Just fixed an old 2012 PC, any chance that it can run OSX?

Hello.

I finally got around to fix an old PC which I hadn't used since 2012. It currently has windows 7 and it works again. Im looking now into the possibility to install high sierra on it but not sure if the hardware is too old to have any chance at all. Here are the specs:

CPUZ Screens: https://imgur.com/a/T7MsILH

Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4Ghz Sandy Bridge

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68M-D2H

16Gb DDR3 RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

I just updated the bios of the mother board from version F4 to version F6. Above that there is an update to UEFI but it says BETA, not sure if this is necessary or should I just stay on version F6. Here are the possible BIOS updates for this motherboard:

https://www.gigabyte.com/au/Motherboard/GA-Z68M-D2H-rev-10#support-dl-bios

I tried using the vanilla installation which worked for me on a 2017 build perfectly. But for this one it doesn't seem to want to start from the thumb drive with clover boot loader at all, it just stays on a black screen that says "Loading Operating System...".

The BIOS settings I changed:

Halt on: No Errors

PCH SATA control Mode from IDE to AHCI

HPet mode from 32 bit to 64 bit

Virtualization Technology: From Enabled to Disabled

Hard disk boot priority I set to: 1. JetFlash USB 2.SSD 3.HDD

Anyone have any luck with a similar build? any pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks

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