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- Jul 9, 2011
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- Motherboard
- Z87X-OC
- CPU
- 4770K
- Graphics
- GTX560
- Mac
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Hiwa's Build: GA-Z87X-OC | Core i7-4770K | ASUS GTX285 1GB | Lian Li PC-A7010
ComponentsIntel Core i7-4770K Processor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CO8TBQ0/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116901
GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC (rev. 1.0) Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com//dp/B00CU4L6DE/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128594
G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 3000 (PC3 24000) F3-3000C12Q-16GTXDG - $1400 USD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231688Tpk=asus%20mx279h%2027-inch[/newegg]
G.SKILL Phoenix Pro Series FM-25S2S-120GBP2 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003THXNQ4/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231378
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 3.5" Internal Drive
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036Q7MV0/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533
ASUS Black Blu-ray Burner SATA BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ZMG55I/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135252
Antec TruePower Quattro Series TPQ-1200 Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002EP30GK/
Lian Li PC-A7010 case
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001BQ2P5U/
Corsair 8GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YIAACW
Mac OS X Version 10.8.4 Lion Download
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512?ls=1&mt=12
ASUS MX279H Silver / Black 27" HDMI Widescreen IPS LED Backlight LCD Monitor, Built-in Speakers
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236309
Already Owned
ASUS GTX 285 1024MB
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About This Build
- I put together this system to be my Testing rig to use with different Boards and graphics. For this configuration, I am attempting to test overclocking performance for the CPU and memory on a new Haswell setup
- Using the GSKILL 2933 Single sided MFR IC memory from hynix for higher performance timings are tight. The default memory settiings at 1333 gave me -2K on Geekbench V3 32bit
Installation
Using F6 Bios, there are only several changes in BIOS:
- Change the memory frequency to 2933;
- Change primary timings to 12-14-14-35
- Manually set the VDIMM to 1.65;
- Manually set the CPU VTT to 1.05;
- Change CPU Multiplier to 42X and Vcore1.2 (for the i7-4770K only)
I am using Mountain Lion 10.8.4. So, first, I made the UniBeast USB thumb drive with latest UniBeast
tonymacx86 software downloads:
- Unibeast: using the UniBeast Installation Guide.
- HaswellHelper: using the Haswell Guide
Boot from your UniBeast USB thumb drive (F12) and choose your USB called °USB° before. Upon booting into the installer, first, use Disk Utility (top Utilities menu) to Format your installation SSD or HDD, and Call it Mountain Lion. Close Disk Utility, and, once back into the installer, choose your "Mountain Lion" drive for installation of Mountain Lion 10.8.4.
Note: when installation is finished, use the tonymac86 http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-...lation-guide-haswell-systems-10-8-4-only.html to copy the modified mach_kernel for Haswell CPUs to your installation drive.
When this done reboot and this time boot with your "Mountain Lion" drive; choose country, keyboard and the rest of the option.
Then, you'll see WELCOME TO ML 10.8.4
We're almost done. Using Safari, go to tonymacx86.com, log in and download the latest MultiBeast to install the appropriate drivers.
This is the MultiBeast configuration I used for my rig:
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Reboot
Here's What Works So Far:
- Audio only USB headset and not Speakers with ALC892 ...
- Network
- Sleep
- iMessage
- USB 3 with USB2 speed need to wait 10.8.5 or 10.9
Summary
Haswell system performance increases with Memory frequency and nice timings. Try it yourself - run Geekbench or Cinebench CPU with memory set to over 2400 to see the real difference.
Here's my tests with Overclocked memory and CPU to easy 4.3GHz which is much faster than Ivy Bridge.