CuylerTech's ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z GTX580 6 MONITORS

[cuylertech]

CuylerTech's Build: i7-2600K - Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z Z68 -
GTX 580​

Components

Intel Core i7-2600K
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EBUXSA/

Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z Z68 Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005584ZEO/

16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3 Ram
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RFBIUU/

EVGA GTX 580 3GB
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YJVUBG/

3 Dell e207WFP
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LZARRU/

1 Samsung SyncMaster 2033
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001P5CAUM/

Corsair 800D Full Tower Case
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002JLAU58/

Kingston HyperX 120GB SATA III SSD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005C95NDI/

2TB Western Digital Caviar Black SATA III HDD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004CSIG1G/

320GB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA III HDD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00461LT6S/

Cooler Master 1200W Modular PSU
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003O8J11Y/

Lite-On SATA 24x DVD Drive
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002SIMPXM/

Corsair H80 All in One Water Cooling System
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051U7HMI/

Logitech G105 MW3 Keyboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005S0KH7I/

Logitech G9x MW3 Gaming Mouse
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005S0KHIC/​

Comments

I have always been a fan of hackintoshing first with a Dell XPS 410 then a system built from a CustoMac Config and Finally to a gaming rig that I built and then later decided to Hackintosh.

Installation was pretty simple, I followed the UniBeast Method with Lion version 10.7.3 and installed perfectly fine. I set the boot priority in my bios to boot from my SSD and then booted from my UniBeast flash drive to get into the finished installation. I had MultiBeast on a separate flash drive and I plugged that in and dragged MultiBeast to the desktop. I ran MultiBeast and followed through what I thought were the correct things to choose because there was no guide for this motherboard saying that it is one of the most expensive 1155 motherboards that are made. I was going for a Gigabyte Z68XP-UD5 but when I got to Micro Center (like a bick and mortor Newegg Store) I saw they had a deal on the Asus motherboard for around the same price ($10-$20+) and decided to go with that with no original intention of hackintoshing it more for a gaming rig. Back to the install, I installed first with EasyBeast because there was no DSDT at the time and everything except Shutdown, Reboot and Audio Worked. I found a guide on the Forums to create your own DSDT and followed that guide and was able to produce my own DSDT. I reran MultiBeast and selected UserDSDT this time and nothing else. I rebooted by hitting the reset button and one it got to the desktop I had working audio and could reboot and restart from the menu.

I found that with this specific motherboard that if you want the overclock that you set in the bios to appear in benchmarks you have to set the turbo ratio manually because it does not know how to properly use the Turbo Ratio by itself. I set mine starting at the first core at 50 (5.0GHz) and went down by a interval of -1 for each core ending at 47 (4.7Ghz). The reason for the step-down is because if all 4 cores were running at 5.0Ghz that would bring the overall temp up to high for my liking. Currently if I am only using one core my temp stays around 23°C. Once I fire up a program like Final Cut X or After Effects and all of the cores are being used at 50%-80% the temps range from 35°C-40°C. This is far below the TDP and right where I feel comfortable operating it at. I did replace the thermal compound that came on my Water Cooling Unit (H80) with some Arctic Silver 5 and that brought my Temps down by 10°c. My hackintosh is used mainly for Final Cut and rendering programs that require the power that is needed to drive them. I already owned a Cinema Display and did not need another one when I was looking at a 27" iMac. I have more power then a 2011 iMac and the upgradability of the mac pro in a fairly cheap (compared to a mac pro) computer. All that I am missing now is a Dual-Link DVI to MiniDisplayport adapter because my GTX580 only has 2 DVI and a HDMI connection.

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHg30cgm8YE[/VIDEO]​

Update 4-2-12
Replaced The Dual GTX 550TI with a EVGA GTX 580 and 1 GTX550ti and they Both Work Great! Needed more power for gaming and it was instantly picked up in Lion without reinstall. One note about the H80 DO NOT BUT IT. I have had mine since December and it already died from God knows what. It still pumps but i had to run the fans off the motherboard and no speed control.

Update 4-10-12

Added in a 9400GT 512MB to Bring the total graphics card update to 3 total. Running 6 Monitors now with no problems and everything finally is 100% functional. If you need the DSDT for this motherboard feel free to pm me with any questions. I have attached the DSDT for ASUS MAXIMUS EXTREME-Z Z68

Update 4-14-12

The DSDT is now in the DSDT Database ( Thanks Tony!) for everyone to use. I have taken photos and a Video that I am currently working on of a Inside tour of the Case. Once it is finished it will be under the previous video on this post.

 

[denisberea]

Re: CuylerTech's 800D Dual Nvidia GPU Hackintosh

Great Job! It looks fantastic! ...

 

[jester969]

Re: CuylerTech's 800D Dual Nvidia GPU Hackintosh

You are a naughty boy for having four screens! Just down right naughty!

Cool dual card build!

 

[cuylertech]

Re: CuylerTech's 800D Dual Nvidia GPU Hackintosh

Great Job! It looks fantastic! ...

Thanks I updated it again and are running dual GTX 580 3GB and 32GB ram. Might get a third 580 and try that

 

[denisberea]

Re: CuylerTech's 800D Dual Nvidia GPU Hackintosh

Great Job! It looks fantastic! ...

Thanks I updated it again and are running dual GTX 580 3GB and 32GB ram. Might get a third 580 and try that

...Will you do that? Nice...32 Gb of RAM Pffff...

 

[losthorizonmba]

Re: CuylerTech's ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z 2600K GTX580 Build

Nice, very nice. Any issues thus far, speedstepping, etc?

 

[cuylertech]

Re: CuylerTech's ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z 2600K GTX580 Build

Nice, very nice. Any issues thus far, speedstepping, etc?

Everything worked just through multibeast except audio which I had to create a DSDT for.

 

[Cyber66]

Re: CuylerTech's ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z 2600K GTX580 Build

Really nice build, have you run geekbench?

 

[cuylertech]

Re: CuylerTech's ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z 2600K GTX580 Build

Really nice build, have you run geekbench?

Yeah I have it's like 15,500 stock and 20,230 @ 5.2GHz

 

[denisberea]

Re: CuylerTech's ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z 2600K GTX580 Build

Really nice build, have you run geekbench?

Yeah I have it's like 15,500 stock and 20,230 @ 5.2GHz