Lafo’s Build: Core i7-4770K - GA-Z87X-UD5-TH - 32GB RAM

Lafo’s Build: Core i7-4770K - GA-Z87X-UD5-TH - 32GB RAM

Components

Apple Mac OS X version 10.9.2 MAVERICK
Mac OS X 10.9 MAVERICK - Apple Store (U.S.)

GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-UD5 TH LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.amazon.ca/Gigabyte-GA-Z87X-UD5-TH-Chipset-Motherboard/dp/B00GEUX9SU
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128650

Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell 3.5GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I74770K
http://www.amazon.ca/bx80646i74770k-i7-4770k-generation-quad-core-processor/dp/B00H4ILY1U/
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116901

Corsair Vengeance 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 1600MHz Desktop Memory (CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10)
http://www.amazon.ca/Corsair-CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10-Ddr3-4x8gb-1600mhz/dp/B0068ZWZY0
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233232

CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850M 850W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Semi Modular High Performance Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
http://www.amazon.ca/Corsair-Tx-Modular-Series-850w/dp/B005E98EI2
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139029

Kingston Digital 7mm Height 240GB SSDNow V300 SATA 3 2.5 with Adapter Solid State Drive, SV300S37A/240G
http://www.amazon.ca/Kingston-Digital-Adapter-SV300S37A-240G/dp/B00A1ZTZNM
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820721108

2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
http://www.amazon.ca/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM001/dp/B005T3GRLY
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844

1 x Dell UltraSharp U2713H 27" LED LCD Monitor - 16:9 - 6 ms
http://www.amazon.ca/Dell-UltraSharp-U2713H-LED-Monitor/dp/B00BBIS0M0


Already Owned

Antec Sonata Piano Black Quiet ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

LG Internal Blu-Ray Disc Rewriter BH10LS30

2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000333AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00272NHOK/

BenQ E2200HD 22" Full HD LCD Monitor - 2ms
http://www.benq.co.in/product/monitor/

Macally iKey Keyboard
http://www.engadget.com/products/macally/ikey/

Apple Magic Mouse
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002TLTGM6?ie=UTF8


Comments

System built for video and audio editing, graphic creation and color correction

Applications running on the system : FCP - Adobe Creative Suite - DaVinci Resolve 10 - Some music creation softwares

2 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM in RAID 0 to store the medias involved in projects

2 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200 RPM in RAID 1 to store the medias for backup and archive

Power supply is very quiet.

I'm still using the stock Intel cooler. I may go for a water cooler if I ever plan on overclocking this machine.

I also use the inboard HD 4600 graphic interface. I’m experimenting with it until I choose a graphic card that fit my needs for color correction and 3D animation. Any suggestions are welcome !

Dual boot Maverick and Win 7

This is my first hackintosh build but won’t be the last. I remember in the 90’s, I was using ’SHAPESHIFTER’ software to emulate a MAC Classic on my Amiga 2000 equipped with Motorola 68020.
It’s like comparing an UNICYCLE and a HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE ![/B]

Hey there,

I am looking at using this motherboard as well. Does ThunderBolt work? Also, I assume like the other Z87 Gigabyte boards the BT and WIFI don't work with OSX?

Thanks for any insight you can give!

Hi monmonkey,

I'm now using one of the two Thunderbolt connection as a mini display port output for the Dell U2713H providing 2560 x1440 video signal to the monitor. Didn't have the chance to test a Thunderbolt device yet but I will receive a LaCie Rugged external thunderbolt hard disk in April then will be able to see how it works.

So, after applying the MultiBest Maverick recipe, almost everything worked fine (audio, video, Ethernet, Sata, ...) but no WIFi or BT. Then I found this very helpful thread from Kangooroos here explaining how to edit the IO80211Family.kext to enable the WI-FI. Since that manip, WiFi works like a charm - Thanks Kangooroos !

In the same thread, he also explained how to fix the Bluetooth but I didn't made that change since I don't need it right now.

Since 2 weeks I'm using this motherboard, I find it very stable and performant under Maverick. No hesitation to recommend it - hope Thunderbolt gonna work OK ...

I have a Similar Build.

Core i7-4770K
GA-Z87X-UD5-TH
32GB RAM
GTX 770
Samsung 500GB SSD
3TB HD

Thunderbolt is working great with my UA Apollo (had to boot in to windows and set Legacy Mode in Bios)

One Weird things is that some stuff isnt displayng on the top right bar. No Clock, Wifi and spotlight pops in and out. And some stuff doesnt seem to load on restarts.

Philter, I don't have those bugs on my system, is it an casual problem or clock and Wifi never displays? Sorry to ask the question but did you enable them to be display in system's preferences ?

Its something to do with the thunderbolt icon... when i click it everything disapears. seems to cause a crash of the icon bar.