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(Work in progress) Hackintosh Buyer’s Guide 2020

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Motherboard
Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ULTRA
CPU
i7 9700K
Graphics
RX 5700 XT
Mac
  1. iMac
  2. MacBook Pro
  3. Mac Pro
*THIS IS STILL WORK IN PROGRESS*



Processors:

Intel Core i9 10900K
10c/20t - 3.7 GHz (5.3 GHz Max Boost)

Intel Core i9 10900
10c/20t - 2.8 GHz (5.2 GHz Max Boost)

Intel Core i7 10700K
8c/16t - 3.8 GHz (5.1 GHz Max Boost)

Intel Core i7 10700
8c/16t - 2.9 GHz (4.8 GHz Max Boost)

Intel Core i5 10600K
6c/12t - 4.1 GHz (4.8 GHz Max Boost)

Intel Core i5 10400
6c/12t - 2.9 GHz (4.3 GHz Max Boost)

Intel Core i3 10100
4c/8t - 3.6 GHz (4.3 GHz Max Boost)



Motherboards:


ATX:

ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero

Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER

Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ULTRA

ASUS ROG Strix Z490-E

Gigabyte Z490 VISION D

Gigabyte Z490 AORUS PRO

ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F

ASUS ROG Strix Z490-A

ASUS Prime Z490-A

Gigabyte Z490 AORUS ELITE

Gigabyte Z490 VISION G

ASUS TUF Z490-Plus

Gigabyte Z490 Ultra Durable


mATX:

ASUS ROG Strix Z490-G

Gigabyte Z490 Gaming X


ITX:

ASUS ROG Strix Z490-I

Gigabyte Z490I AORUS ULTRA



Graphics Cards:


Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 5700 XT SE

Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 5700 XT

Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 5700 XT

Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 5700

Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 5500 XT SE

Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 5500 XT

Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 5500 XT

Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 580

Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 570

MSI AERO Radeon RX 560


*The reason that I am mainly recommending Sapphire cards is because Apple recommends their cards. I have also never had a bad card from Sapphire. I’d personally highly recommend Sapphire to anyone planning to build a PC/Hackintosh with a AMD GPU.



Memory:


Best:

G.Skill Trident Z RGB
Corsair Vengeance LPX
Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro
G.Skill Trident Z Royal
G.Skill Ripjaws V

Great:

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
Crucial Ballistix RGB
Kingston HyperX Fury

Other things to note for RAM:

The best speed for value to performance is 3600 MHz.
The lower the CAS frequency, the better (I.e. C16).
The higher the MHz, the better.
Recommended speeds: 2400, 2666, 3000, 3200, 3600, 4000


CPU Coolers:


Water (AIO):

Corsair H150i Pro
Corsair H115i Platinum
Corsair H115i iCUE
Corsair H100i Platinum
Corsair H100i iCUE
Corsair H60


Air (Tower):

Anything from Noctua or Corsair



WiFi and Bluetooth:

fenvi T919



Power Supplies:


Titanium PSUs:

Seasonic PRIME TX
Seasonic PRIME Ultra
Corsair AX
EVGA SuperNOVA T2


Platinum PSUs:

Seasonic PRIME PX
Seasonic PRIME Platinum
Seasonic FOCUS PX
Corsair HX
EVGA SuperNOVA P2
ASUS ROG Thor


Gold PSUs:

Seasonic FOCUS GX
Corsair RMx
EVGA SuperNOVA G5
EVGA SuperNOVA GA
EVGA SuperNOVA G+
ASUS ROG Strix


SFX PSUs:

Corsair SF
EVGA SuperNOVA GM


*These are the best PSUs currently on the market. Other good brands are:

be quiet!
NZXT
Silverstone
Cooler Master
Fractal Design
Antec
XFX

*DO NOT GET CHEAP BRANDS, AS THEY MAY BLOW UP (I’M SERIOUS)!*

Brands to AVOID for PSUs:

Rosewill (Rosewill-NOT!)
Apevia (aka little things that look like PSUs but should never be plugged in)
Coolmax (Boommax)
Logisys (it’s LOGIcal to avoid them!)
Sparkle (if you get one, it sure will)


Case:


Best Brands:

Fractal Design
be quiet!
Corsair
ASUS
NZXT
Phanteks
Lian Li


ATX:

Fractal Design Meshify C
Fractal Design Define 7
Fractal Design Define C
Corsair 275R Airflow
Corsair Carbide 275
Corsair Carbide 275Q
Corsair Carbide SPEC-06
Corsair Carbide SPEC-OMEGA
Corsair iCUE 220T RGB
Corsair iCUE 465X
Corsair Crystal 570X
Corsair Obsidian 500D
Phanteks Eclipse P300A
be quiet! PURE BASE 600
NZXT H510
NZXT H510i
NZXT H510 Elite


E-ATX:

Fractal Design Meshify S2
Fractal Design Define R6
Fractal Design Define S2
Fractal Design Define 7 XL
Fractal Design Vector RS
Corsair Carbide 678C
Corsair Crystal 680X

I’m still working on it!
 
This site already has a Buyer's Guide. The link button is right next to the Home button upper left corner of your forum window.
 
Yes, but it only has Z390 and 9th gen CPUs. This has Z490 and 10th gen CPUs.
So have you then actually tested any of these boards to determine if they are suitable or not?
 
There is an "Early Adopters" buyers guide for Z490 10th Gen here:


BTW. I can tell you (from personal experience) the Gigabyte Z490 Gaming X is super easy to hack with OpenCore.
 
I wanna to use corsair H100i platinium SE for CPU cooling, Is no to restrictive with pump speed issue under MAC OS ?
many thanks for your advices ;)
It works just fine for me. What I'd recommend is plug in the USB for it and boot into Windows, install iCUE, set the lighting preference (I forget how, but there's a way that you can set the lighting you want, then that is the default for it). Then when you are done setting the lighting you like, unplug the USB from it (because otherwise it will cause sleep issues).
 
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