Recent content by sbit38

Thank you, and sorry I haven't been checking in either. Fixed the shutdown problem (same as you suggested), and it is working great (I am on 10.10.3). My only complaint now is the fan noise. I am using supermicro heatsink/fan, and the noise is noticeably higher. The CPU spacing does limit...

Hi, Thanks for sharing. I set up the exact same machine last month but didn't get a chance to do any real testing. My setup has similar GB score, but there are a couple of things that aren't working quite right yet: 1. I have no turbo boost. Both CPUs maxes out at 3.06GHz. Not that I will need...

Sorry late to this thread. H61 + Sandy Bridge, you will only get 1333MHz speed because that's what SB officially support. Anything higher will be considered OC, which H61 doesn't support. H61 + Ivy Bridge, you will get 1600MHz, because that's what IB officially support. In my case, I done the...

Thank you for your suggestion on thermal paste application. I usually do the tear drop in the middle method, but in this case, I also used the smearing method. No consistent difference between the 2. Noise can definitely be a reason. In the case of Intel vs 212evo, I would say that with my own...

Aaron, thank you for sharing your experience. I assume you are talking about your 4.5GHz OC'd 3770k hitting 75C under load. That's actually quite comparable to what I got with 4.2GHz OC'd 2700k on Intel Stock heatsink, and it was that temperature which prompt me to consider after market...

Greg, thank you for the explanation of how heat-pipe work. But then, when the case is up right, and the heatsink assembly is pointing horizontally, it wouldn't work properly because all the fluid would be on one end of the pipe away from the CPU? I was going to try to have the motherboard...

I recently built a hackintosh using GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 and i7-2700K. I wasn't planning on overclocking it and only got the 2700k because I needed an i7 and HD3000, and I was able to get it on ebay cheaper than a 2600k. I ran it on Intel's stock heatsink/fan and was generally happy with it's...

I have recently built 2 machines with MSI (H61) and Gigabyte (Z68) boards. After some experimenting, I've decided to retire one of them and build a 3rd machine with Q77. The reason for using Q77 is for it's support of Vpro/AMT feature: not critical, but it's something I've wanted to try. I am...

Just a quick update: used CCC to clone the boot drive to the SSD, transfer worked fine, but I had to reinstall the bootloader. Now it boots really fast, about 10 sec. from the Chimera screen, and less than 30 sec. from power-on. There are still a couple of problems: no sleep, and adobe flash...

Onboard/on-chip graphics was already disabled. I am not sure, but it could be specific to the graphics card I put in as others with the same card had the exact problem. It's really not a problem as long as you use the "PCIRootUID=0" boot flag in org.chameleon.Boot.plist, just one extra step. I...

Just want to post an update. I received the Asus GeForce 210 EN210 SILENT/DI/1GD3/V2(LP). After installing the video card, I was unable to boot. Tried a few things with no success, so I decided to reinstall ML/Unibeast. However, I couldn't boot the USB stick either and the screen turns off after...

Hello zaptoons and goober296, Thank you for your input. A little update: got my Gigabyte mobo this afternoon, but whoever shipped it did not pack it properly and it came with 20+ bend pins in the CPU socket. No CPU, no boot, no joy. eBay.... So, I am going with the graphics card route...

Dear zaptoons, Thank you for the suggestion on the GT210 card. Prior to this, I was considering an Asus version of this card (http://www.amazon.com/EN210-SILENT-DI-1GD3-V2/dp/B004I8W4VI/) based on some threads I've read. The 2 cards should probably work similarly. I will get the Gigabyte board...

Thank you, Neil, for your suggestion! I agree with you that I should have gone with a new built with Z77 & an Ivy Bridge CPU, 3225 or 3570K. But I was obsessed with getting the Sandy Bridge i3 to work that I ignored the bigger picture; a brain f*rt if you will. One reason I like the my...

Actually, most desktop ivy bridge cpus don't support HD 4000. Only the i7s, i5-3570K, -3475S and i3-3225 support HD 4000, the rest have HD 2500. It's similar for the sandy bridge cpus, only 2 each of i7, i5 & i3 support HD 3000, and the rest are HD 2000. I understand it would take time and...