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- E5-2699 v4
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- Vega 64
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I decided to build a Hackintosh to run Catalina as software that I use it is the highest I can go. I do video editing and audio. I wanted a fast computer with lots of RAM and a beast of a video card. I looked long and hard at components and based my decision on Mac compatible. I choose a Gigabyte Z490 Vision D motherboard with a i9-10900, 128GB RAM and a Radeon Vega 64 Frontier Edition 16GB video card.
This combination produce a Mac Pro killer for a whole lot less money. Anyway to get on with the components and the build.
The Components:
Gigabyte Z490 Vision D motherboard
Intel Core i9-10900 cpu
128GB G.Skill Ripjaw RAM 4x32GB
AMD Radeon Vega 64 Frontier Edition 16GB video card
Patriot Viper 1TB NVMe SSD (boot drive)
2x Seagate Barracuda 5TB drives
Seagate Barracuda 6TB 7200 RPM drive (video drive)
Pioneer Ultra HD Blu-ray Burner
fenvi FV-T919 wireless card
DIYPC D480-W-RGB case
2x Acer ET322QU 32” monitors (2560x1440)
The build:
I wanted this build to be as vanilla as possible, so I did not use UniBeast or MultiBeast. The first thing I did was to download Catalina, Opencore 8.5,ProperTree and GenSMBIOS. Next I downloaded my Kexts, Drivers and ACPI files. I included a zip of them at the bottom of this guide.
Once you downloaded Catalina or whichever flavor of macOS you want (The EFI folder will work with Catalina, I do not if it will work with any other macOS version). Now to get started.
You will need a 16GB or bigger USB drive. Prepare you USB drive with Disk Utilities. You will need to erase with the following name: USB, format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled), Scheme: GUID Partition Map. When that is done type the following in Terminal:
sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app --nointeraction
Once that is done you will need to copy the EFI folder from Opencore to the EFI partition (use EFIMounter to get to the EFI partition) on the USB drive. Next open the config.plist file on the USB drive with ProperTree and go to PlatformInfo and put in serial number, uuid number, ROM, board serial number and SystemProductName. You get this information using GenSMBIOS. All that is left is to boot up the computer (F12 will get you to the Boot Menu) with the USB drive and install macOS to the hard drive. Once the install is done leave the USB drive in and reboot. Hit F12 and boot off of you USB drive again. Follow all of the on-screen prompts and fill the info. Next use EFIMounter to get to the EFI partition and copy the EFI folder from the USB drive to the EFI partition on your hard drive. Once that is done reboot the computer and enjoy macOS.
All programs and files are included in the attachments below.