Hackintosh – macOS Big Sur 10.0.1 – Z370 + 8700K + RX 580

Hardware

• CPU: Intel(R) CPU Core i7 8700K
• Mainboard: Gigabyte Z370 D3H
• RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 16GB 3000MHz DDR4 (8GBx4)
• SSD:
  • Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB
  • Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB
  • Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5″ SATA (ST2000DM008)
• Wireless: Broadcom BCM943602CS 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.1
• VGA:
  • Intel HD Graphics 630 (Onboard)
  • SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 580 8G GDDR5
• Monitors:
  • LG 27 inches 4K (3840×2160/60Hz)
  • Dell 24 inches FullHD (1920×1080/60Hz)
• Power: Corsair RM 750X 80+
• Mouse: Logitech MX Master 2S (Bluetooth or Unifying receiver)
• Keyboard: Keychron K2 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard

Installation

This step extracts the Installer contents, then installs Clover bootloader to the USB stick.

1. Insert the USB drive
2. Open /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
3. Highlight the USB drive in left column
4. Click on the Partition tab
5. Click Current and choose 1 Partition
6. Click Options…
7. Choose GUID Partition Table
8. Under Name: type USB (You can rename it later)
9. Under Format: choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
10. Click Apply then Partition
11. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal
12. Type the following, enter password and hit enter. This command completely erases the USB, then creates native installer media from the Install macOS Application.

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/USB /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app --nointeraction

13. Copy EFI (USB) using the USB’s EFI partition as the target volume.​

BIOS

BIOS version: F10

What works

• Intel HD Graphics 630 (Support Intel Quick Sync Video)
• RX 580 AMD GPU
• Ethernet + Wireless + Bluetooth
• USB 2.0/3.0 Ports
• Sleep / Wake up
• Sounds
• Others (updating…)

Benchmarks

Normal (4.7GHz)

*Geekbench Browser here

Overclocking (5GHz)

Waiting… for upgrading radiator system 🙂