iJanni´s Silent Build - GA Z77 DS3H - i3 2100 - NVidia GeForce 210

[abdulabase]

Thank You, Much appreciate the super fast response! Keep up the Hard Work

 

[iJanni]

Thanks mate. It´s not hard work it´s kinda fun for me

 

[abdulabase]

Yeah I know exactly what you mean, but as you can see I am only a Noob at this

 

[Nodarkthings]

Hi!
In http://www.tonymacx86.com/100-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-2012/comments9.html#comments thelostswede says:

10.6 is not and never was compatible with Ivy Bridge/Z77, there's no kernel support for the CPU and you wouldn't get features like power management. Even for 10.7 you'd need 10.7.4 for it to work.

As he's an admin, I think it's wiser for me to take his advice...
:-o Very disappointed, but luckily I haven't bought anything yet except for the HD.

I'll go back the Z68+SB route.
Thanks anyway.

 

[iJanni]

The Z68 board also got the UEFI update, so i thought it would work with the Z77. My fault. I´m sorry for that.

 

[Stork]

nodarkthings,
If you decide to go the SB route, I highly recommend the GA-Z68X-UD3H which is still being sold and is as easy to adapt to a hackintosh as falling off a log. I don't use the UEFI BIOS for this mobo because it's still a Beta release. One of the mod's is more adventurous than I am, who tried it, and then went back to the F12 BIOS for stability.

 

[Nodarkthings]

Thank you Stork for this great advice that I'm preciously writiing down.
I was indeed hesitating between that board you mentioned and the Z68P-DS3 which is a lot cheaper (considering I'd need a graphic card anyway, the main differences are in the numerous graphic ports on the GA-Z68X-UD3H, right? Can I consider it would be as easy with both boards?

 

[Stork]

nodarkthings,
So as not to hijack iJanni's nice build description thread, please ask me questions about my configuration(s) in either one of my Zorro build description threads.

 

[goldglover39]

Hey man, I was going to to turn my PC into a Hackintosh, all I need is a compatible graphics card, I have the same motherboard as you and the same processor. My questions are will the Gigabyte AMD Radeon 6870 work with this build because I need something with a little more horsepower. Also will this build work on Snow Leopard? I hate Lion and Mountain Lion plus I need it for compatibility. I've looked around and this GPU will support multiple monitors on a Hackintosh just I need to plug in 1 DVI and 1 Mini Display. Will this still work even if I use a adapter for DVI to Mini Display? Sorry for the long ass response, just wondering and excited to see if this will work. Thanks man.


-Frank

 

[iJanni]

Hey man, I was going to to turn my PC into a Hackintosh, all I need is a compatible graphics card, I have the same motherboard as you and the same processor. My questions are will the Gigabyte AMD Radeon 6870 work with this build because I need something with a little more horsepower. Also will this build work on Snow Leopard? I hate Lion and Mountain Lion plus I need it for compatibility. I've looked around and this GPU will support multiple monitors on a Hackintosh just I need to plug in 1 DVI and 1 Mini Display. Will this still work even if I use a adapter for DVI to Mini Display? Sorry for the long ass response, just wondering and excited to see if this will work. Thanks man.


-Frank

Hey,
yeah you could use a 6870. I would recommend you a Gigabyte OC 6870 ´cause it features 2 mini display ports.
The Z77 chipset will not work with SL. It´s not supported as you can read in the posts above.