SangThip's Build - ASRock X79 Extreme6 - Core i7-3930K @ 4.2 GHz, 32GB & Geforce GTX 770

[sangthip]

[Sucess] SangThip's Build - ASRock X79 Extreme6 - Core i7-3930K @ 4.2 GHz, 32GB & Geforce GTX 770

[Success] SangThip's Build - ASRock X79 Extreme6 - Core i7-3930K @ 4.2 GHz - Geforce GTX 670​

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Components

Mac OS X version 10.8.3 @ Mac App Store
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512?ls=1&mt=12

Thermaltake Urban S41 Mid Tower Black ATX Case
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CL6H02M/

ASRock X79 Extreme 6 LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006ZBS2H6/

Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00603QXPM/

Corsair PC3-1500 32Gb Vengeance 9,10,9,27 1.5v Ram
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-Desktop-Memory-CMZ32GX3M4A1866C9/dp/B00A6JH49A/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1378944465&sr=1-1&keywords=Corsair+Vengeance+32GB+%284x8GB%29+DDR3+1866+MHz+%28PC3+15000%29+Desktop+Memory+CMZ32GX3M4A1866C9

MSI GeForce GTX670 Power Edition OC
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-DisplayPort-PCI-Express-N670-2GD5/dp/B008BGXYAS/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1378944664&sr=1-1&keywords=MSI+geforce+670gtx+oc

SanDisk Extreme SSD (SDSSDX-120G-Q25)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006EKJCWM/

WD - WD5000HHTZ 500GB VelociRaptor, SATA III
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007VPGK42/

Seagate 2TB Barracuda, SATA III, 7200RPM, 64MB (3)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005OKQUJ6/

PC Power & Cooling - PPCMK3S850-Silencer MKIII 850W PSU, 80+ Gold , Modular Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/PC-Power-Cooling-Capacitors-PPCMK3S850/dp/B00AXX0MZC/

Silverstone Tundra TD02 Water Cooling, Fans replaced with Delta AFB1212SHE-4F1C (2)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DTRRDQU/

Delta AFB1212SHE-4F1C FAN (2)
http://www.amazon.com/Electronics-AFB1212SHE-120x120x38mm-Cooling-connector/dp/B004Y1HLA8

Arctic F12Pro PWM Case Fans (2)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00261HV2Q/

CoolerMaster - R4-C2R-20AC-GP Lower Case Fan
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026ZPFDE/

LG - 27EA83R 27inch IPS LED ColorPrime Monitor, 2560x1440
http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-27EA83R-D-27-Inch-Monitor/dp/B00BPMKSBI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378772134&sr=8-1&keywords=lg+27ea83r

LG Blu Ray Burner BH16NS40
http://www.amazon.com/LG-BH16NS40-AUAU10B-BH16NS40-Internal-Blu-ray/dp/B00B1HUYFC/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1378772325&sr=8-6&keywords=lg+BH16NS40

PCIe 4-Ports SATA 6G HyperDuo Card
http://www.amazon.com/Syba-HyperDuo-Port-PCI--SD-PEX40054/dp/B009LIPHNC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378772695&sr=8-1&keywords=SD-PEX40054

Aerocool Touch 2100 Touch Fan Controller
http://www.amazon.com/AeroCool-EN51965-Touch-2100-Touch-Controller/dp/B00A2BHC8A/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378772942&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=AEROCOOL+2001

Xonar DG Pci Headphone Amp (cmi8786 Chipset)
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-XONAR-Headphone-Audio-Card/dp/B0045JHJSS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378772810&sr=8-1&keywords=XONAR+PCI+DG

PCI-E to 4 port USB 3.0+ 4 port USB2.0 card (needed more internal USB3 Ports)

Orico 2.5" & 3.5" to 5.25" Dual Solid State Hard Drive mounting brackets kits (2) (each fitted with 2.5&3.5 Drive and 60cm Fan)

STW Multi-function panel 2-port USB3.0 Hub+All-in-one USB2.0 card reader
http://szstw.en.alibaba.com/product/1503162883-218342316/2013_portable_high_speed_desktop_all_in_1_usb3_0_card_reader.html

Mini PCI-E Express to PCI-E Wireless Adapter (to make my own Airport Card)

