Install MacOS in a old PC

[wolly]

Hi,I want to install the OS of MAC into my PC.

The specs are:

CPU AMD A8 6500B

RAM 4 GB

GPU NVIDIA GT 720 and ATI R5 240

Is my PC suited for MacOS? Are the requirements met?

how do i install mac? is there a website i should use?

I'm new to this OS

Also how do you install GPus in MAC OS?

 

[Edhawk]

Your CPU is from the 'Richland' series of AMD processors (better known as A8 series that ran on the FM2 board) which were released in 20113.
It might work/run macOS if you follow the Bulldozer/Jaguar OC guide.

Bulldozer(15h) and Jaguar(16h) | OpenCore Install Guide

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Here is a link to a guide for a similar old FX system that used a Nvidia dGPU to run Big Sur.

Success - Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 / FX 8350 / Nvidia GTX 690 / OC 0.7.6 - Big Sur 11.6.2 & Monterey 12.1

I have been playing around with my old AMD FX 8350 system (again) and decided to see if I could get it running macOS Big Sur. I used OpenCore 0.7.6 and followed the Dortania AMD Bulldozer guide when creating the EFI folder. I created my macOS Big Sur USB installer using the following...

forum.amd-osx.com

You will need to disable the Integrated Radeon HD 8570D GPU on the CPU, as it is not supported,
The Nvidia GT 720 should work in macOS up to and including Big Sur. As it is a natively supported dGPU.

Given the age of your system I wouldn't recommend trying to install anything newer than Big Sur, as the system will struggle. My FX 8350/990 FX Sabertooth system struggled when running macOS Monterey.

Which Motherboard you are using will also play a big part in whether macOS runs nicely on your system.

4G of RAM is low, I would recommend a minimum of 8GB if you want to really see how this system works with macOS. 16G would obviously be better but may be overkill for your uses.

Without knowing your motherboard make and model I can only assume you can increase the amount of RAM that is present in your system. DDR3 1600MHz RAM was popular at that time, and should be easily obtained for not a lot on your local eBay.

 

[wolly]

@Edhawk What about the R5 240 GPU? Is it supported?​

 

[Shaneee]

Your CPU is from the 'Richland' series of AMD processors (better known as A8 series that ran on the FM2 board) which were released in 20113.
It might work/run macOS if you follow the Bulldozer/Jaguar OC guide.

Should do yeah. Piledriver is 15h so patches should work.

As for the GPU. The R7 240 can be spoofed so maybe the R5 can be too, https://dortania.github.io/Getting-Started-With-ACPI/Universal/spoof.html

 

[wolly]

Also can you give me a tutoriak to install MACOS on your PC? I've searched google and i could only find a few from youtube!

 

[Edhawk]

Follow the instructions in the OpenCore guide for creating the USB.

Creating the USB | OpenCore Install Guide

 

[wolly]

Should do yeah. Piledriver is 15h so patches should work.

As for the GPU. The R7 240 can be spoofed so maybe the R5 can be too, https://dortania.github.io/Getting-Started-With-ACPI/Universal/spoof.html

I've looked for the GPU in the list and there îs no name of it.
Does that mean R5 240 won't work?
I'm referring to the PCID of the GPU

 

[Shaneee]

It might... You can try using 0x6658 as the device ID in the SSDT to spoof it. So that Device ID in the SSDT format would be,

"device-id",
Buffer (0x04)
{
     0x58, 0x66, 0x00, 0x00
},

 

[wolly]

I have a new GPU R5 430 2GB ,will this gpu work on MacOS 12?

 

[wolly]

Your CPU is from the 'Richland' series of AMD processors (better known as A8 series that ran on the FM2 board) which were released in 20113.
It might work/run macOS if you follow the Bulldozer/Jaguar OC guide.

I have added 8 GB ram to my PC and the link which you showed me says I can only install MacOS 12.I haven't installed yet and I'm a noob.Will this system be compatible with this OS?

 

[wolly]

Also will the Vulkan mode work for the GPU?

 

[Edhawk]

No, the Vulcan mode is a Windows feature and is not supported in macOS.

That is a pretty low end GPU that isn’t natively supported in any version of macOS, it is probably on a par with a mid range IGPU, so don’t expect anything more than standard desktop usage. Gaming will be limited to low level games if that is your intention with this system. That’s if you can get it to work with graphics acceleration.

You need to look at the list of compatible graphics cards before getting another.

AMD GPUs | GPU Buyers Guide