mcljot Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Hi folks, I'm about to start building my first Hackintosh. Hopefully this is the right forum for a build thread - if not, please let me know. I've spent quite a while researching, and my components arrived yesterday. This machine is a home office machine, aimed to take workload off my office machine (company owned) and allow me to work from home when I want. I will be dual-booting Mac OS and RHEL/Fedora. Mac because I like Mac, having grown up with it, and to use my creativity/productivity tools. RHEL for test and proof-of-concept deployments of OpenStack and OpenShift and generally to get more familiar with Linux. I would also like to play some games on Windows. Here is the spec: CPUi7 9700kCPU coolerNoctua NH-D15This cooler will fit the Designare motherboard leaving the first PCIe slot exposed for the GPU. Noctua's site says there is 32mm clearance for RAM, and Corsair's site says that their Vengeance LPX RAM is 31.5mm in height. Presumably that's total height of the chips before the RAM is installed, so I should have a couple of mm of clearance if I install the RAM before I mount the CPU cooler.MotherboardGigabyte Z390 DesignareI have read success stories of Hackintoshes on this board, so I am encouraged. And it has two M.2 slots, and Thunderbolt 3. Onboard WiFi doesn't work with Mac OS apparently, but I've ordered a Fenvi unit from China that uses the Broadcom board that is natively supported.GPUSapphire Radeon RX Vega 56 Pulse 8GBMemoryCorsair Vengeance LPX 2 x 16GB 3000MHz C15I will need to add another 2 x 16GB sticks when my bank account recovers. Mac SSDSamsung 970 EVO Polaris 1TB M.2 x4 NVMe SSDI'm reading some threads about compatibility with Mac OS. Further research required. Some people online say I can do a fresh install of Mac OS directly onto this drive, and some people say I need to install onto a SATA drive and then clone onto the NVMe drive.Linux SSDSamsung 970 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 x4 NVMe SSDWiFi + BluetoothFenvi FV-T919. This will fit in the lower PCI x1 slot in the motherboard.Power supply750w 80+ Platinum CasePhanteks Evolv X Glass in Galaxy SilverThe big Noctua CPU cooler fits this case without issue. I've never built a PC before, so I have lots to learn. I can't wait to get started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 looks good i have one too https://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=8730 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcljot Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 13 hours ago, MaLd0n said: looks good i have one too https://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=8730 Very nice! Is Olarila your preferred installation method? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 5 hours ago, mcljot said: Very nice! Is Olarila your preferred installation method? u can create ur installer ou use one like Olarila, is vanilla too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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