OS X.5 Leopard or OS X.6 Snow Leopard Hackintosh with an i7 Processor?

[Insanelymac_user_abc]

Is it possible to install an older OS X.5 Leopard or OS X.6 Snow Leopard Hackintosh system on a modern i7 processor PC?  

 

I need to to run either of those systems using an Intel Core i7-4770K Quad-Core Desktop Processor on a Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H motherboard.

 

I saw this post where someone said “Clover 32Bit should boot Leopard as well, using Legacy mode. You will need 32bit kexts as well.”  https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/331457-bootloader-for-leopard/ .. Would that be valid advice for me to follow up on for my configuration?  I see that Clover 32 bit is no longer in development.. https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/317521-good-bye-clover-32/

 

[Allan]

Haswell CPUs are not compatible with SL. You'll need use a modified Kernel to use it.

 

Keep in mind that use SL with a modern CPU are not a good idea to use daily, it's good to temporarily, eg:

Access App Store to donwload the last version of macOS, if you don't have any other OS.

 

And SL are not a secure system, AFAIK Apple didn't send security updates anymore.

[Insanelymac_user_abc]

Thanks for your help so far..  

 

It is good to know that SL last works on Ivy Bridge without a modified kernel.  

 

Do you know the most recent architecture that OS X.5 will run on?  Leopard is actually the most ideal system for my purposes for compatibility reasons, but I could get by with SL if I really need to.

 

What would my VM options be for using those systems?  Would going that route allow me to use my Haswell processor without kernel modifications to the OSes?

 

[Insanelymac_user_abc]

I have a lot of apps which I like that don’t run on newer systems, so it’s worth it to me to also maintain an older system to use those.

 

Do you know if I would be able to use the i7-3930k processor with SL?  I realize that its code starts with a “3” instead of a “2” but supposedly it is a Sandy Bridge processor..  https://ark.intel.com/products/63697/Intel-Core-i7-3930K-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

 

[Allan]

Go to Sandy Bridge. E.g: i7 2600k

 

The i7-3930k it's a (awesome) Ivy Bridge version. 

[Insanelymac_user_abc]

Hmm.. But why would they still call the i7-3930k “Sandy Bridge” if it wasn’t backward compatible with the previous Sandy Bridge processors?  Do you think it’s only “iff-y” that it works with SL or it is almost certainly a “no-go”?  I’m tempted to take the risk, I would love to have as much speed as possible.  It would be faster than my current Hackintosh.  Presumably that processor would also work fine with Modern OS X Hackintosh systems, am I right? 

 

[Allan]

15 hours ago, Hervé said:

Actually, i7-3930k is a Sandy Bridge E CPU

WOW! I didn't knew

[Insanelymac_user_abc]

Thanks your for your help!

 

Do you know what links you would consider to be the best instructions for creating a Snow Leopard Hackintosh using the Sandy Bridge processor?  Thanks again..

 

[Insanelymac_user_abc]

I think I’ll try upgrading my current Hackintosh for it to take an i7-3930k processor, and if it will run Snow Leopard then great, otherwise it will be fine for just running the latest OS X Hackintosh systems since it's faster than what I already have.

 

I’m seeing a lot of inexpensive “generic” Intel motherboards that will run that processor, however do you know if such motherboards would work with the modern OS X Hackintosh systems as the more expensive Gigabyte or Asus motherboards would?  I’m not seeing much information which suggests that it would be compatible ..

 

.. For example this “X79 intel LGA 2011” motherboard.. https://www.amazon.com/New-intel-2011-motherboard-3-2C/dp/B0711LZZXC/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1527988693&sr=8-7&keywords=i7-3930k

 

Thanks for your help..

 

[Insanelymac_user_abc]

9 hours ago, Hervé said:

This is getting a little off-topic, isn't it? 

 

Perhaps it is shifting a bit off-topic, but at least it's in a linear manner.. ;-)   Ultimately it's to hopefully accomplish a very fast Snow Leopard machine though.  I'll be sure to report my findings about if it works with that processor once I get to that point.  Thanks for your help so far!