Kanye's Build | i5 2500k | Z77-DS3H | 8GB Ram | GTX 560 Ti

Components

Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127594

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128547

CPU: Intel Core i5 3.3Ghz 2500k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

Drive: Seagate Barracuda 1Tb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

Case: Zalman Z11 Plus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235034

Ram: Corsair 8GB DDR3-1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145315

Power Supply: OCZ ZT 750W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341052

Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

Wifi: D-Link Wireless N ($40)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127247


Comments

My case is, in some cases (no pun intended lol), a pain. First, it's slightly small but I couldn't go for the Thermaltake MK-I, so this was my 2nd choice. Also, the front is EXTREMELY hard to open. Also, for some reason, the case doesn't have all the motherboard stand-offs for my Z77-DS3H, but it's still sturdy

The Hyper 212+ is annoying. At first I couldn't screw it in because some of the screws were way off, and the the screw wouldn't always meet the bolt. It took me a couple tries to get it on properly.

The one thing that just gets me mad is my display. My AOC 23" a good display, it really is, and I like the touch buttons it has. But of all things, it doesn't come with a DVI cable. This is my first fully built computer, but I've used many displays and all of them came with both a VGA and DVI cord. It only comes with a VGA. Now, that isn't bad, just an inconvenience, but my graphics card only has 2 DVI ports. My 2500k has integrated graphics, but the discrete graphics take over.

Installation Notes
I used the tonymacx86 UniBeast Method to install lion, and did normal things like install Lion, reboot, install MultiBeast, and reboot. Something out of the blue was I had to change my settings for my 1tb hard drive in terminal so that it was a bootable drive.

Just in case you have my situation where you have a hard drive 1tb or more that can't boot on its own, do this:

1) Use your UniBeast Drive to boot into your Lion Install
2) Go to Disk Utility, right click on the drive and unmount it
3) Go to Terminal and put in this command:
dd if=/Volumes/Name of Unibeast Drive not Lion Hard Drive/usr/standalone/i386 of=/dev/disk0s2


A Black Ops edited using my new Hackintosh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fOLxnqkifg

New Pics at the bottom of this post

I agree with you on the Cooler Master 212 Plus CPU Cooler. I bought two on sale. They are a PITA (pain in the ass) to install and don't do a good job keeping the CPU cool.

I recently picked up a Fractal R3 case. What a joy to work on/in. It's very quiet, too. Highly recommend.

Thanks. When I get enough money for another build, I'll definitely consider this case

Sweet build Kanye. I just ordered the same board to get a more compatible hack for my 2500k.

I was wondering if you have working USB 3.0. I'm trying to figure out if running Bridge Helper will enable native USB 3 even though I'll be using a SB chip.

I also see that you selected User DSDT. Is this without a DSDT on the desktop, as this post says?
http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=56617

What's MSRDumper saying for states? Is sleep working (timeout & manual)?

Sorry about all the Qs. I get my board tomorrow and I'm really anxious.

Sweet build Kanye. I just ordered the same board to get a more compatible hack for my 2500k.

I was wondering if you have working USB 3.0. I'm trying to figure out if running Bridge Helper will enable native USB 3 even though I'll be using a SB chip.

I also see that you selected User DSDT. Is this without a DSDT on the desktop, as this post says?
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=56617

What's MSRDumper saying for states? Is sleep working (timeout & manual)?

Sorry about all the Qs. I get my board tomorrow and I'm really anxious.

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Well, I have the USB 3.0 ports working, but I don't know if it gives 3.0 speeds because I don't have a 3.0 device, sorry.

I selected UserDSDT because it enables me to select other options like the audio and more. I don't have a DSDT, since you can't even download it. Anyway, just click it, it won't hurt

Sleep is working perfectly. It does obey whatever you set it as and right out of the box, so that's something to count on. At first, it did go to sleep and I couldn't wake it back up, but it was first boot so I just rebooted and the rest is history

Don't be nervous, as long as you have compatible hardware, you should be fine

It's OK with Kanye

Geek bench score?

I just completed a successful build, same MB and CPU. I did the free 32 bit only geek bench and got a score of mid 4000's, I've been searching others with the same combo to compare scores. Also curious to see what model identifier other z77/2500k builds have, I notice yours is 3,1 as is mine.

Did you run geek bench? P

pdofoto said:

I just completed a successful build, same MB and CPU. I did the free 32 bit only geek bench and got a score of mid 4000's, I've been searching others with the same combo to compare scores. Also curious to see what model identifier other z77/2500k builds have, I notice yours is 3,1 as is mine.

Did you run geek bench? P

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Yes I did, and I have to operating systems installed as well

On my Windows side I got 8598

On my Mac side I got 9566

I think if you got the 64-bit version like I did, you will get much better results, especially since OSX is a 64-bit OS

Thanks... I may get the full version and see. Assuming 64 is double 32... then 4500 may be a good result.

pdofoto said:

Thanks... I may get the full version and see. Assuming 64 is double 32... then 4500 may be a good result.

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Awesome

I think that you will not just need to try the 64bit version. My GB (also a Z77 board with a i5 2500k without O/C) gives around 9600 on the 64-bit setting, but the free 32 bit still gives around 9200/9300.........
My system definition btw (as I'm using HD 3000) is MacMini5,1.