Catalina on a Sandy Bridge! - Giving that old hardware a new life.

Catalina on a Sandy Bridge! - Giving that old hardware a new life.

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Specs:

**CPU** | [Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor - Sandy Bridge]

**CPU Cooler** | [Noctua NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler]

**Motherboard** | [Asus P8Z68 Deluxe/GEN3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard]

**Memory** | [Corsair Vengeance 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory]

**Storage** | [Corsair Force Series 3 60 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive -> MAC

**Storage** | [Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive] -> Windows

**Storage** | [Western Digital Blue 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive]

**Video Card** | [Asus GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card]

**Video Card** | [MSI GeForce GT 710 2 GB Low Profile Video Card]

**Vaper** | Smoktech with Wotofo mesh coils (if anyone wanted to know)

Monitor - 3 of them by using a hdmi switcher where I can alternate between using my monitors on GTX1660 or GT710 (Currently waiting for the last VGA->HDMI so I can fully use 3 monitors

I followed the vanilla guide https://hackintosh.gitbook.io/-r-hackintosh-vanilla-desktop-guide/, downloaded catalina and installed clover onto the usb and copied over the kext.

Disabled the Nvidia GTX1660 by slots using https://khronokernel-4.gitbook.io/disable-unsupported-gpus/disabling-the-gpu/device (just plug your compatible card in slot 1, get the PCI address, then disable that, put the GTX1660 in slot 1, then your compatible card in another slot)

Only issue is my motherboard is so old that I can't boot directly from EFI in the SSD and I have to have a pen-drive connected at all times but i'm ok with that

Imessage - Facetime works, did not check Wi-FI as I use ethernet. AirDrop does not unfortunately :( if anyone has tips that would be great

To anyone using 6 years+ hardware, you can do it!

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