I know you recommend Gigabyte, but since custom DSDT have been improved to solve several compatibility issues, and chamaleon, chimera or clover works very nice with custom DSDT, some other brands may look atractive to a hackintosh. that's why I bring this one to discuss.
GRYPHON is a special series, like sabertooth (i have one, an older i55 that works perfect but onboard audio), this board use TUF (some kind of endurance build and components) and is a mATX.
but some things looks very good for me:
1) AMI UEFI
2) Intel LAN
3) Native implementation of Haswell (no USB HUBs/Controlers) without 3rd part components.
4) ALC892 Audio
5) 3x PCIe X16 (two Gen 3.0 and one Gen 2.0)
6) is mATX, with means we can chose a small case (who needs the older bid tower after all...)
7) under 200 dollars (170 at amazon, now)
8) dont have legacy ports like VGA or PS/2
As far I have been search, this is the most native implementation of Z87 chipset in a good brand/well done build I found. It seems it could be a very good platform for a mac pro hackintosh, probably plug and play (with a compatible video card and some usual tweaks), except for the thunderbold ports (i believe we will see thunderbold PCIe card soon).
I plan to build a new system when mavericks came, and for now this board will be one of my top choices.
Anyone already try this board or could share any comments about it?
review:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GRYPHON_Z87/
asus site:
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/GRYPHON_Z87/
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