ksosx86 Build, X79 Extreme4 Core i7-3930K @ 4.2 Dual GTX 470

ksosx86 Build - X79 Extreme4 - Core i7-3930K @ 4.2 GHz & Dual NVIDIA Geforce GTX 470 graphics​

Mac OS X version 10.7 @ Mac App Store
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-lio ... 3913?mt=12

Kingston DataTraveler G3 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (White & Gold) Model DTIG3/8GBZ
Note: Created bootable installation drive with UniBeast using Install OS X Lion app.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139256

ASRock X79 Extreme4 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157282

PNY XLR8 VCGGTX470XPB GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 - (Quantity 2)
Note: Used DSDT graphics, opencl patch, and edited graphics power-management.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133318

Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor
Note: No native power management, everything else working fine though.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492

LG DVD Burner 24X Black SATA - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136247

XION Power Real XON-1250P14HE 1250W ATX 12V v2.2 / EPS 12V v2.91 / SSI v2.92 SLI 3 ways SLI supported. (SLI adapter) CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817190026

CORSAIR H80 (CWCH80) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Note: Replaced stock fans with 2 additional 120mm fans, listed below.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181016

ARCTIC COOLING AF12PWM 120mm Case Fan - (Quantity 2)
Note: for the H80 Liquid Cooling Unit.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186033

AeroCool Shark 140mm Black Edition 140mm Case Fan - (Quantity 3)
Note: 2 on top of case, 1 on bottom, 1 on left side panel. (3 intake, 1 exhaust)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835129057

SilenX IXP-52-11 80mm Case Fan - (Quantity 2)
Note: One on right side panel of case (behind cpu socket) One on left side (above cpu socket)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835226001

Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) - (Quantity 3)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104261

OCZ Solid 3 SLD3-25SAT3-60G 2.5" 60GB SATA III MLC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227728

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN2 CM690 II Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216


Comments
Working 100% in 32/64 bit mode.


About This Build
My personal desktop pc, used mainly for content creation and gaming.

For all intents and purposes I was able to get this build supported 100%, except for the primary video card's HDMI audio controller. VoodooHDA won't load the primary card for some reason but it does with the secondary. All attempts at creating a working ALC 898 + GFX HDMI Audio w/th only AppleHDA failed so I went with an older VoodooHDA kext and edited it accordingly. (0.2.61, works in x64 just fine, no tearing/popping @ 24bit either)

Geekbench 2.3.1 x64 score of 20510
iMac12,2 - Geekbench Browser

Cinebench 11.5 CPU score of 12.16 pts
Cinebench 11.5 OpenGL score of 44.51 fps
OceanWave OpenCL score of 456.77 fps

The following post-installation solutions are necessary for full functionality:


org.chameleon.Boot.plist
smbios.plist
AppleGraphicsPowerManagement.kext.zip
AppleGraphicsControl.kext.zip
VoodooHDA.kext.zip
VoodooTSCSync.kext.zip
dsdt.aml

good work mate..

thnx!

Great build!

THXS i MAKE X79 E4 WORKS TOO!

hi,

My PC spec is i7 3820 + X79 extreme4 + Ati 5850 + 16GB ram
I have made an unibeast USB boot key and successfuly boot it
But My problem is like this viewtopic.php?f=169&t=52447

Someone have the same problem like this?

I want to build something similar to this. When the new macs come out, will powermanagment, sleep and usb3 on boards like this and ASUS be supported?

Awesome build! You must be loving this level of performance.

How has the stability been now that you've been running over 1 month?

What, if anything, would you have done differently if starting over now?

ksosx86 said:

Geekbench 2.3.1 x64 score of 20510

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Do you recall what your stock 3.2 GHz Geekbench score was?

Tagny Daggart said:

Awesome build! You must be loving this level of performance.

How has the stability been now that you've been running over 1 month?

What, if anything, would you have done differently if starting over now?

ksosx86 said:

Geekbench 2.3.1 x64 score of 20510

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Do you recall what your stock 3.2 GHz Geekbench score was?

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Can't recall, I'll post it when I get a chance ... stability is perfect so far, only issue is USB 3.0 causes KPs sometimes so I have it perm disabled via BIOS, and the method for getting working ethernet is rendered obsolete by 10.7.4, only workaround is loading pre 10.7.4 kexts, I've yet to figure out why, haven't had the time lately tbh... but yeah those are the only two issues I've noticed, other than that haven't crashed once, perf. is great too

EDIT: I've ended up going with Clear usb for the internet. Messing with kexts for Broadcom in 10.7.4 is just not worth all the headache, I'll post if I figure out a fix that doesn't involve reverting

mikey101 said:

I want to build something similar to this. When the new macs come out, will powermanagment, sleep and usb3 on boards like this and ASUS be supported?

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Hard to say, USB 3.0 likely will, as for vanilla sleep and pwrmngment, kinda depends if Apple ships LGA2011 machines, I suppose it could happen but atm 2011's more niche than anywhere mainstream. Who knows, maybe someone will/has created a hack for full sleep/pwrmgnmnt.. I haven't been checking lately..