Panamamax Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) Good day everybody! this is my first post here, however i am running a hackintosh build following toneymac instructions 2 years ago and use my hackintosh with great succes over the last years. I only use my hackintosh for 4K video editiing and grading in Davinci resolve as well as for Fotos in lightroom. i build my hack into an old Supermicro server case, you can take a look at it following this link: i was allways looking over to a X99 system, however i have never bought myself one since i considered the difference between my 4 core i7 and a 8 core first not worth the money and second there may have been only a 2x difference to the system i use at the moment. same is for the grafic card, that is currently allways at the limit but does the job with the right codecs etc... I was looking arround and found easy access to a 20 Core Xeon E5 2698 V4 processor that is currently on the way to me. as a motherboard i decided to get a cheap Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI as Ram i went for a cheap G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 series 32GB (4 x 8GB) kit. The Ram is in the support list of the Motherboard so is the processor with the latest firmware update of the board. so i hope from the hardware side everything will be compatible with each other. i have a bunch of SSD's arround and if the sythem would finally work i would move my 16x4Tb raid to the Xeon system. i would use for the moment the GTX770 until the 1080 is reported to work and available. Now... How do you think are my chances im succeed with my build? i know you must install some extensions to make the X99 i7 chips work... unfortunately i cant find much about xeon builds searching arround so maybe you can help me with my preparations. are the extensions different between Xeon and i7 on a X99 board. both chips are made of the same design (haswell) so i hope they are interchangeable. Thank you for your ideas and strong support! ...Max Edited May 13, 2016 by Allan Link for Tonymac removed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Hello, and Welcome to InsanelyMac. Very nice hack, congrats for your work. As you are new here, just FYI, we don't recommend/share Tonymac links, so i'll remove this link ok? VERY IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ! (ABOUT TONYMACX86 AND iATKOS M / Y) Why InsanelyMac does not support tonymacx86 And if you want, post your pics about this incredible Hack here too Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2237664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balamut Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Welcome to the forum. As a note 2699 v4 wont pass the bootloader for now, but that can change. I'd suggest few things, get a workstation grade motherboard, get ecc memory since you're doing video, and I personally wouldn't do 56TB raid inside of the hack. It will be cheaper on the long run to invest a bit more and build NAS(FreeNAS,NAS4Free or Napp-it) with raidz2 in 2 vdevs. You can stick a 10gbe in a hack and nas and get faster then ssd speeds(I'm pulling over 850MB/s on read/write on mine), with faster hdds you might actually saturate 10gbe line. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2237692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ergot Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Hi Balamut, Is Xeon V3 CPU on X99 MB should work? I also planing to build a new machine with Xeon CPU E5-2695V3 (14 cores) the MOBO will be EVGA X99 Micro 2 which have M.2 Slot, is M.2 SSD like the samsung 950 pro will work under OSX as a primary boot disk? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2237749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balamut Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 To be honest... No clue on v3. Seems like it's a hit and miss. Not sure about 950 pro, do a search on forum, I remember seeing a post about it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2237922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panamamax Posted May 15, 2016 Author Share Posted May 15, 2016 Thank you for your reply, and inputs. you mentioned there is no boot loader available... does every CPU need its own boot loaders? is this a heavy lift thing or could i make my own as a unexperienced person (like putting some core counts in a text file or something) Regarding the Raid, i fully agree that running 16x 4Tb disk with a Raid card in a hack is a insane idea... i have all data twice backed up, one in a FreeNAS server running ZFS and another one off site on 8Tb external Archive disks, so i don't care much if the raid says goodbye... but so far it is working absolutely rock solid... i would not move the Raid to the Xeon build unless its working stable and flawless. are there some nice guides available for X99 builds or even better Xeon builds that you could recommend? Thank you! ...Max Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2238089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonisign Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Xeon V3's do work, but some have trouble with PCI configuration during booting, which causes a hang. V3 4-6 cores seem to have no problem booting in El Capitan. V3 12 cores work in some circumstances. A 2690V3 I've tested does not work in El Capitan, but other 12 cores have had success. V3 14 cores+, no reports of successfully booting in El Capitan. However, if you're willing to stick with Yosemite for a while, there are several guides you can follow that should work for any Xeon V3. If you can wait, I'd hold out for June and see if there is an update to the Mac Pro. If they do add support for the C612/X99 chipset this summer X99, Core i7, Xeon V3 and V4 should get much smoother for any CPU. @Balamut, have you tested any Xeon V4 CPUs? Where do they hang at the boot loader? Presumably a patched kernel should get the V4's up and running just as well as the current V3's? 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2238359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balamut Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 No hangs, just reboot after Aptio loading. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2238389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panamamax Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 So what you say is that El Capitan is picky and has much more compatibility issues with X99 and Xeon Processors? for what my software needs, (davinci resolve & Lightroom) Yosemite would work just fine. in fact my current hackintosh is running 10.10.4 i guess, my Macbook pro i have on 10.11.4 and i barely notice the differences between the two machines for what i do. i guess this thread should be moved then to the 10.10 section to continue talking about options how to run my machine on 10.10? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2238393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panamamax Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 i was just reading that clover added compatibility to Xeon E5 V4 cpus in Rev3369... does this mean my cpu should work or is clover and the OS two different pair of shoes? Rev 3369 Compatibility with Xeon E5 v4 http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304530-clover-change-explanations/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2238403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullerfun Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 I'm not certain, but this new clover patch may make it possible to run any Xeon on 10.11. Give it a try... It made my 8 core 5960x finally work with it! http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312245-5960x-successfully-installed-under-el-capitan-10113/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2239246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