Already Own

WD Blue 250GB 2.5 SATAII (2)
WD 300GB 3.5 SATAII
Atheros 9258 WiFi Card
Hiper Keyboard Aluminium HCK-1K18A
Phillips 247EL 1920x1080 LCD Monitor
LOFREE MT-100 2.4GHz Wireless Mini Trackpad (Windows,Ubuntu)
Altec Lansing FX4201 Speakers
Apple Trackpad (OSX)
Sata Cables, Cable Sheathing, 60cm Fans, Old Heat Sinks, Tape, Glue
(and Blood, those Delta fans don't stop if you put your fingers in them)


Comments

About This Build

My desktop Computer, used mainly for Photography and Video creation , some gaming and seeing what i can make it do. It will spend 70% of its time in OS X, 20% in Windows and 10% in Ubuntu, It has to be stable in all OS's used and QUIET most of the time ( overclocking to a rock steady 4.8 Produces lots of fan noise but does not get above 85decC Clocked at 4.2 it is as quiet as a Mac Pro and never exceeds 65DegC)

While this is not my first Hackintosh, it is the first to use mostly new top end equipment. the rest have been old PC's and Old Net & Notebooks

For all intents and purposes I was able to get this system fully functioning, minus native cpu powermanagement. Still NO DSDT used. (next on the list)

OpenCL works Out of Box, Both VGA HDMI Audio Controllers are supported Out of Box,
I use a modified (by Ksosx86) VoodooHDA 2.7.4 for ALC 898 audio, and his VoodooTSCSync kext modified to
work with the 3930K, IOCPUNumber=11.

OSX Installation Guide

-Step 1) Create a bootable USB drive from your Mac App Store purchased copy of the "Install OS X Mountain Lion.app" by using "UniBeast - Mountain Lion".

-Step 2) Once Unibeast has finished creating your bootable USB drive, place all the modified and extra kexts in the SLE directory
and suitable smbios and chameleon.boot files in the Extra directory. ( reason for this step is that My System would right Royaly spit the dummy if done otherwise)

-Step 3) Boot your system from Unibeast, and install Mountain Lion, make sure you're installing to a partition/drive that's using "GUID Partition Table/GPT", not "Master Boot Record/MBR".

-Step 4) Once your installation is finished, reboot. Once the system loads, fill out the setup wizard accordingly, and Reboot.

-That's it, enjoy your ASRock Extreme6 X79 build on Mountain Lion.3!


Testing



Temps 1 after 24hrs prime test (OC at 4.4x104) dropped to 3.2 under Stress

2 after 24Hrs Normal use (OC at 4.4x104)


Notes

-CPU Powermanagement: Currently there is no native cpu power management for LGA 2011 boards, Nullcpupowermanagement.kext is required.

-Multi-Core Support: There is no "out of box" multi-core/HT support VoodooTSCSync.kext for them to work.

-Graphics: The 10.8.3 Drivers for Nvidia GTX670 and CUDA are installed (gotten from the Nvidia site)

-Sleep Mode: Sleep works 100% with the use of SleepEnabler.kext, and the boot flag "darkwake=0" .Be sure to have "Deep Sx" set to "Disabled" in your motherboard's BIOS. If enabled, it will conflict and cause problems.

-LPC Support: a modified copy of AppleLPC,

-USB 3.0: For full USB 3.0 support, install the kexts from ASMedia1042 10.8 USB3.0.zip

-Trim Support: Launch the TrimEnabler app and set the slider to the "on" position, then reboot and you'll have working Trim support on all SSDs.

-Onboard Audio: a modified copy of the "2.7.4 VoodooHDA", Specifically tailored it for this board *ALC898 codec*, it works just fine in both 16 & 24bit. There's no tearing, popping, or hissing issue with it. Thanks to Ksosx86

-HDMI Audio: use the EnableHDMI audio flags in the bootloader's boot plist. Mountain Lion supports quite a few if not all mainstream video cards' HDMI audio controllers with vanilla AppleHDA.

-Bootloader: Personally, I'm using the latest "Chimera" build hosted here at Tonymac

-Ethernet: The onboard Broadcom BCM57781 controller works 100% with the "IONetworkingFamily.kext" attached at the bottom.

Overclock: 4.2 GHz @ 1.25v ( My system is able to run prime95 and cinebench for 24hrs non-stop at 4.8 Ghz overclock without exceeding 85DegC But my ears sufferd.. those Delta fans are NOISY and Loud when pulling 150CFM each at 3900RPM through the Radiator)

Build Problems

Install USB needed to have the final smbios, chameleon in Extra and all the Final kexts in SLE to boot up and Install Properly ?????

