Having used mac my whole life, i'm finally trying to building my very first PC and hackintosh, ive read the guide several times but I cant seem to decide which motherboard out of my options is most likely going to give me the most painless experience in getting ethernet, wifi, bluetooth and usb-c ports to work. I've compiled a pros and cons list for the motherboards, but i'm double checking here in case anyone has had good/bad experiences with these mobos.
| Motherboard | Lan | Wifi | Bluetooth | Audio | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte B760I AORUS PRO DDR4 | Intel® 2.5GbE LAN chip | Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 | BLUETOOTH 5.2 | Realtek® Audio CODEC High Definition Audio | Read that intel killer is no longer supported by hackintosh, Need to verify this |
| MSI MPG B760I EDGE WIFI DDR4 | Realtek® RTL8125B 2.5Gbps LAN | Intel® Wi-Fi 6E | Bluetooth® 5.3 | Realtek® ALC897 Codec 7.1-Channel | Realtek Lan seems to be more easy to setup compared to intel? |
| ASUS ROG STRIX B760-I WIFI | Intel® 2.5GbE LAN chip ASUS LANGuard | Wi-Fi 6E | Bluetooth® v5.3 | ROG SupremeFX 7.1-Channel CODEC S1220A | I cant seem to find what wifi chip this motherboard uses |
| Colorful CVN B760I FROZEN WIFI V20 | RTL8125 2.5Gbit network card | RTL8125 2.5Gbit network card | Bluetooth® v5.2 | 5.1 Channel sound card | Cheapest, but i dont know if colorful is a good brand. Its form china. |
In short:
- They are all mini itx sized, because I'm planning a mini itx build.
- They all have dual nvme slots, as i plan to dual boot windows, mac on separate drives.
- The first three are priced closely, with the colorful being 30% cheaper, but Its made in china.
The parts im planning on installing:
- CPU: Intel 13100F or Intel 12400F or Intel 12600 (with iGpu disabled) (all cpu have no E-cores)
- GPU: RX 6600 XT
- SSD: 1 TB WD black m2 nvme SSD (2x)
- PSU: Fractal Design Ion SFX-L 650W 80+ Gold
- RAM: 16 GB 3200 mhz
Use case:
I'm a developer by trade, so i will be running docker containers, IDEs, mysql and whatnot. But the reason im building a pc is I want to be able to game at more than 10 fps. Any knowledge and insight would be much appreciated, i'm a little nervous about this first build, planning on doing as much research as possible to avoid ordering incompatible parts.
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