okrasit Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I just got E5-2683 v4 16C/32T running El Capitan. Power management doesn't really work but who cares, right? https://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/6786807 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2241326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balamut Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I just got E5-2683 v4 16C/32T running El Capitan. Power management doesn't really work but who cares, right? https://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/6786807 Any special tricks to get it running? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2241341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
okrasit Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Any special tricks to get it running? Not really, just using clover's patch kernel cpu support thingy and NullCPUPowerManagement.kext. Speedstep isn't working, so I made a kext that requests highest ratio (turbo) from each core periodically. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2241382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
okrasit Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Here's my first run with dual E5-2683 v4. z10pe-d16 ws / 128GB ecc ram El Capitan 4 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2251393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmano Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Here's my first run with dual E5-2683 v4. z10pe-d16 ws / 128GB ecc ram El Capitan excellent 76K Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2251408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ergot Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Not really, just using clover's patch kernel cpu support thingy and NullCPUPowerManagement.kext. Speedstep isn't working, so I made a kext that requests highest ratio (turbo) from each core periodically. Hi okrasit, Which clover patch you used for CPU support? Have you used FakeCPUID? which one? my CPU is 2670 V3 I dont know which fakecpuid i should put... Can you please advise me? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2251501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
okrasit Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Hi okrasit, Which clover patch you used for CPU support? Have you used FakeCPUID? which one? my CPU is 2670 V3 I dont know which fakecpuid i should put... Can you please advise me? Thanks For E5 v3, there's no need for FakeCPUID nor clover patches. What kind of problem do you have? E5 v4 needs kernel cpu support patch, nothing else. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2251567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ergot Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Well..my bluetooth having problems...causing Kpanic every time i use Apple IOB kexts...when removing them no problems...my geek bench score is around 29000 I think its OK..(?) Which clover patch do you mean? maybe i need to remove it... I remove the voodooTSC kext already Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2251593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
okrasit Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I get the same bluetooth panic if I disconnect my usb-bt module (taken from an iMac). In case you're having inconsistent performance, you have to patch your xcpm (within kernel). hexedit your kernel and find&replace: 89d8c1e008b99901 b800ff0000b99901 4489f8c1e008b99901 90b800ff0000b99901 4489e8c1e008b99901 90b800ff0000b99901 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2251608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ergot Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I get the same bluetooth panic if I disconnect my usb-bt module (taken from an iMac). In case you're having inconsistent performance, you have to patch your xcpm (within kernel). hexedit your kernel and find&replace: 89d8c1e008b99901 b800ff0000b99901 4489f8c1e008b99901 90b800ff0000b99901 4489e8c1e008b99901 90b800ff0000b99901 thanks! Can you be more specific i don't have a clue on how to do it... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2251624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
okrasit Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Yes, sadly clover does only kext patching (or does it, anyone?), so it has to be done "manually". The kernel resides in /System/Library/Kernels/kernel. You should make a backup copy of it first. Download any hexeditor and open the kernel with it. Search & replace all indices of 89d8c1e008b99901 with b800ff0000b99901. Do it for all 3 above and you're golden. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2251629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ergot Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Yes, sadly clover does only kext patching (or does it, anyone?), so it has to be done "manually". The kernel resides in /System/Library/Kernels/kernel. You should make a backup copy of it first. Download any hexeditor and open the kernel with it. Search & replace all indices of 89d8c1e008b99901 with b800ff0000b99901. Do it for all 3 and you're golden. Thanks! I will try it and hopefully ill be golden... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2251644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
okrasit Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 It'll make all 5960x owners golden too! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2251647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ergot Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Thanks! I will try it and hopefully ill be golden... Well...patch just reduce my geekbence results from 29k to 25k, BT still not working...causing Kpanic Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312179-20-core-xeon-e5-2698-v4-gtx-1080-56tb-raid-6/#findComment-2251669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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