Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide September 2013

[aqlynch75]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide September 2013

Just saw this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131992

It's an ASUS board on 1150 with thunderbolt. It shows it as having a UEFI bios: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z87EXPERT/

Is this by some chance compatible?

Gigabyte released the z87 dual Thunderbolt board already...

http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4593#ov

 

[Stork]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide September 2013

Gigabyte released the z87 dual Thunderbolt board already...

http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4593#ov

This a Thunderbolt v1 10Gbps chipset. The Thunderbolt v2 20Gbps chipset motherboards will be released in mid-late October 2013.

 

[aqlynch75]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide September 2013

This a Thunderbolt v1 10Gbps chipset. The Thunderbolt v2 20Gbps chipset motherboards will be released in mid-late October 2013.

I am confused... So will the board I posted the link to work with a new hackintosh build? I pulled the trigger and ordered it. Should I send it back? Will I have issues with getting it set up? Please .

GA-Z87X-UD5 TH

 

[Stork]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide September 2013

It will work fine. It just that it has Thunderbolt v1 (10Gbps) rather than v2 (20Gbps). My "Thunderball" build is working fine with Thunderbolt v1. However, unless you're going to use one of the new upcoming 4K resolution monitors in the future, you probably won't notice the difference.

That being said, I am waiting for v2, but I'm going to use it to test the tonymacx86 software.

 

[aqlynch75]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide September 2013

It will work fine. It just that it has Thunderbolt v1 (10Gbps) rather than v2 (20Gbps). My "Thunderball" build is working fine with Thunderbolt v1. However, unless you're going to use one of the new upcoming 4K resolution monitors in the future, you probably won't notice the difference.

That being said, I am waiting for v2, but I'm going to use it to test the tonymacx86 software.

Had me worried for a second. I took a chance on this board becuase I dont' see it listed in the recommended parts section of the custom build forums. Are you certain all of the features will work with the board ?

 

[Stork]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide September 2013

It should. It's audio and Ethernet chipsets are supported by MultiBeast.

 

[aqlynch75]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide September 2013

WHY@@!!!1

Checked the online reatiler and it says not shipped. Also says PreOrder. How can it be a pre order... I am getting ready to cancel the order. I knew it was too good to be true. So I wait like everyone else for the new boards.

 

[lordanubis]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide September 2013

The MacPro3,1 is recommended default. If you want to use something closer, you can go to http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/index-apple-specs-applespec.html and compare your hardware specs to any of the Macs listed. It might take you awhile to find the closest match

Then select a different system definition in MultiBeast.

Thank you very much.

 

[killer1999]

hey guys.
it says in the post that

"

We recommend these specific Gigabyte 8-series motherboards because they don't require a DSDT, and will most likely have native power management. They also have supported audio and network controllers."

so its not 100% , right ?​

 

[tonymacx86]

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide September 2013

hey guys.
it says in the post that

"

We recommend these specific Gigabyte 8-series motherboards because they don't require a DSDT, and will most likely have native power management. They also have supported audio and network controllers."

so its not 100% , right ?​

Sorry- that line was a little unclear. As of 10.8.5 all of these boards have native sleep/wake functionality without needing a bios patch or DSDT. Thanks for pointing it out- I've made the correction.