- Joined
- Feb 2, 2013
- Messages
- 9
- Motherboard
- Asus Z97-A
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 4690K
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon RX 480
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
[SUCCESS] Z97-A - i5-4690K - GTX 660 - 16GB RAM - 10.9.5
Components
Asus Z97-A
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132118
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K2MAU5Q/
Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.6GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPRWB9G/
Cooler Master Seidon 120V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103195
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FFCB0BG/
msi N660 TF 2GD5/OC in SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127699
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0094CX8QI/
Asus Xonar DX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132006
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00198DM2K/
Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB 1866MHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233281
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R1SN36/
ADATA XPG SX900 2x256GB in RAID 0 for Windows 8.1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0AJ21P8494
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007M7XS94/
Corsair Force 3 60GB for Mac OS X 10.9.5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233223
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005RUBFAC/
Chieftec CFT-750-14CS
Corsair Carbide 400R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139008
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055Q7BR4/
Acer V243WDB
Logitech M318e
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3SD1Y62436
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ZPS3WS/
Genius KB-G265
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823102061
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DDQYEIC/
Logitech X-530
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121118
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002WPSCG/
Comments
This is my first successful Mac OS X build. For the past 4-6 years all my systems were built with AMD CPUs.
I said to myself to try something new, to see how OS X is as an operating system and till now, I’m very happy with this choice.
A friend of mine told me, years ago, that he wanted me to build him a Hackintosh (since I’m a PC builder), but I had no idea then what a Hackintosh even means… Now I know! Love it!
Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, I do not own yet an OS X keyboard.
I just can’t wait for Yosemite!
Installation Notes
I followed exactly what is written in this link:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html
I was very lucky since I did not have to use any flags.
Just for my curiosity, to see what's happening during installation, I used "-v". I did not remove the second video card, I did not disable the sound card or remove the Asus Xonar DX, did not disable network card.
I have 16GB of RAM and I did not use “maxmem=4096”, since it worked fine.
UEFI BIOS Settings
Since I use RAID 0 for Windows 8.1, I had to change from RAID to AHCI and disable the 2 ADATA SSDs
My CPU is oc-ed to 4.6GHz and I did not have to run it on the default speed.
MultiBeast 6.5.0 notes
After the 10.9.5 finished installing, I opened MultiBeast and selected "DSDT Free". Everything went smoothly.
After this, strange, but the network card "lost" the drivers and I had no connection to the internet.
Using MB again, I installed 3.1.0 drivers, worked like a charm.
Regarding the sound card, I installed ALC892 and Intel 9 Series MB Supp. After this, in Sound, I selected Internal Speakers. Now I have sound, on the green jack.
I also installed TRIM Enabler 10.9.4+ TRIM Patch for TRIM. It works.
I did not install Intel Generic AHCI SATA (in my first attempt after installing it, OS X froze and not even -x; -f; -F; UseKernelCache=No worked).
dumi's Devil's Canyon build
Z97-A - i5-4690K - GTX 660 - 16GB RAM - OS X 10.9.5
Z97-A - i5-4690K - GTX 660 - 16GB RAM - OS X 10.9.5
Components
Asus Z97-A
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132118
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K2MAU5Q/
Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.6GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117372
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPRWB9G/
Cooler Master Seidon 120V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103195
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FFCB0BG/
msi N660 TF 2GD5/OC in SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127699
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0094CX8QI/
Asus Xonar DX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132006
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00198DM2K/
Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB 1866MHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233281
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007R1SN36/
ADATA XPG SX900 2x256GB in RAID 0 for Windows 8.1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0AJ21P8494
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007M7XS94/
Corsair Force 3 60GB for Mac OS X 10.9.5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233223
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005RUBFAC/
Chieftec CFT-750-14CS
Corsair Carbide 400R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139008
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055Q7BR4/
Acer V243WDB
Logitech M318e
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3SD1Y62436
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ZPS3WS/
Genius KB-G265
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823102061
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DDQYEIC/
Logitech X-530
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121118
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002WPSCG/
Comments
This is my first successful Mac OS X build. For the past 4-6 years all my systems were built with AMD CPUs.
I said to myself to try something new, to see how OS X is as an operating system and till now, I’m very happy with this choice.
A friend of mine told me, years ago, that he wanted me to build him a Hackintosh (since I’m a PC builder), but I had no idea then what a Hackintosh even means… Now I know! Love it!
Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, I do not own yet an OS X keyboard.
I just can’t wait for Yosemite!
Installation Notes
I followed exactly what is written in this link:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html
I was very lucky since I did not have to use any flags.
Just for my curiosity, to see what's happening during installation, I used "-v". I did not remove the second video card, I did not disable the sound card or remove the Asus Xonar DX, did not disable network card.
I have 16GB of RAM and I did not use “maxmem=4096”, since it worked fine.
UEFI BIOS Settings
Since I use RAID 0 for Windows 8.1, I had to change from RAID to AHCI and disable the 2 ADATA SSDs
My CPU is oc-ed to 4.6GHz and I did not have to run it on the default speed.
MultiBeast 6.5.0 notes
After the 10.9.5 finished installing, I opened MultiBeast and selected "DSDT Free". Everything went smoothly.
After this, strange, but the network card "lost" the drivers and I had no connection to the internet.
Using MB again, I installed 3.1.0 drivers, worked like a charm.
Regarding the sound card, I installed ALC892 and Intel 9 Series MB Supp. After this, in Sound, I selected Internal Speakers. Now I have sound, on the green jack.
I also installed TRIM Enabler 10.9.4+ TRIM Patch for TRIM. It works.
I did not install Intel Generic AHCI SATA (in my first attempt after installing it, OS X froze and not even -x; -f; -F; UseKernelCache=No worked).