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[Succes] Ericidi's build: Core i7-4770k - GA-Z87MX-D3H - GTX-770 SC
Note: I did not buy the components from Amazon or Newegg. Links provided are the same components though.
Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CU4L4XG/
Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell Processor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CO8TBQ0/
EVGA GTX-770 SC Graphics Card
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D78Q2D6/
Fractal Design Node 605 Case
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009LHF4F4/
Fractal Design Newton R3 600W Platinum Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009LHF4WM/
CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) Memory
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006EWUO22/
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009NB8WR0
Western Digital Black 1TB HDD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036Q7MV0/
Pioneer DVR-TD11RS Optical Drive
Not on amazon.com
Dell Ultrasharp 23" 1080p Display DVI-D-VGA-DP 4xUSB2.0
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LN1JEC
This build is very similar to Tonymacx86's Haswell mATX build, with the addition of a GTX-770 Graphics card. This build can be found here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/golden-bu...ell-matx-ga-z87mx-d3h-i7-4770k-hd-4600-a.html
The installation went super easy, thanks to UniBeast and MultiBeast. I assembled everything, but kept the drive cages outside of the case and only connected the SSD. I also left out the GTX for the installation.
The reason for this is that there's a support bar running from front to back in the center of the case. This has to be removed to be able to insert the GTX into the first PCI-e slot. As this bar is needed to hang the HDD cages, I left them out.
The only BIOS settings I did are "Optimized Defaults", followed by X.M.P. to Profile1, AHCI and EHCI Handoff enabled.
The installation itself did not require any boot flags whatsoever. No errors, no problems. Thanks to UniBeast this worked beautifully.
After rebooting (from USB to OS X on SSD), I installed MultiBeast with this configuration:
Next I shut everything down, popped in the GTX-770, connected both drives, assembled the drive cages and closed up the case. The BIOS figured out that PCI-E slot 1 had to initiate first, so no changes were needed there. I changed the boot order to SSD first and it booted up from hard drive like it was nothing in under 10 seconds (Wow! ). Everything is detected the way it should, as you can see in this screenshot:
Every major item works:
- Sleep
- iMessage (Don't have a webcam, so I can't test Facetime)
- App Store
- Sound
- Network
- Optical Drive
- External Audio Interface (Focusrite Scarlett 2i4)
- Speedstep (8, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
What doesn't work the way it should:
- Front card reader in case
Only works when there are no external storage devices connected at boot. Probably a BIOS/USB issue, as BIOS hangs a moment when booting with connected external HDDs.
With the case's fan controller on low, I'm getting 30°C idling (not really idling, but using Safari, iTunes, etc.) temperatures and around 90°C running Prime95.
The GPU is bit hotter at 55°C, but it doesn't go over 85°C running Unigine Heaven. Do note: it is also connected to an HDTV, so it constantly running two displays.
Unigine Heaven benchmark:
BlackMagic Disk Speed test:
In all, I'm pretty happy with this build. It's my first completely from scratch build and it only took about 4 hours to get everything up and running properly. Major thanks to the tonymacx86.com team for the tools though.
Have a nice day!
Charlotte.
Edit log:
2013-11-03: Changed IGP to disabled in BIOS and ran Heaven benchmark again: results updated.
2013-11-04: Issue with card reader updated. Works when booting without external hard drives now.
Note: I did not buy the components from Amazon or Newegg. Links provided are the same components though.
Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CU4L4XG/
Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell Processor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CO8TBQ0/
EVGA GTX-770 SC Graphics Card
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D78Q2D6/
Fractal Design Node 605 Case
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009LHF4F4/
Fractal Design Newton R3 600W Platinum Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009LHF4WM/
CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) Memory
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006EWUO22/
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009NB8WR0
Western Digital Black 1TB HDD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036Q7MV0/
Pioneer DVR-TD11RS Optical Drive
Not on amazon.com
Dell Ultrasharp 23" 1080p Display DVI-D-VGA-DP 4xUSB2.0
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LN1JEC
Commments
This build is very similar to Tonymacx86's Haswell mATX build, with the addition of a GTX-770 Graphics card. This build can be found here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/golden-bu...ell-matx-ga-z87mx-d3h-i7-4770k-hd-4600-a.html
The installation went super easy, thanks to UniBeast and MultiBeast. I assembled everything, but kept the drive cages outside of the case and only connected the SSD. I also left out the GTX for the installation.
The reason for this is that there's a support bar running from front to back in the center of the case. This has to be removed to be able to insert the GTX into the first PCI-e slot. As this bar is needed to hang the HDD cages, I left them out.
The only BIOS settings I did are "Optimized Defaults", followed by X.M.P. to Profile1, AHCI and EHCI Handoff enabled.
The installation itself did not require any boot flags whatsoever. No errors, no problems. Thanks to UniBeast this worked beautifully.
After rebooting (from USB to OS X on SSD), I installed MultiBeast with this configuration:
Next I shut everything down, popped in the GTX-770, connected both drives, assembled the drive cages and closed up the case. The BIOS figured out that PCI-E slot 1 had to initiate first, so no changes were needed there. I changed the boot order to SSD first and it booted up from hard drive like it was nothing in under 10 seconds (Wow! ). Everything is detected the way it should, as you can see in this screenshot:
Every major item works:
- Sleep
- iMessage (Don't have a webcam, so I can't test Facetime)
- App Store
- Sound
- Network
- Optical Drive
- External Audio Interface (Focusrite Scarlett 2i4)
- Speedstep (8, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
What doesn't work the way it should:
- Front card reader in case
Only works when there are no external storage devices connected at boot. Probably a BIOS/USB issue, as BIOS hangs a moment when booting with connected external HDDs.
With the case's fan controller on low, I'm getting 30°C idling (not really idling, but using Safari, iTunes, etc.) temperatures and around 90°C running Prime95.
The GPU is bit hotter at 55°C, but it doesn't go over 85°C running Unigine Heaven. Do note: it is also connected to an HDTV, so it constantly running two displays.
Unigine Heaven benchmark:
BlackMagic Disk Speed test:
In all, I'm pretty happy with this build. It's my first completely from scratch build and it only took about 4 hours to get everything up and running properly. Major thanks to the tonymacx86.com team for the tools though.
Have a nice day!
Charlotte.
Edit log:
2013-11-03: Changed IGP to disabled in BIOS and ran Heaven benchmark again: results updated.
2013-11-04: Issue with card reader updated. Works when booting without external hard drives now.