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Update: My rig has been working nicely for the last almost 4 years, but I have upgraded a few parts and figured I should post a list of updates and if the functionality changed. 1) Added NVidia GeForce GTX 770 4GB video card (no issues) 2) Upgraded power supply to Corsair RM650 (no issues) 3)...

Hi All, I like to use search operators whenever I can to sort through lots of results, but I can't figure out if/how they are implemented here. For example, I want to see only posts that have 'Ripjaws V,' in that exact phrase, but typing in Ripjaws V or "Ripjaws V" or Ripjaws+V gives me results...

Thanks! I read the NH-L12 can handle a TDP of 95W with just the bottom fan (the 2630 V4 is 85W), but I didn't think about the orientation of all the fans and how that would impact airflow and cooling. I'll do some more forum scouring to see what might be more practical. I may end up going with a...

Hi Going Bald, Thank you for the links. I neglected to say in my post that I opted for the Xeon for cost reasons (2630 V4 is ~$670 while the 6950 is ~$1600) and because the analyses are more core-limited than speed-limited. I don't know exactly which Matlab functions she uses, but I believe her...

People have figured out how to make Thunderbolt work on that board (see instructions here), but if you don't need it right now you may be better off buying a cheaper board without TB and then getting an add-in board, like Gigabyte's offering (which as far as I know is still not available in...

Fellow Hackintoshers, Back in 2013 I built my first Hackintosh for a combination of gaming, photo and video editing for me and complex spatial and statistical analyses in Matlab for my fiancée...

This will only help those who live near a Microcenter retail store, and sales tax must be paid. It's not clear how long this price will last, and there may be better pricing from other retailers (including Tonymacx86 referrals) around Black Friday, but so far this is the best price I've seen on...

Which motherboard you select depends on how you plan to use your system both now and in the future. My examples are all from the Ivy Bridge era because that is the kind of Hackintosh I built. For example, if you you need a compact system for a small workspace you will probably want to get a...

What Solidww said: more information would definitely be helpful. For example, are you trying to use the VGA port? If so, you won't be able to boot outside of safe mode. Period. And if you ran MultiBeast, how did you not end up with a Chameleon.boot.plist? I have a very similar build (except a...

Hi Miaouss, I'm Glad you found this helpful! I had a really hard time getting Hackintosh running because I wasn't able to find anyone else who had done a similar build and left detailed instructions (most who get this motherboard and CPU combo also use dedicated graphics cards). I hope when you...

Hi D-an-W, I have revision 1.1 and have in fact gotten my front headphone port to work. Interesting, it doesn't actually show up in my list of audio devices in the audio preferences unless my headphones are plugged in. Have you tried varying how hard your headphones are plugged in? I discovered...

When you say a clean boot do you mean that you can get to the desktop, on your Mountain Lion hard drive, and not in safe mode? If so, congrats! It sounds like you still have a ways to go before you have a fully-functioning system, but hopefully you'll still get there. I wish I could be more...

I think you will get the best results by either working with aaron97's settings OR mine. The contents of the org.Chameleon.boot.plist file is determined by what you select in MultiBeast. The only reason to manually modify that file is for something like the graphics injection string. If we're...

What versions of UniBeast and MultiBeast are you using? I'm not sure what version of UniBeast I used, but I think my MultiBeast is 5.3.0. If the drivers change at all between releases that could account for your difficulty following my and aaron97's suggestions. Also, have you tried...

I'm not at my Hackintosh right now so I'm trying to do some of this from memory, but I think the 'System' part of the System/Library/Extras/ path should be at the top of your directory on your boot hard drive. If you have a Mac keyboard you can use the keyboard shortcut command+shift+c to get to...