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- ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
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- Intel 3570K
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- Intel HD 4000
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[SUCCESS] i5-3570K + Zotac Z77-ITX A-E + Mountain Lion 10.8.0.
System Picture
Components
CPU: Intel i5-3570K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
CPU Cooler: Thermolab ITX30 (I used this for low noise, but Intel CPU cooler works great too)
more info: http://www.htpc-reviews.com/thermolab-itx30-3cm-to-cool-your-mediacenter
korean online store:http://www.interpark.com/product/Ma...=1155926907&sc.dispNo=016001&sc.dispNo=016001
RAM: Samsung Green DDR3 1600Mbps 4G*2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147094
Motherboard: Zotac Z77-ITX A-E (released!!)
more info:http://www.zotacusa.com/zotac-z77-itx-wifi-z77itx-a-e.html
http://www.amazon.com/Z77ITX-A-E-Mini-ITX-Motherboard-Express-LGA1155/dp/B0089OJHBW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340076946&sr=8-1&keywords=zotac+z77
SSD: Samsung 830 256G
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147138
Power Cable: picoPSU-160-XT
http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Box-picoPSU-160-XT-mini-ITX-package-picoPSU/dp/B005TWE6B8/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1338990119&sr=1-2
AC-DC Power Adapter: Ripple 12V/8.33A (100W) (Any 12V (above 100w) dc output power adapter will work fine.)
korean online store:http://www.interpark.com/product/Ma...o=664803741&sc.dispNo=016001&sc.dispNo=016001
Case: Mini-Box M350 Universal Mini-ITX enclosure
http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Mini-ITX-enclosure-PicoPSU-compatible/dp/B003DXI288/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338990083&sr=8-1
Graphics: Intel Graphics HD 4000 (with full QE/CI graphic acceleration.)
Comments
I wanted a desktop powered mini hackintosh, so I built this system using the latest z77 mini-itx board. (If I fail to build a working hackintosh, I wanted to have the motherboard with the latest technology. z77 boards provide displayports and it was very tempting. Mini DP allows high resolutions.) This was my first time building a hackintosh.
When I chose the cpu for the system, I believed that new ivy mac will release soon..so I decided to use the ivy bridge cpu instead of using a stable and compatible sandy bridge cpu for my hackintosh. I believe that the system will get stable when the new ivy mac comes out.
When I choose z77 mini-itx board, there were three choices: Asrock Z77E-ITX, ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe, Zotac Z77-ITX A-E.
Asrock board has Realtek ALC898 audio (which seems to work) and Broadcom BCM57781 Ethernet (which seems to be difficult to build a hackintosh). Therefore, I didn't choose Asrock board.
ASUS board has Realtek ALC898 audio (which seems to work) and Intel 82579V (which seems to work). However, it was out of stock when I bought my components.
Zotac Z77-ITX A-E was available in online store and I thought that this board might work because both ethernet and audio chipset were Realtek.
Zotac Z77-ITX A-E Motherboard Details:
- Sound: Realtek ALC892
- Ethernet: Realtek RTL8111E
- Wireless/Bluetooth Combo Mini PCI-E card: Azurewave AW-NB037H WiFi/Bluetooth COMBO, Model: AR5B195, Chipset: Atheros AR9285 with AR3011
Onboard Sound and Ethernet are Realtek (works w/ Multibeast)
Wireless/Bluetooth Combo Mini PCI-E card is included with the MB. (Wireless works w/ IO80211Family.kext (KextBeast). Though, I didn't try for Bluetooth kext because I use bluetooth USB dongle. Also, when I searched google for the bluetooth kext, users' comments seemed a little bit unstable for now.)
Power Details:
picoPSU-160-XT gets 12V DC input, and its output is 160~200Watt.
At first, I bought 12V/16A 192Watt AC-DC adapter(no heat/no noise). But, Ivy Bridge Processor consumes only 77W and I realized that my system doesn't go over 95w max after assembling my hackintosh and measuring the power consumption. So, I changed my AC-DC power to 12V/8.33A 100W adapter. (stable/a little heat/no noise).
<quick installation steps>
Step 0. AHCI enabled in BIOS
Step 1. Unibeast 1.3.0 with Lion 10.7.4 (UPDATE: UniBeast 1.5.0. for Mountain Lion 10.8.0.)
Step 2. BridgeHelper 5.0.0. (UPDATE: No BridgeHelper Needed)
Step 3. MultiBeast 4.5.2 (UPDATE: MultiBeast 4.6.1. )
Step 4. KextBeast IO80211Family.kext (for Wireless Lan), (UPDATE: Interim Realtek Ivy Bridge Lion AppleHDA for audio)
Afterall, everything works well.. except for the graphic HD4000 & the iCloud (UPDATE!!!: HD4000 & iCloud now works in Mountain Lion!!!!).
