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- Jul 3, 2012
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- Motherboard
- ASUS Z270 IX HERO
- CPU
- i7-7700k
- Graphics
- Asus GTX 980ti STRIX
HaxMan' Build | GA-Z77X-UD5H | i7 3770k | GTX 570 | 16GB |
Fractal Define R3
Components
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H ATX
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-CrossFireX-NVIDIA-Motherboard-GA-Z77X-UD5H/dp/B007R21JK4/
EVGA GeForce GTX570 HD 2560MB GDDR5 SLI Ready Graphics Card
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GTX570-Graphics-025-P3-1579-AR/dp/B005AY5N9O/
Intel Core i7 3770K Processor 3.5 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-3770K-Processor-1155/dp/B007SZ0EOW/
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Hyper-Sleeve-RR-B10-212P-G1/dp/B002G1YPH0/
Crucial 256 GB M4 2.5-Inch SSD SATA 6Gb/s
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT256M4SSD2/dp/B004W2JL2A/
Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB Desktop Hard Drive
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Desktop-WD20EARX/dp/B004VFJ9MK/
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233280
Corsair Enthusiast TX V2 Series 750-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Enthusiast-Certified-Performance-CP-9020003-NA/dp/B005E98FVS/
Syba Low Profile PCI-Express Card TI Chipset
http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Profile-PCI-Express-Chipset-SD-PEX30009/dp/B002S53IG8/
Sony Optiarc Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD/CD Rewritable Drive - OEM
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00264GING?ie=UTF8
Fractal Design Define R3 Black Pearl Case
http://www.amazon.com/Fractal-Design-FD-CA-DEF-R3-USB3-BL-Define-Black/dp/B006GNFNLQ/
Apple OS X Lion @ Mac Apps Store
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-lion/id444303913?mt=12
Kingston Digital Data Traveler 16GB
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-DataTraveler-DTSE9H-16GBZ/dp/B006W8U2WU
Samsung SyncMaster S24A850DW 24" LED LCD Monitor
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SyncMaster-S24A850DW-LED-Monitor/dp/B0050X2N2K/
Already Owned
Presonus Firepod Firewire External Audio Interface
Discontinued
Microsoft SideWinder X4 Keyboard
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-JQD-00001-SideWinder-X4-Keyboard/dp/B002ZV51DI/
Microsoft Comfort Mouse 6000
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-S7J-00001-Comfort-Mouse-6000/dp/B004RPSGIC/
Comments:
Although I've only been running this computer for a short time, I can't say enough good things about it. I'm SO happy with this build and how smoothly the whole process went.
If you follow these two guides (to a T) then you will be successful:
Lion Installation Guide for Ivy Bridge CPUs: http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=169&t=59052
Interim Realtek Ivy Bridge Lion AppleHDA:http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=63854
I haven't run into a single problem yet.. touch wood. Audio, sleep, firewire card all work great.
The purpose of this build is mainly to run Logic Pro Studio (installed onto the SSD along with Lion OS) and then eventually add another SSD for Windows 7 OS so I can dual boot and play games. Once I do that this week I'll add my experience to the OP. The 2TB WD Caviar Green HDD is for media storage and will be used by both OS' using exFAT formatting.
I needed the build to be very silent for recording and it is. I can hardly hear it. Although I only have 3 fans including the CPU cooler fan.
I haven't done any overclocking yet but will add to OP once I do.
I don't have a screen cap of my MultiBeast configuration but it's very similar to this one from the tonymacx86 ivy bridge guide:
The only difference is I chose ALC898 instead of ALC877/888b
MultiBeast Configuration for Lion
So far this machine burns through anything I throw at it. I highly recommend this build. Thanks x 1,000,000 to tonymacx86 and everyone contributing to this site. Could NOT have done it without all of the help
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