HDA not fully support the ALC898 and Not the Xonar DG cmi8786

Not being able to get raid working on either the Intel or Marvell for OSX

LG BluRay BH16NS40
1. If installed on the ASMedia ports it opens the tray at boot if empty and refuses to work in OSX, ok in Windows
2. If installed on the Marvell 9230 Controller Windows thinks its a SCSII CDROM with power problems and wont work, ok in OSX
So save yourself some hair and install it on one of the Intel C600 SATAII ports it works properly in Windows and OSX if placed there.

The original fans on the TD02 Water Cooler really could not keep it cool at full stroke, they were replaced with Delta fans.

The Delta AFB1212SHE Fans are as quiet as the Silverstones at low revs but pull twice the Air, but when the Heat builds up so does the noise from these fans, at half speed the are about as loud as the silverstones at full speed, at full speed they are almost twice as loud.
(they are pulling 300CFM of air at full, The Silverstones only pulled 120CFM (not the 90 each claimed))

The Tundra TD02 was a lot easier to fit than a lot of those HUGE Kg+ coolers some people use.

Modifications since Build time
1. 2.5 SSD, 3.5 Raptor and 60cm fan mounted in 5.25 bay adapter (Fusion) then placed behind front panel

2. 2.5 WD Blue, Old 3.5 and 60cm fan mounted in 5.25 bay adapter (Windows 8 and Ubuntu) then placed behind front panel

3. Delta Fans turned into SUCK mode, blowing hot air over the PWM wasnt a good idea, Top cover Filter and most of the plastic crossbars removed to reduce noise resonance

4. 60cm Fan placed over PWM to force air over it.

5. PCie to USB3 adapter, So I could have 6 3.0 ports at the front

6. 2 of the 2tb Segates software OSX Mirrored and the other as ExFat for Sharing Files between all three OS's

7. Upgrade to 10.8.4
Fusion drive screwed up during upgrade, System now running, Main OS on SSD, Caches and temp on Ramdrive, working Data on Raptor, and rest (including RamDrive load stuff) on Raid (mirror). It only adds 1 sec to startup time and 3 to shutdown time. New HDD test pics included (Disk Speed Test just did not know how to handle the speed look at all those Negative numbers



8. Changed over to HDA audio thanks to http://www.tonymacx86.com/audio/55638-interim-realtek-ivy-bridge-lion-applehda.html

-MultiBeast configuration.


Photo Gallery
Looks good from every angle EXCEPT the Rat's Nest of wires behind the mainboard






Credits To

Apple Computers Inc. tonymacx86 & MacMan for Unibeast.
MultiCore support: http://forge.voodooprojects.org/p/voodootscsync/
Sleep Mode: http://code.google.com/p/xnu-sleep-enabler/
and special credits to ksosx86 and his work on the Asrock Extreme4 x79 3930k System

Files, Drivers and Kexts Used/Modified. Attached

 

[sangthip]

Update to 10.8.5




Almost flawless only onboard broadcom 57781 failed


After many failed attempts to update to 10.8.5 I decided to patch my DSDT to give everything I could a point to attach to..


I needed my Marvell 88SE9230 and one of the networking cards working from GO for an update to work properly.




I Patched much of the DSDT and the patches I applied for the wireless card, the Marvell card and the Intel c600 SATA controller along with a nopci=0x2000, allowed the update to work almost perfectly.


Update Procedure was.


Download combo update
Fix permissions on the Boot drive
Apply the update
Use kextwizard to put back the AppleHDA and the 1.6.2b GenericUSBXHCI kexts
Fix permissions again
reboot with a -f flag

Patches org.chameleon.Boot.plist

kernel flags     -v npci=0x3000 npci=0x2000 GraphicsEnabler=No darkwake=0

DSDT

DSDT SATA Section
                Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
                {
                    Store (Package (0x0A)
                        {
                            "AAPL,slot-name", 
                            "Built In", 
                            "name", 
                            "Intel AHCI Controller", 
                            "model", 
                            Buffer (0x36)
                            {
                                "Intel C600 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller"
                            }, 


                            "device_type", 
                            Buffer (0x10)
                            {
                                "AHCI Controller"
                            }, 


