[Success] Core i5-4460 - GA-Z97P-D3 - 8GB RAM - GTX 750Ti

[Chickenbreadlp]

Chickenbreadlp's Build: Core i5-4460 - GA-Z97P-D3 - 8GB RAM - GTX 750Ti

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Components

Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=915041082&mt=12

Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 S1150 Z97 ATX
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K9R1OCW/

Intel Core i5-4460 LGA 1150 CPU - BX80646I54460
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JIJUBAS/

G.Skill 8GB DDR3-1600, F3-1600C11D-8GNS
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CAPMOGG/

KFA2 GeForce GTX 750 Ti OC - GF GTX 750 Ti, 75IGH8HX9KXZ
[AMAZON-de]http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00IKF9F6C[/AMAZON-de]

Crucial BX100 250GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT250BX100SSD1
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RQA6TEI/

Thermalright Macho Rev. B
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PKJ21LW/

Samsung DVD+-R/RW/DL/RAM SATA BULK BLK
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WHU2J4Q/


Already Owned

2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148136

bequiet PurePower 530W
http://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/43

Logitech M310 910-001675 Wireless Mouse
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003I4FHNA/

Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270 with Long-Range Wireless (Used only for installation)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004N627KS/

Microsoft Wired Keyboard 500 - RT2300
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007SXGJW


Comments

In the beginning I wasn't planning to build a Hackintosh, just a system with a good balance between budget and gaming.

The graphics card was the cheapest GTX 750 Ti card I could find on a German retailer store. Sadly I couldn't find this card on any American and/or British online store, so I included a German amazon link for reference purposes.

I have chosen this Thermalright CPU cooler, because I heard many good things about it, like that it is very quiet. The only problem I had with that cooler is, that it is very big and was blocking the access to the CPU power plugs. Also when closing the case, the heat pipes from the cooler are scratching against the case sidepanel.

Overall the system has good performance and cost me about 800€ (if you don't count in the price I paid for Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion for getting Yosemite).

Some Quick words to the installation:
When booting into the installation I used the following bootflags:

-v nv_disable=1 ncpi=0x2000

I'm not quite sure, if you need this ncpi thing, but on another build description it said, that it worked better with it.

Until the Nvidea webdrivers were installed and active, I used the following bootflag:

nv_disable=1

When not using this bootflag, it got stuck while booting up.

Also I already tried Clover and there for bootup I needed to enter the following bootflag
(even though the nvidea web drivers were installed ) :

nvda_drv=1

MultiBeast Configuration

EDIT:
10/03/2015 | I added a few words about the installation and needed bootflags.
10/07/2015 | I replaced one of the 500GB Seagate Barracudas with a 2TB WD Purple because it began making weird noises.

 

[NexionTech]

Did you only those boot flags? I mean: Dart=1 nv_disable=1. These are the ones I have as default when in Clover, and, if I boot with just those and nothing else changed in options, I just get to a black screen....

 

[Chickenbreadlp]

Did you only those boot flags? I mean: Dart=1 nv_disable=1. These are the ones I have as default when in Clover, and, if I boot with just those and nothing else changed in options, I just get to a black screen....

Sorry for the (obviously) late answer. As you might have seen, this Build was posted and last updated, when Yosemite was still the latest macOS. Thus, some details may be outdated. I never actually had any black screen issues on my system, whether I used the bootflags or not.