Hi there! Embarking on my first Hackintosh. I started out by looking into a Morgonaut build and found that I can actually knock down the costs further if I select some alternative parts. I quickly learned that tonyx86 is one resource that is on the edge of being obsolete. So after scouring for the past few days, I think I have the main parts down: mobo, CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD. I wanted to see how the experienced builders out here feel about these choices; Is anything here likely to be trouble (excluding the inevitable Hackintosh is not troublefree by definition). I also am quite lost on what tower to put this rig in and on cooler choices that are reliable - so tips/options would be amazing!
I plan to use this primarily as an audio production and video editing workstation, plus optional gaming. The tower will be in a different room so fan noise is not really a concern.
MoBo: Z390 Designare
I see many successful builds, but I saw something about Z370 being better due to NVRAM, which appears to be easily worked around on Z390. Thoughts?
CPU: Intel i9-9900K
No plans to overclock, but I just want painless automated cooling (See Cooler and MidTower)
GPU: ASUS Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB
From the lovely and comprehensive Catalina GPU buyers guide.
SSD: Samsung 970 PRO M.2 NVMe 1TB Internal SSD
RAM: HyperX Predator Black 64GB kit 3600MHz DDR4 (4x 16 GB)
Cooler and MidTower: Not sure yet!
I see Noctua seems fine, but lots of questions:
- Is it controlled by BIOS or macOS?
- Does Noctua fit into any ATX MidTower? It looks bloody huge!
- If Noctua.. 1 or 2 units?
On that note, I would really love to use a corsair h150i, or a Kraken, but I don't want to be doing that CAM reloading on reboot. Thoughts?
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