Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H with Intel Pentium Dual Core G3420

[pcgeek6612]

Right okay changed it more:

Motherboard: GA-B75M-D3H S1155
CPU: Intel i3 3240 3.4GHz S1155
RAM: PNY Optima 2GB DDR3 1066MHz
GPU (if needed): EVGA GT610 1GB DDR3

better? :/

 

[Adrian B]

i want to get Maverick working on it so added EVGA GT 610 1GB DRR3 to the basket lol

You can try the GT210 if you have one, if you have problems then update to a GT610. Here is the problem that I mentioned earlier - I am not suggesting that everyone suffers with this issue;
http://www.tonymacx86.com/audio/109902-usb-start-up-problem-aka-audio-problem.html

Anyway - you should have a working hack soon

Adrian B

 

[Adrian B]

Right okay changed it more:

Motherboard: GA-B75M-D3H S1155
CPU: Intel i3 3240 3.4GHz S1155
RAM: PNY Optima 2GB DDR3 1066MHz
GPU (if needed): EVGA GT610 1GB DDR3

better? :/

Still need a GPU as the processor has unsupported HD2500:
http://ark.intel.com/products/65690
Update the RAM to 4GB minimum soon - 8GB if you get the chance

All good otherwise.

Adrian B

 

[pcgeek6612]

Still need a GPU as the processor has unsupported HD2500:
http://ark.intel.com/products/65690

i give up on compatible graphics lol ill do with the gt610, anyway i prefure dedicated cards, but thanks alot for your help, i will post when i have this up and running xD

 

[pcgeek6612]

okay changed it all again

CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 S1150 Processor 3.50GHz
MotherBoard: Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3[
RAM: Kingston 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM SR x8
Case: Own (spare ATX laying around)
Power Supply: Own (
Storage: SATA 3GB/s 160GB HDD
WiFi: NONE
GPU: NONE

checked Intel HD 4600 is compatible yay, and mobo is perfect and also got more ram 4Gb

 

[Adrian B]

okay changed it all again

CPU: Intel Core i3-4330 S1150 Processor 3.50GHz
MotherBoard: Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3[
RAM: Kingston 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM SR x8
Case: Own (spare ATX laying around)
Power Supply: Own (
Storage: SATA 3GB/s 160GB HDD
WiFi: NONE
GPU: NONE

checked Intel HD 4600 is compatible yay, and mobo is perfect and also got more ram 4Gb

That hardware will work just fine - do not use system definitions Mac Pro 4,1 or 5,1. Stick with 3,1 for now (its your default safe setting - also sometimes its the fastest) My B75M-HD3 runs Mac Pro 3,1. My new i5-4440 & GA-H87-HD3 Haswell build is using iMac 14,2 - I haven't experimented much. Using the older machine most of the time as it uses SSD rather than HDD so it feels quicker.

If you want to experiment with different settings then I recommend a second installation on a second HDD. At least two or three people use Mac pro 5,1 every week and completely brake their install - starting again is often the fastest recovery method.

Adrian B

 

[pcgeek6612]

Thanks a lot Adrian, i will be using more then 1 hdd just in case lol and will be experimenting thanks again xD

 

[Adrian B]

It is good practice to have one working day to day system running and use a second drive with several partitions and installations to test things out. Having other working installations to test teaches you a great deal and makes software updates easier knowing that if something brakes then you still have a working installation on another drive.

Lots of handy threads here:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/basics/

Adrian B

 

[crashnburn]

Thanks a lot Adrian, i will be using more then 1 hdd just in case lol and will be experimenting thanks again xD

How did this build work out for you? What's the latest OSX you can run on it?