macOs on AMD RYZEN Threadripper- is it possible ?

[Thee Techie]

Dear Folks,

I am just wondering, if LTT can put together this system and will it work ?

AMD RYZEN 1920X Thread ripper

X399 Motherboard (Some years later with Intel Thunderbolt 3 Add-on card support)

AIO CPU Water cooler

Quad Channel DDR4 3200 MHZ RAM

macOS HIgh Seirra/Sierra(?)

2xAMD RX VEGA 64 CU GPU in Crossfire

 

I have been windows user for a long time of my career, starting from Tech support.

There are lot of You tubers swearing their life for Final Cut Pro X in mac OS.

So kept me wondering why we cannot put this system together get best of all worlds ?

1. Can we pull this off ?

2. What kind of score we will get in Bruce 5K tests ?

3. Can we beat iMac Pro Line up ?

 

 

[Damascus]

Lol dude the new mac pro will have vega + EPYC and TB3 on launch AFAIK 

[Damascus]

ie handily beating any 1920x system

[TheCherryKing]

8 minutes ago, Thee Techie said:

Dear Folks,

I am just wondering, if LTT can put together this system and will it work ?

AMD RYZEN 1920X Thread ripper

X399 Motherboard (Some years later with Intel Thunderbolt 3 Add-on card support)

AIO CPU Water cooler

Quad Channel DDR4 3200 MHZ RAM

macOS HIgh Seirra/Sierra(?)

2xAMD RX VEGA 64 CU GPU in Crossfire

 

I have been windows user for a long time of my career, starting from Tech support.

There are lot of You tubers swearing their life for Final Cut Pro X in mac OS.

So kept me wondering why we cannot put this system together get best of all worlds ?

1. Can we pull this off ?

2. What kind of score we will get in Bruce 5K tests ?

3. Can we beat iMac Pro Line up ?

 

 

Probably not. There are still many architectural differences between AMD and Intel. If you want a Hackintosh use Skylake-SP instead of Threadripper. 

[Shiv78]

Just now, TheCherryKing said:

Probably not. There are still many architectural differences between AMD and Intel. If you want a Hackintosh use Skylake-SP instead of Threadripper. 

Not yet, but once the new Mac Pro is out Ryzen/TR support will likely exist for macOS

[TheCherryKing]

3 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

Not yet, but once the new Mac Pro is out Ryzen/TR support will likely exist for macOS

The new Mac Pro will be Intel-based. It will use Skylake-SP or Cascade Lake-SP. It may even have two CPUs.

[Strayuru]

5 minutes ago, Damascus said:

Lol dude the new mac pro will have vega + EPYC and TB3 on launch AFAIK 

Vega yes, EPYC no (I don't think/can't find any evidence online). Feel free to prove me wrong though, I'd like an AMD macOS from Apple.

[MoonlightSylv]

Ryzen macos (amd-osx) is possible so I don't see why threadripper wouldn't be supported.

[TheCherryKing]

1 minute ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

Ryzen macos (amd-osx) is possible so I don't see why threadripper wouldn't be supported.

Using Ryzen with mac OS is not possible.

[Thee Techie]

@ShadowTechXTS @TheCherryKing @Strayuru @Shiv78 @Damascus

There is a community dedicated for AMD-OSX

https://forum.amd-osx.com/

So I'm wondering can Linus pull this ?

[MoonlightSylv]

2 minutes ago, TheCherryKing said:

Using Ryzen with mac OS is not possible.

I have done it, amd-osx has a custom kernal.

[MoonlightSylv]

Just now, Thee Techie said:

@ShadowTechXTS @TheCherryKing @Strayuru @Shiv78 @Damascus

There is a community dedicated for AMD-OSX

https://forum.amd-osx.com/

So I'm wondering can Linus pull this ?

Linus (or at least the forum) doesn't like hackintosh. 

 

I doubt they'd do this.

[Donut417]

1 minute ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

Linus (or at least the forum) doesn't like hackintosh. 

 

I doubt they'd do this.

Thats because its aginst Apples Terms of Service. Apple doesnt like Hackintosh, they have the legal right to sue anyone who uses there OS on Non Apple hardware. While its a slim chance they will, why take a chance? Last I checked Apple is a Billion dollar company with an Army of Lawyers. 