Intel graphics HD4000 with full graphic acceleration (QE/CI) works in ML after installing the Chimera 1.11.0 and adding the String 0166000A in the org.chameleon.Boot.plist. at the /Extra folder.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-lion-desktop-support/61216-10-8-how-enable-hd4000.html
iTunes, Mac App store works fine... but I can't login to iCloud (none of the forum's solution work because my cpu is ivy. Read for this issue: http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=58646)
UPDATE: I connected Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 and it works great!! (FaceTime, Skype, PhotoBooth,..)
Everything is working great in Mountain Lion!!!!
Core i5-3570K + Zotac Z77-ITX A-E + 8GB RAM + HD4000 + Mountain Lion 10.8.0.
System Picture
Components
CPU: Intel i5-3570K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
more info: http://www.htpc-reviews.com/thermolab-itx30-3cm-to-cool-your-mediacenter
korean online store:http://www.interpark.com/product/Ma...=1155926907&sc.dispNo=016001&sc.dispNo=016001
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147094
more info:http://www.zotacusa.com/zotac-z77-itx-wifi-z77itx-a-e.html
http://www.amazon.com/Z77ITX-A-E-Mini-ITX-Motherboard-Express-LGA1155/dp/B0089OJHBW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340076946&sr=8-1&keywords=zotac+z77
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147138
http://www.amazon.com/Mini-Box-picoPSU-160-XT-mini-ITX-package-picoPSU/dp/B005TWE6B8/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1338990119&sr=1-2
korean online store:http://www.interpark.com/product/Ma...o=664803741&sc.dispNo=016001&sc.dispNo=016001
http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Mini-ITX-enclosure-PicoPSU-compatible/dp/B003DXI288/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338990083&sr=8-1
Comments
I wanted a desktop powered mini hackintosh, so I built this system using the latest z77 mini-itx board. (If I fail to build a working hackintosh, I wanted to have the motherboard with the latest technology. z77 boards provide displayports and it was very tempting. Mini DP allows high resolutions.) This was my first time building a hackintosh.
When I chose the cpu for the system, I believed that new ivy mac will release soon..so I decided to use the ivy bridge cpu instead of using a stable and compatible sandy bridge cpu for my hackintosh. I believe that the system will get stable when the new ivy mac comes out.
When I choose z77 mini-itx board, there were three choices: Asrock Z77E-ITX, ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe, Zotac Z77-ITX A-E.
Asrock board has Realtek ALC898 audio (which seems to work) and Broadcom BCM57781 Ethernet (which seems to be difficult to build a hackintosh). Therefore, I didn't choose Asrock board.
ASUS board has Realtek ALC898 audio (which seems to work) and Intel 82579V (which seems to work). However, it was out of stock when I bought my components.
Zotac Z77-ITX A-E was available in online store and I thought that this board might work because both ethernet and audio chipset were Realtek.
Zotac Z77-ITX A-E Motherboard Details:
- Sound: Realtek ALC892
- Ethernet: Realtek RTL8111E
- Wireless/Bluetooth Combo Mini PCI-E card: Azurewave AW-NB037H WiFi/Bluetooth COMBO, Model: AR5B195, Chipset: Atheros AR9285 with AR3011
Onboard Sound and Ethernet are Realtek (works w/ Multibeast)
Wireless/Bluetooth Combo Mini PCI-E card is included with the MB. (Wireless works w/ IO80211Family.kext (KextBeast). Though, I didn't try for Bluetooth kext because I use bluetooth USB dongle. Also, when I searched google for the bluetooth kext, users' comments seemed a little bit unstable for now.)
Power Details:
picoPSU-160-XT gets 12V DC input, and its output is 160~200Watt.
At first, I bought 12V/16A 192Watt AC-DC adapter(no heat/no noise). But, Ivy Bridge Processor consumes only 77W and I realized that my system doesn't go over 95w max after assembling my hackintosh and measuring the power consumption. So, I changed my AC-DC power to 12V/8.33A 100W adapter. (stable/a little heat/no noise).
<quick installation steps>
Step 0. AHCI enabled in BIOS
Step 1. Unibeast 1.3.0 with Lion 10.7.4 (UPDATE: UniBeast 1.5.0. for Mountain Lion 10.8.0.)
Step 2. BridgeHelper 5.0.0. (UPDATE: No BridgeHelper Needed)
Step 3. MultiBeast 4.5.2 (UPDATE: MultiBeast 4.6.1. )
Step 4. KextBeast IO80211Family.kext (for Wireless Lan), (UPDATE: Interim Realtek Ivy Bridge Lion AppleHDA for audio)
Afterall, everything works well.. except for the graphic HD4000 & the iCloud (UPDATE!!!: HD4000 & iCloud now works in Mountain Lion!!!!).
Intel graphics HD4000 with full graphic acceleration (QE/CI) works in ML after installing the Chimera 1.11.0 and adding the String 0166000A in the org.chameleon.Boot.plist. at the /Extra folder.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-lion-desktop-support/61216-10-8-how-enable-hd4000.html
iTunes, Mac App store works fine... but I can't login to iCloud (none of the forum's solution work because my cpu is ivy. Read for this issue: http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=58646)
UPDATE: I connected Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 and it works great!! (FaceTime, Skype, PhotoBooth,..)
Everything is working great in Mountain Lion!!!!