- Joined
- Feb 8, 2012
- Messages
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- Motherboard
- Asus Z97 Sabertooth
- CPU
- i7-4790K
- Graphics
- 2x GTX 1070
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Doesn't Matter If Your Black Or White Mod
G5 TUF-LOVE Finally
This is the Final upgrades to my TUF LOVE MOD so I thought I would take the time and share with you all. It has been a long 2 year journey of Delights and sometimes hair pulling frustrations. So the main question is why did I build this mod? It is the same answer a lot of people give on this site. The option to upgrade your Mac at anytime whenever you want!!! and its cheaper. I mostly use my computer for media purposes. I have a huge collection of blu-ray movies that I enjoy watching with my girlfriend. I stream all of them via Apple TV. I really don't want to bore you with my story so lets get to the finished mod.
G5 TUF-LOVE Finally
This is the Final upgrades to my TUF LOVE MOD so I thought I would take the time and share with you all. It has been a long 2 year journey of Delights and sometimes hair pulling frustrations. So the main question is why did I build this mod? It is the same answer a lot of people give on this site. The option to upgrade your Mac at anytime whenever you want!!! and its cheaper. I mostly use my computer for media purposes. I have a huge collection of blu-ray movies that I enjoy watching with my girlfriend. I stream all of them via Apple TV. I really don't want to bore you with my story so lets get to the finished mod.
Final Components
Sabertooth Z77
I purchased this motherboard at fry's in the bay area and to be honest I wanted to return it. But after some time I feel in love with it. The reason I wanted to return it was because when I took off the pin protector some of the pins were bent. I took it back to frys and they would not let me return it, bummer. I then called ASUS and took pictures and sent them to one of the customer service guys and he said bent pins were not covered under warranty. SOOO thats why I kept it. Had no option but to keep it. I used a extremely sharp tweezers and fixed the pins to the best of my ability. So far no problems.
i5 ivy bridge 3570k
Currently OC to 4.5 GHz stays about 28-30 Celsius idle 1.6GHz
GeekBench
Memory 16g Kingston Hyperx 1333 MHz OC to 1600 MHz
Sabertooth Z77
I purchased this motherboard at fry's in the bay area and to be honest I wanted to return it. But after some time I feel in love with it. The reason I wanted to return it was because when I took off the pin protector some of the pins were bent. I took it back to frys and they would not let me return it, bummer. I then called ASUS and took pictures and sent them to one of the customer service guys and he said bent pins were not covered under warranty. SOOO thats why I kept it. Had no option but to keep it. I used a extremely sharp tweezers and fixed the pins to the best of my ability. So far no problems.
i5 ivy bridge 3570k
Currently OC to 4.5 GHz stays about 28-30 Celsius idle 1.6GHz
GeekBench
Memory 16g Kingston Hyperx 1333 MHz OC to 1600 MHz
Boot Drive 128g Samsung 840 EVO
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test
Video Card GPU
Modded with a new fan and controller. It’s an old guy but is extremely quite and handles my 24" cinema display and my 32" 1080p t.v.
About The Mac
External Hard Drives and External Enclosures
WD Green 2TB Gutted From Buffalo USB 3.0 External enclosure
2, 2TB Seagate barracudas Black Friday Sale!!!! and 1, 1.5TB Seagate barracuda Gutted from USB 2.0 Enclosure
Comkia MobiVault X3 External 3.5" HDD Enclosure USB 3.0
They all Perform at about this Speed
Hard Drives on OSX
Picture Time!!
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test
Video Card GPU
Modded with a new fan and controller. It’s an old guy but is extremely quite and handles my 24" cinema display and my 32" 1080p t.v.
About The Mac
External Hard Drives and External Enclosures
WD Green 2TB Gutted From Buffalo USB 3.0 External enclosure
2, 2TB Seagate barracudas Black Friday Sale!!!! and 1, 1.5TB Seagate barracuda Gutted from USB 2.0 Enclosure
Comkia MobiVault X3 External 3.5" HDD Enclosure USB 3.0
They all Perform at about this Speed
Hard Drives on OSX
Picture Time!!
Tuf-est Love BEFORE
DMIYBOW Now
Thanks For looking!!!! hope you enjoy.
