marvelloard Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Hi, in my attempt to replace my old C2Q system (which ran very fine most of the time) I am looking for am mainboard. So I have two questions and I hope you can help me. -How easy is it to get macOS up and running on coffee lake? The i5-8400 looks interesting to me Is a lot of patching and fiddling required? I could throw almost any update to my old hack without any hassle and without breaking anything. -Which mainboard would you recommend? Not too expensive (don't need a high-end rig), PCI slot would be nice (for my Soundblaster), USB-C would be a nice bonus but no must-have. Cusomizable fan-control in UEFI (curves and stuff) would be fantastic. I'd pair it with my RX 560 4GB and 16GB RAM. Thank you in advance! 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/332573-platform-upgrade-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelloard Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 After some research I will go with the GIGABYTE Z370 HD3P. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/332573-platform-upgrade-question/#findComment-2590385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 z370 with 8700 or 8700k Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/332573-platform-upgrade-question/#findComment-2591078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvelloard Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 These CPUs (or future faster ones) are my long-term upgrade plan since they currently are too expensive for me, but will give me a nice boost in a few years to prolong the lifespan of this build...Just as the C2Q gave my C2D system two more years Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/332573-platform-upgrade-question/#findComment-2591285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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