Advice for my first hackintosh

Hi, folks!

Long story short: last year I had to retire my good old Macbook and decided to assemble a PC to have powerful and upgradeable specs at affordable prices.

After months using Windows, it happens that I definitely hate it and I've decided to try hackintosh. I'm already familiar to OpencCore Legacy Patcher for old Macs, but I'm a total newbie with non-Apple hardware - and I'd love to have some advice.

Here are my current specs:

  • CPU: i5 13600K
  • Mobo: Rog Strix B760-A Wifi D4
  • RAM: 2X16GB 3600Mhz Ripjaws V
  • SSD: I intend to buy WD Black 850 exclusively for Hackintosh (current Crucial P5+ will remain with Win11)

Some additional info:

  • I would like to run Sonoma + Win11 on dual boot (on separate SSDs).
  • I would like to use macOS as my main system, and Windows as a backup.
  • I don't play games, but use the PC a lot for photography editing and graphic softwares (such as Adobe Lightroom Classic and Photoshop).
  • I already know that my UHD 770 iGPU won't work.

Here are my questions:

  1. As far as I've researched, Wifi (Intel) and audio (Realtek ALC4080) should work well, is that right? (I still haven't discovered Bluetooth specifications, and what to expect about Intel 2.5 Ethernet)
  2. Should I expect any perceivable downside on hardware performance (or specific misfunctionings and malfunctionings) and overall system stability in comparison with Win11?
  3. After researching for compatible GPUs, it seems that RX 580 and RX 6600 are good options, but I'm still looking for the best cost/benefit. As I don't play games, would I perceive much of a difference with one over another? Any additional recommendations on cheaper options?
  4. I'm aware that hackintosh can be tricky, but I enjoy this kind of project and would really like to try it. Is there anything that I'm missing and I should know before spending money SSD+GPU?

Thanks in advance!

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