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Started the hardware build last Saturday, completed the software build a couple hours ago (I work slowly. I've owned Macs since 1987 and have been building PCs since 1982, but this is the first time I've built a Mac from scratch. Many thanks to the AMD-OSX and OpenCore teams for the most fun build I've ever attempted.
Near as I can figure, everything works - audio, USB, iMessage/Facetime/iCloud, App Store, Movies, Music, etc. All of my apps run fine, including the iWork suite and Office 365. I'm using the OpenCore 0.5.9 Debug build.
Hardware:
Drivers:
KEXTs:
Everything else per the AMD-OSX patch kit, OpenCore 0.5.9 Debug build, and a very careful step-by-step following of the OpenCore documentation. Everything is on the stock/out-of-box settings for now; over the next little while I'll be tweaking and overclocking for even more performance.
Near as I can figure, everything works - audio, USB, iMessage/Facetime/iCloud, App Store, Movies, Music, etc. All of my apps run fine, including the iWork suite and Office 365. I'm using the OpenCore 0.5.9 Debug build.
Hardware:
- Ryzen 9 3950x
- Asus ROG Strix X570F motherboard (no onboard WiFi)
- Noctua NH-D15 Chromax Black CPU cooler
- Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4/3600 RAM (4 x 32GB)
- Samsung 970 Pro SSD 1TB
- Asus ROG Strix Radeon RX5700xt 8GB graphics card
- Fenvi T919 Bluetooth/WiFi card
- Corsair LL120RGB case fans (total 6, including 3 to replace the Phanteks case front fans which are not pin-compatible with the Asus motherboard)
- EVGA Supernova 850W 80+ Platinum PSU
- Phanteks Eclipse P400A case, mesh front/black
- Samsung 32" U32J590UQN monitor
Drivers:
- AudioDxe.efi
- CrScreenshotDxe.efi
- HfsPlus.efi
- OpenRuntime.efi
KEXTs:
- AirportBrcmFixup.kext
- AppleALC.kext
- IntelMausi.kext (the motherboard has an Intel I211-AT LAN port)
- Lilu.kext
- NVMeFix.kext
- SmallTreeIntel82576.kext
- VirtualSMC.kext
- WhateverGreen.kext
Everything else per the AMD-OSX patch kit, OpenCore 0.5.9 Debug build, and a very careful step-by-step following of the OpenCore documentation. Everything is on the stock/out-of-box settings for now; over the next little while I'll be tweaking and overclocking for even more performance.