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Azntaiji's Haswell mATX: Intel i5-4670k - GA-Z87MX-D3H - NVidia GTX 760 - 8GB RAM
Components
Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell Processor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CO8TBOW/
Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H DVI/HDMI/VGA/DP
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CU4L4XG/
EVGA GeForce GTX 760 Superclocked w/EVGA ACX Cooler 2GB GDDR5 256bit
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DHW4HXY/
Corsair CX500 modular PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 (4x2)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B004CRSM4I/
2 x Samsung 840 EVO 6Gb/s SATA 120GB SSD (MZ-7TE120BW)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B00E3W15P0/
Remanned Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178430
Rosewill N900PCE Dual Band Wireless N900 PCI Express Adapter
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166076
Corsair Carbide 200r Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139018
Acer full HD S230HL 23" LED Monitor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005Q5F7KM
iHome Full Size Mac Keyboard with 2 USB Ports (IMAC-K121S)
http://www.amazon.com/iHome-Full-Keyboard-Ports-IMAC-K121S/dp/B007X3VEBG
Logitech M500 Tilt Wheel USB Corded Laser 1000 dpi Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104328
Comments
Been wanting to build a CustoMac for over a year now - just got around to it after being sick of my MBP with integrated graphics. Setup went as smooth as butter.. a few adjustments here and there in the BIOS and MultiBeast, but I pretty much did everything according to Tony's similar build. I based this build off of the March 2014 buyer's guide mATX.
Everything is faster than I need it, and I'm really happy with it! I'd recommend this setup for a mostly plug-n-play (thanks to the DSDT-Free motherboard and optimized MultiBeast settings) build.
MultiBeast settings
I pretty much used the same settings that Tony did in his similar build.
You can also download the .mb (attached)
Benchmarks
General system benchmarks from Geekbench 2
OpenGL test results from Unigine Heaven for Nvidia GTX 760 graphics at 1080p
Update 3/31/14: Was having issues with no sound after waking from sleep. I saw a thread where people had similar problems. I downloaded Multibeast 6.1.0 from the Archive as recommended and installed the ALC892 codec from there, and it solved the problem.
Update 4/28/14: I added NVRAM file to Extras/Modules to fix iMessages. Also added two 120MM fans - one at the bottom for intake and another at the top for exhaust. That should be it for now! Next up I'll probably get a liquid CPU cooler.