Just reporting that I followed the advice in this thread, and everything is working GREAT! Running Asus gryphon 787, Intel 4670K, Asus GTX 770 (did not need nvidia alternative drivers for this card), and an SSD which has been converted to APFS.
Sound, ethernet, and USB are all working. Even the trackpad settings which were broken in sierra (causing a crash), are now visible. The only kext I placed in efi/clover/other was the fakeSMC and only other change was updating clover. Very simple. Surprised how well this has gone so far. I really appreciate the work you've all done to document and instruct. THANK YOU!!!!