                            "device-id", 
                            Buffer (0x04)
                            {
                                0x02, 0x1D, 0x00, 0x00
                            }
                        }, Local0)
                    DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                    Return (Local0)
                }

DSDT MAR1  Marvell card  (PCI Slot 4)
            Device (MAR1)
            {
                Name (_ADR, 0x00010000)
                Method (_PRW, 0, NotSerialized)
                {
                    Return (GPRW (0x09, 0x04))
                }


                Method (_PRT, 0, NotSerialized)
                {
                    If (PICM)
                    {
                        Return (AR21)
                    }


                    Return (PR21)
                }


                Device (PXSX)
                {
                    Name (_ADR, Zero)
                    Name (_PRW, Package (0x02)
                    {
                        0x09, 
                        0x04
                    })
                    Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
                    {
                        Store (Package (0x08)
                            {
                                "AAPL,slot-name", 
                                "PCI4", 
                                "device_type", 
                                "AHCI Controller", 
                                "name", 
                                "Marvell AHCI Controller", 
                                "model", 
                                "Marvell 88SE9230 SATA Controller"
                            }, Local0)
                        DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                        Return (Local0)
                    }
                }

DSDT WFI1  Atheros 9285 Card
                Device (ARPT)
                {
                    Name (_ADR, Zero)
                    Name (_PRW, Package (0x02)
                    {
                        0x0B, 
                        0x05
                    })
                    Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
                    {
                        Store (Package (0x0C)
                            {
                                "AAPL,slot-name", 
                                Buffer (0x08)
                                {
                                    "AirPort"
                                }, 


                                "device-id", 
                                Unicode ("+"), 
                                "device_type", 
                                Buffer (0x08)
                                {
                                    "AirPort"
                                }, 


                                "model", 
                                Buffer (0x34)
                                {
                                    "Atheros 9285 8802.11 b/g/n Wireless Network Adapter"
                                }, 


                                "subsystem-id", 
                                Buffer (0x04)
                                {
                                    0x16, 0xE0, 0x00, 0x00
                                }, 


                                "subsystem-vendor-id", 
                                Buffer (0x04)
                                {
                                    0x5B, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00
                                }
                            }, Local0)
                        DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                        Return (Local0)
                    }
                }

Now all I have to get going is the onboard 57781 network card

Can anyone give me hints on how to fix it without resorting to to a patched Kext if possible..

this didn't work

            Device (NET1)
            {
                Name (_ADR, 0x001C0003)
                OperationRegion (PXRC, PCI_Config, Zero, 0x0100)
                Field (PXRC, AnyAcc, NoLock, Preserve)
                {
                            Offset (0x60), 
                            Offset (0x62), 
                    PMS,    1, 
                    PMP,    1, 
                            Offset (0xD8), 
                        ,   30, 
                    HPE,    1, 
                    PCE,    1, 
                        ,   30, 
                    HPS,    1, 
                    PCS,    1
                }


                Method (CSS, 0, NotSerialized)
                {
                    Store (One, PMS)
                    Store (One, PCS)
                    Store (One, PMS)
                }


                Method (SPRT, 1, NotSerialized)
                {
                    CSS ()
                    Store (One, PCE)
                    CSS ()
                }


                Method (WPRT, 1, NotSerialized)
                {
                    Store (Zero, PCE)
                    CSS ()
                }


                Method (_PRW, 0, NotSerialized)
                {
                    Return (GPRW (0x09, 0x04))
                }


                Method (_PRT, 0, NotSerialized)
                {
                    If (PICM)
                    {
                        Return (AR14)
                    }


                    Return (PR14)
                }
                Device (PXSX)
                {
                  Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized)
                  {
                    Store (Package (0x11)
                        {
                            "Name", 
                            Buffer (0x09)
                            {
                                "Ethernet"
                            }, 


                            "Model", 
                            Buffer (0x12)
                            {
                                "Broadcom 57781"
                            }, 


                            "Device-id", 
                            Buffer (0x04)
                            {
                                0xB4, 0x16, 0x00, 0x00
                            }, 


                            "Vendor-id", 
                            Buffer (0x04)
                            {
                                0xE4, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00
                            }, 


                            "Compatible", 
                            Buffer (0x0E)
                            {
                                "Pci14e4, 16b4"
                            }, 


