I was looking at Hackintoshing the Z440 and Z640 until I realize that a few other “newer” generation but “retiring” Xeons will be flooding the market soon. Most have end-of-service life at end on 2023.
Namely the 2066 LGA series of Xeons. Still 14nm but ‘newer’. lol.
Eg:
Lenovo P520 HP Z4G4
Currently I’m not clear about the Hackintosh scene in these workstations. There was some BIOS update incompatibility for the Z4G4 but I’m not sure whether a workaround has been achieved.
They’re quite good value if you need those PCI lanes and ECC memory.
The Z440/Z640 specs are still more than enough for me (and I know they’re fully hackable (apart from those features that need the iGPU)) but I expect used workstation prices for those newer generation will drop quite a bit more. They’re already quite cheap on eBay but not yet on my local market.
The used workstations as a whole unit are cheaper than buying the x299 motherboards and these are not easy to source on the used market. A not unusual situation in these enterprise range.
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