Recent content by smartiesmaug

I agree, the old one looked out of place in yosemite.

Really good selection of parts you have there, yes, you'll have a successful installation of Yosemite/lower except lion, that being said, your motherboard doesn't work with FREE DSDT, in MultiBeast, you'll need to choose the option that says (EasyBeast) here's a thread that explains why...

You sure that fanless cooler will work? I mean, You have an i7 quad core that's fairly high clocked, I'd hate to imagine how much heat that thing will throw out, better be safe than sorry, I can recommend you a silent fan cooler or a good water cooling setup if you like.

I think you should at least get a 4360 as well, even then, the 4600 isn't supported out the box in Yosemite, I think you need to use a boot loader like chameleon/clover to get it to work, I'm glad I don't have to deal with all that, better to use a budget standalone GPU that's got twice/three...

I'm still using mountain lion, got no plans to upgrade to any future releases, I love kitties too much :lol:

Actually overclocking is possible, you need to update your bios first, reason being is because by default overclocking is disabled due to the 20th anniversary G3258 CPU, Here's the update for your board only - https://www.dropbox.com/s/5yigkifa4ra7iug/E7816IMS.C60.zip

There's an official version from apple themselves (kinda high priced but worth it) eBay is you're best bet for that http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-A1006-DVI-to-ADC-Adapter-for-HD-Cinema-Display-EMC-No-1918-ma-40-C22-/121649978583?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c52e75cd7 ..Or there's third...

Depends, if you prefer looks over performance then it'll make more sense to stick with the iMac as nothing comes close to it's beauty, Prefer speed and customisation? customac all the way.

I agree, gigabyte boards are best for beginners :]

I doubt it's as sexy looking as a 27'' iMac screen but.. here you go - Dell 24'' U2414H also in 27'' (cost more, obviously), it's ultra sharp and is perfect for artists such as yourself :)

Go with a corsair 600W CX series, it comes in non modular and modular, it's a nice power supply, lasted me almost 2 years so far in my work build, you can also go for a 550w version or at least I think it's 550, might be 500, not sure, anyway.. cx series is not bad and very quiet too.

Your 970 will need nVidia drivers, your motherboard has had successful installs, CPU is fine, I recommend you get ram that's actually recommended in the buyers guide, or check compatibility, fans and solid states are all good, plenty of PSU power coming from a top brand, storage drive is all...

Don't all gigabyte boards work? heard they were getting Hackintosh friendly by the minute.

Here you go - http://www.tonymacx86.com/basics/104461-how-install-dsdt.html (remember, All this what I'm about to tell you, needs to be done after you've just created your UniBeast boot drive from within os x) Ok, you can either create your own or see if one is available for your motherboard...

You are going to need a DSDT file for your motherboard, The L version requires it and I'm pretty sure this version does too, could be wrong though, worth a try right? :-)