Is the MSI P55-GD85 compatible with hackintosh?

[suitaroh]

Hello,
Newegg is having a sale on the MSI P55-GD85 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 30261-L09C And I need to change my mobo as it's been finicky the last couple of weeks. I'm looking for SataIII and usb 3 too. I was wondering if anyone has this board, or the vanilla version GD80? And any thoughts on compatibility? A comparison of the boards http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productco ... 130-261-TS

 

[suitaroh]

After some poking around the interwebs I found that the MSI P55-GD85 is apparently an amped up version of the MSI P55-GD65, same audio (Realtek ALC889) same ethernet (Realtek 8111DL) with the addition of an extra 8 PCI-E lanes and USB 3 and SATA III. I searched this site and found a few people with the GD65 working with sleep as a possible problem. Does this mean the GD85 will be usable?

 

[dab]

GD65 working like a charm, everything but sleep. Not sure about firewire - cause have no such devices.

 

[tylerwylie]

GD65 working like a charm, everything but sleep. Not sure about firewire - cause have no such devices.

I'm trying to get this board working with a Xeon 3440 and GTS 250. Regular install works fine however once I run the update then Multibeast before reboot, the sytem will not boot up properly with or without iboot.

Trying to figure out the optimal way to install, with or without dsdt.