Hackintosh

[warrencgi]

Hi, new to PC building, was thinking about getting the following:

CGDirector PC & Workstation Builder - CG Director

The CGDirector PC-Builder lets you quickly find the best Computer Parts for your PC & Workstation Build. Use cases include 3D-Modeling, Animation, Video-Editing, Motion Design and more.

www.cgdirector.com

But instead of the GPU, I would use a XFX AMD Radeon VII 16GB and a Powercolor AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB which I already have

My question is are those 2 cards compatible in this unit, and could I set up a Hackintosh on it? https://www.hackintoshshop.com/3262/hackintosh-monterey-guide/

Thanks

 

[Alex Glawion]

You'll need a stronger PSU to run both those GPUs and should get a motherboard that supports running multiple GPUs at higher PCIe Lanes.

To be honest, the AMD 3000G is quite on the low-end compared to what kind of GPUs you will outfit this PC with.

 

[warrencgi]

You'll need a stronger PSU to run both those GPUs and should get a motherboard that supports running multiple GPUs at higher PCIe Lanes.

To be honest, the AMD 3000G is quite on the low-end compared to what kind of GPUs you will outfit this PC with.

Thanks Alex!

In that case I'd get a AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8GHz 8-Core Processor, would that do? And Motherboard, on your builder it seems the MSI X570 Tomahawk ATX AM4 is the top one. Would that work ?

 

[Alex Glawion]

For single GPU Builds the Tomahawk is great, but for multi-GPU builds I recommend the MSI Unify or Asus WS ACE x570 as they have superior pcie-lane distribution.

 

[warrencgi]

Thanks, could I put up to 4 GPUs on that? I only have 2 but wondering if I'd need to keep my eGPU case

 

[Alex Glawion]

You'll only be able to add up to 3 GPUs on the Asus WS Ace. The Unify supports two GPUs at reasonable PCIe-lane speeds.

For more GPUs you'll have to go with a HEDT build like Threadripper.

 

[warrencgi]

Great that’s good know, many thanks

 

[warrencgi]

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Little confused on the the HEDT machines: I'm set on getting the Ryzen 5950X CPU since that seems to top the X-Particles benchmarks (and Adobe software too), however regarding multiple GPUs I read on another part of this site:

Mainstream CPUs such as the i9 10900K/5950X have 16 GPU<->CPU PCIe-Lanes, meaning you could use only one GPU at full speed with these kinds of CPUs.

Is it a trade off? I'd be happy to settle for 2-3 GPUs if it means having to ditch the 5950X

Thanks again