Everything seems to work perfectly. This is my first Hackintosh after 15 years of using apple laptops only. What got me into buying an apple macbook (then macbook pro's from then on) in 2006 was a "successful" build on the first hackintoshable Mac OS X 10.4. I could install it on my PC, and I was converted straight away. It was barely usable back then, and I went buying a macbook and never turned back to PCs. Until last year, when I decided to build a Hacky. I loved building the PC itself, and the fact that I can have a monster Mac OS machine that may never even be possible to buy from Apple. And the hackintoshing now got me back to liking and using Windows again The circle is complete!
Build
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 56.3 CFM
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER Rev. 1.2 ATX AM4
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-4000 CL18 (runs @ 3733 CL16 with 1:1 infinity fabric coupling)
HDD: 2 x Western Digital Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM
SSD: 2 x Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB NITRO+ (used a 5700XT before)
Wireless: Fenvi T919 1750Mbps PCIe Desktop Wifi Card BCM94360CD (this helps using apple bluetooth keyboards during boot and in BIOS and provides a more stable experience overall compared to the onboard Intel chip's driver)
Case: Fractal Design Define R7 Dark ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply: SeaSonic PRIME Ultra Titanium 750 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX
UPS: CyberPower CP1500EPFCLCD 1500VA 900W Pure Sine Wave UPS - no computer is safe without a battery
Case Fan: 6 x Noctua A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm
Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G9 49.0" 5120x1440 240 Hz (runs only @ 120Hz, no HDR)
TV: Samsung Q80T 65" 3840x2160 120 Hz TV (runs only @ 60Hz, HDR works)
Audio Interface: Onboard + RME Fireface UCX 36-Channel USB 2.0
OSes: Windows 10 pro 64bit + Mac OS Big Sur 11.4 Beta 1 + Mac OS Catalina triple boot
Sleep did not work with Catalina, this seems to be working now with Big Sur.
BIOS settings
Fast Boot: disabled
Secure Boot: disabled
Compatibility Support Module: disabled
Above 4g decoding: enabled. Did not try adding npci=0x2000 to the boot args instead, but haven't had any issues like that. Forgetting to enable this gave me the biggest challenge of the whole install, as it would cause the boot sequence to randomly freeze at different points, giving me false clues on what the issue could be.
Resizable bar support: auto. The dortania guide says this should be disabled, but I wanted to leave this enabled for windows. Haven't had any issues yet.
EHCI/XHCI Hand-off, UEFI Mode, SATA Mode: AHCI enabled as per the guide.
VMware Fusion Version 10.1.6 (12989998) worked on Catalina with bootcamp on the SSD and IOMMU enabled in the BIOS. This no longer works on Big Sur :/
Build
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 56.3 CFM
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS MASTER Rev. 1.2 ATX AM4
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-4000 CL18 (runs @ 3733 CL16 with 1:1 infinity fabric coupling)
HDD: 2 x Western Digital Red 3 TB 3.5" 5400RPM
SSD: 2 x Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT 16 GB NITRO+ (used a 5700XT before)
Wireless: Fenvi T919 1750Mbps PCIe Desktop Wifi Card BCM94360CD (this helps using apple bluetooth keyboards during boot and in BIOS and provides a more stable experience overall compared to the onboard Intel chip's driver)
Case: Fractal Design Define R7 Dark ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply: SeaSonic PRIME Ultra Titanium 750 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX
UPS: CyberPower CP1500EPFCLCD 1500VA 900W Pure Sine Wave UPS - no computer is safe without a battery
Case Fan: 6 x Noctua A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm
Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G9 49.0" 5120x1440 240 Hz (runs only @ 120Hz, no HDR)
TV: Samsung Q80T 65" 3840x2160 120 Hz TV (runs only @ 60Hz, HDR works)
Audio Interface: Onboard + RME Fireface UCX 36-Channel USB 2.0
OSes: Windows 10 pro 64bit + Mac OS Big Sur 11.4 Beta 1 + Mac OS Catalina triple boot
Sleep did not work with Catalina, this seems to be working now with Big Sur.
BIOS settings
Fast Boot: disabled
Secure Boot: disabled
Compatibility Support Module: disabled
Above 4g decoding: enabled. Did not try adding npci=0x2000 to the boot args instead, but haven't had any issues like that. Forgetting to enable this gave me the biggest challenge of the whole install, as it would cause the boot sequence to randomly freeze at different points, giving me false clues on what the issue could be.
Resizable bar support: auto. The dortania guide says this should be disabled, but I wanted to leave this enabled for windows. Haven't had any issues yet.
EHCI/XHCI Hand-off, UEFI Mode, SATA Mode: AHCI enabled as per the guide.
VMware Fusion Version 10.1.6 (12989998) worked on Catalina with bootcamp on the SSD and IOMMU enabled in the BIOS. This no longer works on Big Sur :/
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