[Success] Flexac's Build-I7 4790k-GA-Z97X-UD3H-16GB RAM GTX 760 2GB

[flexrac]

[Success] Flexac's Build-I7 4790k-GA-Z97X-UD3H-16GB RAM GTX 760 2GB (Now with OS X 10.10)

Flexac's Build: I7 4790K - GA-Z97X-UD3H - GTX 760 2GB

Components

CASE: Fractal Design FD-CA-CORE-3500-BL-W Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352046

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JKCHDC2/

CPU: Intel i7-4790K
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPRWAX8/

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i Liquid cooling
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ZN2NH6

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 16GB Kit (8GBx2)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B0091L1MRY

Video: GeForce GTX 760
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DGM8B6O/

Hard Drive: Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 250GB
http://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B00E3W1726/

Power Supply: Corsair RM 650 Watt Modular
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EB7UIRS/

WIFI: TP-Link PCI Express Wifi Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GMPZ0A/

Optical Drive: Pioneer Electronics USA Internal Blu-Ray Writer (BDR-209DBK)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H2GTXKS/


Comments

Most components were purchased using Tonymac's September Buyers Guide. (CustoMac Pro)

What works:
Everything except:
Sleep- was working with stock CPU cooler (with the liquid cooler i think the USB connection wakes the computer up). Not 100% sure if this is the cause or a Kext.

Not Working:
IMessage does not work


Installation Instructions for OS X 10.9.5

Do not install the Wifi card YET, leave that out, with OS X the LAN card has to be 0, if you install the wifi card, it will become 0, and things like the apple store and so forth will not work as they look for the first internet device which should be the NIC.

Bios settings

1:Update the bios to the latest version
2:Enter the bios and load the classic view
3:load optimized default values

3.1. Under Peripherals > xHCI Mode, change it to AUTO
3.2. Under Peripherals > xHCI Hand-OFF, change it to ENABLED
3.3. Under Peripherals > EHCI Hand-OFF, Change it to Enabled
3.4. Under Peripherals > Internal Graphics, Change it to Disabled.
3.5. Under power management > disable wake on LAN
3.6. Set X.M.P. Memory Profile to Profile1​

4:save and exit​

Installing Mavericks 10.9.5

Follow the installation guide for OSX Mavericks by tonymacx86
http://www.tonymacx86.com/374-unibeast-install-os-x-mavericks-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html

MultiBeast configuration

Install Easy beast with the following options
Trim enabler
Instant menu (optional)
ALC1150 audio ( do not load 9 series mother board support at this time)
repair permissions and reboot
install apple intelE1000e v3.1.0
repair permissions and reboot
install intel mother board support
repair permissions and reboot​

You will now have sound and internet.

Additional Notes
I have been playing around with some settings to see what can be tweaked.
If you want to change your system definitions to a more current one you must do the following.

Navigate to S/L/E
Delete Appletymcedriver Kext.
Fix permissions
Reboot
load Mulitibeast and change your definition.​

***you cannot use 6,1 at this time, it does not work, at least not for me.***
I have a Mac pro 5,1 now

 

[flexrac]

Took some additional test

 

[flexrac]

Updated to Yosemite and everything works, had to use System definition 3.1, will try to change later.
only issue i have is my blue ray recorder is not fully supported, system sees it but, from time to time i get the error message i am trying to load a disk and this drive is not supported, this happens when i use disk utility, then the drive is not accessable until reboot.

I got a better geek bench 3 score too.

 

[flexrac]

To make sound work i had to go to system preferences and make the following adjustments to sound
see attachments
Under sound effects>choose internal speakers
Under output> Internal speakers
Repair permissions and reboot, don't know why i had to do these extra steps.
if it does not work for you after this, try multibeast 6.5.0 and load 9 series support under sound.
repair permissions and reboot.

 

[Bobekem]

After many hours of struggling this guide got me up and running from scratch in <20 minutes! The only thing I had to do afterwards was the "boot error" fix (Google boot error tonymac). I'm running Yosemite and it seems to be running great. I'm also using the GA z97x ud5h with no issues. Haven't tinkered with the wireless card or sound just yet but I CAN log into iCloud and everything is syncing over perfectly.

Awesome guide budday!

 

[mihaiparaipan]

@flexrac: sound work after wake from sleep!?

 

[flexrac]

since upgrading my cooling system and Yosemite, i have not been able to put my system to sleep, it wakes up immediately after i put it to sleep. when i was using the stock cooler and running 10.9.5 sleep work great and sound worked when it woke up.
i have not put any energy into fixing sleep since then as i don't really need it.
I have another system to build coming up soon with the same specs, so i will experiment on that one and get back to you.

 

[flexrac]

After many hours of struggling this guide got me up and running from scratch in <20 minutes! The only thing I had to do afterwards was the "boot error" fix (Google boot error tonymac). I'm running Yosemite and it seems to be running great. I'm also using the GA z97x ud5h with no issues. Haven't tinkered with the wireless card or sound just yet but I CAN log into iCloud and everything is syncing over perfectly.

Awesome guide budday!

Thanks!

 

[mihaiparaipan]

Thanks for answering.

 

[FiX38]

After 4 days of triel w/ same configuration, but no Video Card and I could not yet make Yosemite work correctly with internal graphics
Using : GraphicsEnabler=yes and PCIRootUID=1 to be able to boot with Unibeast 5.0 only 1 Core seen in performance monitor, freeze of multibeast and no boot after multibeast post install.

As everything goes fine for you, I'll try harder

Thanks for giving me hope

PS : BTW what's the point of using 3.1, 5.1 or 6.1 as system definition ?