MSI's Affordable Thunderbolt Motherboard

[skyflyer999]

This Motherboard, the Z77A-G45 to be exact, was featured by Tonymac as a new, affordable thunderbolt motherboard. Its Z77, so it dosent need a DSDT,(and should work well, but I could not find many builds that reports its findings! So, not needing thunderbolt, but would like to have it just in case; would this be a better choice than the GA Z77X UD5H ($180 USD) while the the thunderbolt one is $169?
Here's the product link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130665&name=Intel-Motherboards

Thanks!

 

[Going Bald]

This Motherboard, the Z77A-G45 to be exact, was featured by Tonymac as a new, affordable thunderbolt motherboard. Its Z77, so it dosent need a DSDT,(and should work well, but I could not find many builds that reports its findings! So, not needing thunderbolt, but would like to have it just in case; would this be a better choice than the GA Z77X UD5H ($180 USD) while the the thunderbolt one is $169?
Here's the product link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130665&name=Intel-Motherboards

Thanks!

Biggest difference is that the MSI board needs NullCPUPM or a patched BIOS for native power management in OS X. Given that, it would probably be the more economical choice.

 

[skyflyer999]

Thanks! Could you point me in the direction of BIOS patching and NullCPUPM? I'm not too sure what that is.

 

[Going Bald]

Thanks! Could you point me in the direction of BIOS patching and NullCPUPM? I'm not too sure what that is.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/dsdt/47397-msi-asrock-foxconn-1155-patched-bios-thread.html

NullCPUPowermanagement.kext in found in MultiBeast. It is used to cancel out AppleIntelCPUPowermanagement.kext provided by Apple for CPU power management - speed stepping for different CPU power levels, sleep, etc.

 

[skyflyer999]

Thanks! But, I am going to stay with the UD5H.