- Joined
- Feb 22, 2014
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- Motherboard
- PowerMac i7
- CPU
- i7-4770k @ 4.3Ghz
- Graphics
- EVGA Geforce GTX 980Ti
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Tim's PowerMac Build
GA-Z87X-UD5H - i7-4770k - 32GB RAM - GTX 770 4GB
ComponentsGA-Z87X-UD5H - i7-4770k - 32GB RAM - GTX 770 4GB
Intel Core i7-4770K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.5 GHZ 8 MB Cache BX80646I74770K
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i7-4770K-Quad-Core-Processor-BX80646I74770K/dp/B00CO8TBQ0/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116901
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H Z87 LGA 1150 2-Way SLI Dual LAN ATX Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GA-Z87X-UD5H-1150-2-Way-Motherboard/dp/B00CU4L6MA/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128593
Palit GeForce GTX 770, 4096MB, JetStream
Not available on Amazon/NewEgg
Crucial Ballistic Sport BLS2CP8G3D1609DS1S00CEU x2
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Ballistix-PC3-12800-240-Pin-BLS2KIT8G3D1609DS1S00/dp/B006YG9EEW/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148663
PowerMac G5 Case with ATX-Mod
Got this from Marktplaats (it's a dutch site like eBay)
Corsair RM750
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Series-80PLUS-Gold-Certified-Supply/dp/B00EB7UITQ/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139055
Scythe Mugen 4 PCGH Edition
http://www.amazon.com/Scythe-Mugen-Cooler-Socket-SCMG-4000/dp/B00G9YBHEY/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3KX17A4375
Western Digital Green 3TB (Data disk)
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Green-Desktop/dp/B004RORMF6/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136874
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (OS X Boot/Apps disk)
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE250BW/dp/B00E3W1726/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W01AZ5550
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB (Windows Boot/Apps disk)
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-Adapter-Solid-SV300S37A-60G/dp/B00A35X6GM/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G15X2459
Scythe Slip Stream 120mm 800RPM Case fan
http://www.amazon.com/Scythe-Stream-120mm-800RPM-SY1225SL12L/dp/B00479BPIG/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3KX16M5867
Noctua NF-R8-1800
http://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NF-R8-Raised-Blade-design-Bearing/dp/B002CQTYL6/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608006
Dell Ultrasharp 2414H x2
http://www.amazon.com/UltraSharp-U2414H-Widescreen-Monitor-Adjustable/dp/B00GTV05XG/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260174
TP-Link WDN4800
http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WDN4800-Wireless-Express-Low-profile/dp/B007GMPZ0A
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704133
Already Owned
Apple Wireless Keyboard
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Wireless-Keyboard-MC184LL-B/dp/B005DLDO4U/
Apple Magic Mouse
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MB829LL-A-Magic-Mouse/dp/B002TLTGM6/
I've been a Mac user for almost 5 years now and I started off with my 21.5" iMac, it worked great but I needed more performance, especially GPU/CPU performance since these parts weren't upgradeable on my iMac.
My first Hackintosh try was years ago with Leopard, it worked, but not good enough.
I've always liked Apple's design and wished I could buy a hackintosh with it one day, the design of normal computer cases weren't my thing and were withholding me, after a while I found out about the PowerMac G5 mod's people were doing here on the forum. Luckily I found a pre-modded case and bought it for €100,00
With help of the buyers guide I picked the parts above together and bought them.
Assembling the parts was a bit tight but eventually everything was in place.
The temperatures were a concern but they are fine for the time being.
I kept my iMac's keyboard and mouse and used the GMYLE Bluetooth adapter that I bought from eBay, it works great!
This build is designed to be a fast Hackintosh for video editing and as a game PC (Windows).
I can say both goals were achieved since it all runs super smooth.
I choose 32GB RAM simply because I will use RAM disks more often (because of the speed).
BIOS/UEFI Settings
I had loads and loads of problems getting into the 10.9.2 setup from my UniBeast USB, It worked one time but it stopped working an hour later, I decided to make a UniBeast USB installer of 10.9.0 and used that, I still was having issues with getting the bootloader to work and found out my BIOS settings were faulty (although I was sure I did it correct..)
These are the settings I changed
- Pressed F7 to load Optimized defaults..
- Used an XMP for 1600Mhz.
- Added .05 V to RAM as a suggestions in tailchaser's thread for 32GB RAM freezes.
- Disabled Intel Graphics
- Disabled Wake On Lan
- Set vCore voltage to 1.2v and set turbo multiplier to 43 (overclock)
- Used an XMP for 1600Mhz.
- Added .05 V to RAM as a suggestions in tailchaser's thread for 32GB RAM freezes.
- Disabled Intel Graphics
- Disabled Wake On Lan
- Set vCore voltage to 1.2v and set turbo multiplier to 43 (overclock)
Benchmarks
Geekbench
Unigine Heaven
Unigine Heaven Benchmark was running with 2 displays on, this probably explains the lower score.
BlackMagic Disk on EVO SSD
MultiBeast configuration
Issues
- I had issues with the iMac14,2 system definition (glitching display, multi displays were only able to mirror, so I kept the MacPro3,1 definition)
- The WDRN400 TP-Link card is a bit buggy, When my router was on 802.11n the connection dropped constantly, I'm using 802.11g now and it seems stable. Support thread is here.
- When sleep is enabled and working it sleeps fine, I'm even able to wake from sleep but when it's back from sleep the audio is not working anymore and all the USB devices are disconnected for a short time (this gives me USB power error messages and "this disk hasn't been ejected properly" messages.) Still haven't found a fix for this yet, someone?.
Changelog 08-11-2014
I created this system in February 2014 and have been using it as my daily system for
9 months now and in this time some things have changed:
- I put my CPU back to stock clock since the CPU was overheating during work in FCP, this is
probably because of my poor cooling but I don't need the speed at this time so stock clock is fine.
- Switched bootloader to Clover.
- The WDRN400 TP-Link card still had a lot of range/connectivity drop issues so I removed it and used Ethernet instead which is working allright.
- I disabled sleep since it didn't work fine with the USB HUBs on my displays.
- Switched back to iMac14,2 which worked fine with Clover.
- Updated to Yosemite which worked without any issues.
This machine is still working great and I love the G5 case with my "own" hardware in it!
Thread will be updated when an issue is fixed/found!
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