[Damascus]

15 minutes ago, Strayuru said:

Vega yes, EPYC no (I don't think/can't find any evidence online). Feel free to prove me wrong though, I'd like an AMD macOS from Apple.

AMD NO

INTEL YES

Yeah, must have just been a rumor/I saw the corecount and thought EPYC! (even though EPYC has way more cores and it's more like the i9 lineup XD)

 

Explains the TB3, I would assume that may have factored into the decision more than a bit.

 

https://www.apple.com/ca/imac-pro/?&muid=8c70b787-3782-4a2d-844c-f50e72a3e3ac&mtid=20925gur40344&aosid=p238&cid=wwa-ca-kwgo-mac-slid-&mnid=sz4NRb9iq-dm_mtid_20925gur40344_pcrid_198769137509_

[Shiv78]

1 minute ago, Damascus said:

https://www.apple.com/ca/imac-pro/?&muid=8c70b787-3782-4a2d-844c-f50e72a3e3ac&mtid=20925gur40344&aosid=p238&cid=wwa-ca-kwgo-mac-slid-&mnid=sz4NRb9iq-dm_mtid_20925gur40344_pcrid_198769137509_

The iMac Pro is just a 1-year filler until the REAL DEAL Mac Pro is released. That one will probably be a beast with crossfire Navi workstation cards.

[Damascus]

6 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

The iMac Pro is just a 1-year filler until the REAL DEAL Mac Pro is released. That one will probably be a beast with crossfire Navi workstation cards.

Yeah, though you can make one yourself for less #theonetruthofapple 

[TheCherryKing]

2 hours ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

I have done it, amd-osx has a custom kernal.

Custom kernals don't count.

[Shiv78]

11 hours ago, Damascus said:

Yeah, though you can make one yourself for less #theonetruthofapple 

until you realize you can't run FCPX

rip in peace

[Hunter259]

11 hours ago, Donut417 said:

Thats because its aginst Apples Terms of Service. Apple doesnt like Hackintosh, they have the legal right to sue anyone who uses there OS on Non Apple hardware. While its a slim chance they will, why take a chance? Last I checked Apple is a Billion dollar company with an Army of Lawyers. 

They do but it will never happen. The positives of suing them far out weighs the benefits. That's really there to keep people from making a business of making and selling hackintosh's.

[tom_w141]

11 hours ago, Thee Techie said:

 

1. Can we pull this off ?

2. What kind of score we will get in Bruce 5K tests ?

3. Can we beat iMac Pro Line up ?

1. Yes I've done it.

2. No idea but probably.

3. Yes.

 

Also would like to point out that helping someone with a Hackintosh is against the rules here so I won't advise. All I'm saying is its easy to google.

[tom_w141]

8 hours ago, TheCherryKing said:

Custom kernals don't count.

Who decided you get to make the rules? Ryzen can run MacOS easily

[tom_w141]

11 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

until you realize you can't run FCPX

You definitely can

[Shiv78]

1 minute ago, tom_w141 said:

You definitely can

I meant you can't on Windows and sometimes Hackintosh is hard because of limited driver support for parts/peripherals

[tom_w141]

3 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

I meant you can't on Windows and sometimes Hackintosh is hard because of limited driver support for parts/peripherals

Yeah you have to part shop carefully.

 

AMD-OSX should be a hobby, if you want a daily driver Hackintosh you should use Tonymac compatible parts list for the smoothest experience.

 

HOWEVER. AMD support may move from a hobby to native support in the future because AMD suddenly have compelling products unlike the past. Unless there is a classic Intel bribe rebate agreement already in place. Though I doubt that as Apple don't need anyone's charity.

[Hunter259]

2 minutes ago, tom_w141 said:

Yeah you have to part shop carefully.

 

AMD-OSX should be a hobby, if you want a daily driver Hackintosh you should use Tonymac compatible parts list for the smoothest experience.

 

HOWEVER. AMD support may move from a hobby to native support in the future because AMD suddenly have compelling products unlike the past. Unless there is a classic Intel bribe rebate agreement already in place. Though I doubt that as Apple don't need anyone's charity.

It is likely they stick with Intel seeing as AMD has 0 true mobile parts.