Z690 Chipset Motherboards and Alder Lake CPU

[djlild7hina]

MicroCenter is the answer to DDR5.

Unfortunately my closest MicroCenter is 4 hours away

 

[tonben]

MicroCenter is the answer to DDR5.

I returned DDR 5 sticks yesterday. Microcenter has stock.

 

[AndyKramer]

I returned DDR 5 sticks yesterday. Microcenter has stock.

DDR5 is going insanely out of stock, I am wondering what would a 128GB DDR4 would perform in comparison of 64GB DDR5?
The max RAM on DDR5 available is 16GB from what I can see today.

 

[ummario]

I am still tempted to build a "1.1" update to this system by using either an Asus Z690 ProArt Creator WiFi or MSI Z690 MEG ACE. These are more expensive boards and work only with DDR5 memory, but both contain on-board Maple Ridge Thunderbolt 4. The Asus has 10GbE on-board as well.

That would be great... I thought it would be faster to buy the Gigabyte Aero G DDR4, but from a fast search it seems that it is also not available in Europe... The Asus Z69 Proart Creator was my first choice, but not available as well.... have to wait.

 

[Elias64Fr]

Here is AQC113 variants devices natively supported by Monterey 12.0.1 :
View attachment 534071

VID 0x1D6A PID 0x00C0 seem to be an engineering sample model
VID 0x1D6A PID 0x04C0 seem to be AQC113 10Gbit model
VID 0x1D6A PID 0x94C0 seem to be AQC113CS 10Gbit model
VID 0x1D6A PID 0x93C0 seem to be AQC114CS 5Gbit model

If AQC113C model has a different device-id, we can patch it under Opencore/Device properties.

Attached Product brief, for now, these are Marvell products ... not movies

Update 1: inverted PID & VID ..

Update 2: Unfortunally, AQC113C have a different PID 0x14C0 following this website, we should try patching device-id and make some performance tests

After my previous post on AQC113C compatibility, I have found a DXE driver on iMac20,1_20,2 BIOS firmware named aqnicdxe with GUID B4ED58A2-6EEE-4819-9BD3-836ABD004EE6 :

On this file, 6 VID/PID related to AQC113 family appear :
VID 0x1D6A PID 0x00C0
VID 0x1D6A PID 0x04C0
VID 0x1D6A PID 0x94C0
VID 0x1D6A PID 0x93C0
VID 0x1D6A PID 0x14C0 < This one is for AQC113C
VID 0x1D6A PID 0x12C0


This is a good sign for macOS kext compatibility

 

[barri]

Hi all!!

I am planning my next build with Z690 chipset. I am not in hurry so probably I will wait until DDR5 is widely available.

I will need at least 4 PCIe slots (one for the GPU) so I have thought about Gigabyte Z690 UD. Is there any concern that makes that board not advisable for Big Sur/Monterey or can limit the performance?

Many thanks in advance

 

[beelzebozo]

Hi all!!

I am planning my next build with Z690 chipset. I am not in hurry so probably I will wait until DDR5 is widely available.

I will need at least 4 PCIe slots (one for the GPU) so I have thought about Gigabyte Z690 UD. Is there any concern that makes that board not advisable for Big Sur/Monterey or can limit the performance?

Many thanks in advance

Good luck with DDR5....
https://www.techpowerup.com/289096/...ction-issues-in-wake-of-global-chip-shortages

 

[ckrueger99]

Hi all!!

I am planning my next build with Z690 chipset. I am not in hurry so probably I will wait until DDR5 is widely available.

I will need at least 4 PCIe slots (one for the GPU) so I have thought about Gigabyte Z690 UD. Is there any concern that makes that board not advisable for Big Sur/Monterey or can limit the performance?

Many thanks in advance

Maybe Asus Prime Z690-P? Has 4 X16 slots of varying capabilities.

 

[AndyKramer]

Maybe Asus Prime Z690-P? Has 4 X16 slots of varying capabilities.

Not. bad ! Z690-P: 1 x PCIe 5.0, 1 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot, 1 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot, 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot

 

[ckrueger99]

Not. bad ! Z690-P: 1 x PCIe 5.0, 1 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot, 1 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot, 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot

Actually, it's:
1 x PCIe 5.0/4.0/3.0 x16 slot
1 x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot (supports x4 mode)
2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x4 mode)
1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot