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- Jul 23, 2011
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- Motherboard
- Strix z390-i
- CPU
- i7 9700k
- Graphics
- Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 XT
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Khronnuz's Haswell mATX:
GA-Z87M-D3H + i7 4790K + HD4600
GA-Z87M-D3H + i7 4790K + HD4600
Components
Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CU4L4K4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128599
Intel i7 4790K
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPRWAX8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369
Crucial Ballistix Elite 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3 1866 CL9 @1.5V XMP
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006YG9D0M
BitFenix Prodigy M MicroATX Tower Case
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MMQ1L4E
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5751V21914
Samsung SSD 840EVO (120GB)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E3W15P0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147247
SeaSonic X Series X-850 80 PLUS GOLD Full Modular PSU
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ETEFTK
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151102
IOGear Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GFX0PY
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833139027
Already Owned
Logitech HD Webcam C270 720p
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004FHO5Y6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4ES1KW6024
Apple Magic Mouse
http://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B002TLTGM6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3781VZ5405
Apple Wireless Keyboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B005DLDO4U
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3781XU7460
LG Flatron 23" E2350V Monitor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003D9SJ5S
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005150
Comments
Installation
1) BIOS/UEFI:
* First Updated BIOS/UEFI to F11
1. To access UEFI Setup, press and hold Delete on a USB Keyboard while the system is booting up
2. Set to Optimized Defaults.
3. Set X.M.P. Memory Profile to Profile1
4. Set XHCI Mode to Auto not Smart Auto
5. Set XHCI Hand-off to Enabled
6. Set EHCI Hand-off to Enabled
7. Set VT-d to Disabled
8. Set Intel Processor Graphics to Enabled
9. Set SATA Mode Selection to AHCI
10. Save and exit.
Important note: Step 3 was what I did to install it and it worked. But after installing the MultiBeast settings, I could not start the system anymore until I have disabled X.M.P. It seems to be a known issue between i7 4790k Turbo Boost and X.M.P. Some people disable Turbo boost, some disable XMP. I guess it is up to you. See edits #1 and #2.
Installation Notes:
Before successfully being able to install, I have changed the memory allocation to onboard video card the max value. After a few tries I figured this was what was causing trouble to me and reverted to default value, which is 64Mb.
If you have trouble opening the installer, try using -x flag.
Install Mavericks normally as described in the installation tutorial.
After finishing installation, boot again with -x and use the following MultiBeast settings:
Quick Start > DSDT Free
Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALCxxx > Without DSDT > ALC892
Drivers > Audio > Realtek ALCxxx > Without DSDT > HDAEnabler
Drivers > Disk > 3rd Party SATA*
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v5.3.820*
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v5.3.820 Plugins
Drivers > Misc > FakeSMC v5.3.820 HWMonitor Application
Drivers > Network > Realtek - Lnx2Mac's RealtekRTL81xx v0.0.90
Drivers > System > AppleRTC Patch for CMOS Reset Bootloaders > Chimera v2.2.1*
Customize > Boot Options > Basic Boot Options*
Customize > Boot Options > Generate CPU States*
Customize > Boot Options > Hibernate Mode - Desktop*
Customize > Boot Options > Use KernelCache*
Customize > System Definitions > Mac Pro > Mac Pro 3,1*
* Provided by DSDT Free
After the reboot and fixing the XMP issue I mentioned, It was working nicely
Summary
- Ethernet, no issues with it.
- Bluetooth, worked OOB, but the range of IOGear was disappointing. Basically, at 30cm with nothing between the mouse and the dongle, mouse gets laggy. I had to use a USB extension to bring the adapter close to the mouse and keyboard.
- Power management works(clock goes up to 4.36Ghz when doing some tasks).
- Sleep works but after coming back from sleep, sound does not work. I am using https://github.com/cliffom/appleHDAReset/releases. See edit #3
- 1080p on HD4600 works great. I can even Play Dota 2 at moderately good quality and ~55fps.
- Memory is showing as 1333Mhz. Will take some time to see how to improve that without getting Kernel Panics.
- Webcam video and microphone worked OOB.
Geekbench Score: 13498
Single-Core Score: 3471
Photos
That's it. I hope that this is useful to someone . I am waiting to see better 4K offering and OS X support before deciding which graphics card to get. I also plan to do some over clock.
EDIT 1: Trying to manually increase the memory clock to 1866MHz or 1600MHz resulted in kernel panic during startup.
EDIT 2: Disabling Turbo Boost and enabling XMP, my new geekbench scores are: 3837 / 14445. It is slightly faster for my compiling tasks. However, the idle and full load temperatures increased a little. I got 86C when running Geekbench. I didn't get that high before. I ordered a new cpu cooler to replace the box cooler.
EDIT 3: Installing the ALC892 audio kext from Multibeast 6.1.0 fixed the issue with sound after sleep
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