep and wake. Thanks