                            "IOName", 
                            Buffer (0x0E)
                            {
                                "Pci14e4, 16b4"
                            }, 


                            "IONameMatch", 
                            Buffer (0x08)
                            {
                                "Pci14e4"
                            }, 


                            Buffer (0x05)
                            {
                                "16b4"
                            }, 


                            "built-in", 
                            Buffer (One)
                            {
                                0x01
                            }
                        }, Local0)
                    DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0))
                    Return (Local0)
                  }
                }
            }

 

[sangthip]

Network and 10.8.5 now fixed via a patched , patched v3.0 IONetworkingFamily.kext





New files and DSDT attached

 

[sangthip]

Udated Bios.. now v2.45

ASRock have really done some work on this ROM update.

Going into the settings and selecting 5.0Ghz and changing nothing else WALLAH!! a Solid Stable 5Ghz that I have ran hard for 2 hrs straight and only just hit 90decC and topping out at 126W that was impossible before, I had it running at 5.2 but only for 5 minutes before it hit 91Deg and promptly shutdown. ( I keep thermal protection turned on )


It also seems to be stepping properly as shown here (4.2x104) base settings topping out at 60Deg and 84Watt.

 

[genzai]

Thanks so much for your useful posts. Can you confirm a couple of things for me?
Does the Syba (e)SATA SD-PEX40054 work with hot-plug? Can you eject a disk and then replug it or plug a different disk and have it mount up while in OS X?

Which "PCI-E to 4 port USB 3.0+ 4 port USB2.0" adapter did you get? i would like to add more internal USB 3.0 on my system to route to the front.

thanks!
g\

 

[sangthip]

Sorry about the long reply time


The PCI to USB from ebay has a NEC controller heres the link
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121156639964?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

The SD-PEX40054 works as hot plug should in 10.8.5 providing you patch the DSDT to reserve a space for it and add extra code to tell it that it can hot swap.

My system and yours are very different I have ASRock board So I can't Guarantee it will work as well for you.

 

[genzai]

Sorry about the long reply time


The PCI to USB from ebay has a NEC controller heres the link
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121156639964?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

The SD-PEX40054 works as hot plug should in 10.8.5 providing you patch the DSDT to reserve a space for it and add extra code to tell it that it can hot swap.

My system and yours are very different I have ASRock board So I can't Guarantee it will work as well for you.

Awesome,
Thanks for the info. Do you have any suggested place for the DSDT edits for hotplug on the eSATA card? or are they included in your DSDT edits posted above?
Thanks,
g\

 

[sangthip]

Updated to Mavericks

working VL80x, ASmedia104 and TI 730x USB 3.0 and 2.0
working onboard sound ALC898
working onboard network broadcom 55781
working Wifi Atheros 9285
working Intel c600, Asmedia 106 and Marvell 88se9230 SATA
working Nvidia GTX 670
working USB sound

The only problem I have is some freezing of mouse when switching to the New Safari

Modified Kexts for ASRock x79 Extreme6 included

Mouse problem solved.. it was the logitech mouse/keyboard and LCC
new version downloaded from logitech fixed the problem

 

[genzai]

Updated to Mavericks

working VL80x, ASmedia104 and TI 730x USB 3.0 and 2.0
working onboard sound ALC898
working onboard network broadcom 55781
working Wifi Atheros 9285
working Intel c600, Asmedia 106 and Marvell 88se9230 SATA
working Nvidia GTX 670
working USB sound

The only problem I have is some freezing of mouse when switching to the New Safari

Modified Kexts for ASRock x79 Extreme6 included

Thanks sangthip, i think i am going to build a sister system to yours soon, though i will probably use a 4xxx series IVB-E and hope for power management support when the new mac pro ships.

Cheers,
g\

 

[sangthip]

SangThip's Build - ASRock X79 Extreme6 - Core i7-3930K @ 4.2 GHz, 32GB & Geforce GTX 770

Go for it

As far as it goes. Hackintoshes are getting easier to make.

BTW the pci to usb card with the NEC controller blew up, I bought another from the same person and it has a VLI800 chip on it. I've managed to get usb 2 working on it but usb 3 ATM is a little unstable. This is on the must fix now list.

Also Mavericks appears and tests faster and also runs cooler with the Tundra Water system not exceeding 30deg for normal 4.4Ghz work and only getting up to 65Deg when running prime flat chat.