No, not since Mojave. Conversion is automatic. Only APFS is officially supported for macOS installation.
If you want to install on an MBR partitioned disk or on an HFS+ partition, you have to use special tricks/special installation method and that's a little complex unless you're an advanced Hackintosher. So, it's best that newbies avoid this...
for this model you should have UEFI Enable and Legacy Option ROMs enabled, AHCI enabled.
Drive should be formatted with GUID / Journal Extended
In Clover folder, remove the following folders: drivers64UEFI and drivers64
Now install this version of Clover with the following settings:
Install for UEFI booting only
Install Clover in the ESP
UEFI Drivers\Recommended Drivers\ApfsDriverLoader
UEFI Drivers\Recommended Drivers\AptioMemoryFix
UEFI Drivers\Recommended Drivers\AudioDxe
UEFI Drivers\Recommended Drivers\DataHubDxe
UEFI Drivers\Recommended Drivers\FSInject
UEFI Drivers\Recommended Drivers\HFSPlus
UEFI Drivers\Additional Drivers\PartitionDxe
Install Clover Preference Pane (Optional)
Ok, so:
audio codec is ALC256 and should be supported by AppleALC and the relevant layout(s)
Realtek RTS5129 may or may not be supported with Sinetek's kext (unfinished project)
Sunplus Webcam will work OOB or not at all
You have to enable "KernelPM" in Clover Configurator.
I have added it for you. Just replace your "config.plist" with the attached "config.plist" inside your CLOVER folder.
config.plist.zip