Questions on Hackintosh for ent, music production and programming

Hi,

I want to turn my desktop computer into a Hackintosh - Windows for games & plex, MacOS for music production, programming and light video/photo editing. Doing a clean install of Windows 11.

Current setup:

  • i5 10600K with artic freezer 34 esport duo CPU cooler.
  • Asus Prime z490-P motherboard.
  • 16GB ram - g.skill ripjaws 2x8.
  • RX 570 4GB - PowerColor Red Dragon.
  • TP-Link Archer T9E.
  • I have two 250GB SSD's and two Barracuda 2TB 7200 rpm hdd's.
  • 34" ultrawide monitor.

Things I plan on upgrading:

  • Fractal Design Pop Air RGB or possibly another (but cheaper case).
  • x2 KC3000 Kingston NVME 1TB M.2 SSD's.

I'll (any thoughts on this? not that good at understanding how to use drives most efficiently...)

  • either use both M.2 for MacOS, one for OS, apps, project files & the second as a working drive for sound libraries and related content; One 250 GB SSD for Win 11, one barracuda for games, second barracuda for plex. Then last 250 GB SSD for a piece of standalone music gear I own for samples.
  • or use one M.2 for MacOS for OS, apps, project files, some sound library content + both 250GB SSD's for additional sound library; Second M.2 for Win 11 with HDD's for plex and games.

Questions:

  • Recommended MacOS version? Ventura or Sonoma?
  • Will wi-fi work on Sonoma? If wifi won't work and I use an ethernet cable, will that work?

If it has an affect on advice, I'll mostly use the MacOS part of the build, probably 70% of the time.

Thanks!

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