Hardware compatibility questions.

This is my first attempt at building a custom Mac, and I have a question about some hardware. This is my list thus far:

[*]GIGABYTE GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

[*]G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory

[*]Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz

[*]Segate 3TB internal HDD

[*]LG SATA internal Blu-ray drive

[*]CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

[*]EVGA 01G-P3-1302-LR GeForce 8400 GS 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card

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1) From looking at the DSDT guide, I see my motherboard, but more sub categories than I know the info for (It goes into F8, F4, F3. I have no clue which mine is.)

2) Is this video card compatible? I did a Google search and found no results pertaining to custom Mac builds.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Confirmed Blu-ray DVD drive since you did not link the specific model
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=40798

F4, F8, ETC are supposed to match up with your BIOS firmware.

Check under M.I.T. section BIOS to determine your BIOS firmware.

How to tell firmware BIOS

http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=36390

I am not so sure on that card maybe someone else on here can chime in on that.

I believe this works.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814121473

Other selections a 9400gt, 9500gt, 9600gt, gt 210, gt430, HD 6450.

Sorry, the specific model for the blu-ray is:

SAMSUNG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-/+R 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Combo Model SH-B123L/RSBP LightScribe Support

and thanks for the BIOS info. I'll look it up!

Cheers!

zpowell1 said:

Sorry, the specific model for the blu-ray is:

SAMSUNG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-/+R 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Combo Model SH-B123L/RSBP LightScribe Support

and thanks for the BIOS info. I'll look it up!

Cheers!

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If you want Blu-ray drive, only LG.

It should work fine.

jester969 said:

It should work fine.

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An "unsupported" optical drive can cause sleep issues. This will work.

I knew that but I thought OP would not bother with sleep since most still struggle with getting their hack to sleep properly. Even mine does not want to go bed, so I do the lazy way and shut him down.

Thanks Mate94 for the link I will now offer this option for would be buyers.