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Hi, I just wanted to create a thread. I am trying to gather as much information as possible as I am going to build my first ITX rig with 9th gen CPUs
I have noticed the information for the latest Z390 is very scarce and all over the place, relying on comments made from one post to another.
I just wanted to ask if possible to consolidate the information on here and if anyone has hands-on experience
The goal here for me is to get native Broadcom WiFi card modules working, the one I have is the BCM94360CD which is quite popular, although I am seeing a variety of other models ending in CS2 and such which are quite popular as well as a Dell WiFi module with the Broadcom chip in it (which requires kext patching from what I'm reading)
This is specifically for ITX boards only with the assumption that the PCIe x16 slot is already used.
This set up makes or breaks an ITX system's hackintosh-ability completeness since its main goal is to be 1. light 2. powerful 3. portable and that includes the ability to take it anywhere and be able to connect to a WiFi / BT set up along with any USB-C / TB peripherals that are becoming commonplace nowadays.
From what I'm reading I am gathering the following information
My planned setup
I have noticed the information for the latest Z390 is very scarce and all over the place, relying on comments made from one post to another.
I just wanted to ask if possible to consolidate the information on here and if anyone has hands-on experience
The goal here for me is to get native Broadcom WiFi card modules working, the one I have is the BCM94360CD which is quite popular, although I am seeing a variety of other models ending in CS2 and such which are quite popular as well as a Dell WiFi module with the Broadcom chip in it (which requires kext patching from what I'm reading)
This is specifically for ITX boards only with the assumption that the PCIe x16 slot is already used.
This set up makes or breaks an ITX system's hackintosh-ability completeness since its main goal is to be 1. light 2. powerful 3. portable and that includes the ability to take it anywhere and be able to connect to a WiFi / BT set up along with any USB-C / TB peripherals that are becoming commonplace nowadays.
From what I'm reading I am gathering the following information
- There is a new CNVI / non-CNVI issue we must deal with, something Gigabyte has opted to go for on there new (er?) motherboards. How far back, I'm not sure, Z370 affected? Z390 only?
- For Gigabyte ITX motherboards specifically and any boards that have to deal with CNVi, you must use M.2 adapter
- M.2 adapters are finicky? BT sometimes doesn't work? Reports coming left and right that BT works without using USB 2.0 header and some require it. Unsure
- Is there a CNVI / non CNVI slot adapter? or what is the slot called? I don't have my hands on any of these ITX boards yet, have always gone mid or full ATX, there doesn't seem to be a standard on the built-in WiFi chips slots other than the fact that they all seem to always be Intel
- All or most Z390s have Thunderbolt built in that is not hot-pluggable in any way, but most will work as long as TB device is plugged in before startup (due to the way TB is wired on PCs, it is turned on on-call unlike Macs, which are on at all times)
- Some motherboards have issues with deep sleep, some like ASUS ROG STRIX seem to have it working but with only few reports
My planned setup
- i7-9700K / i9-9900K
- H100i RGB or Noctua NH-L9i
- Proper Z390 ITX motherboard
- RX VEGA 56 / 64 + RTX 2070 (gonna switch between both physically)
- 512GB Samsung M.2 or NVMe SSD
- 512GB Samsung SATA SSD
- 2TB mobile HDD or 1TB cheap SSD
- Case options
- Louqe Ghost S1 with expanded top for H100i
- Dan A4
- GEEEK A60 so it can fit the H100i
- GEEEK A50 with tight thermals (NH-L9i compatibility only)