[SUCCESS] GA-X79-UP4 + i4930k + GTX770 4Gb + QuadroK2000

[mplucano]

Dear All,

I post my setup and installation steps, hoping to help more persons to build a powerful Hackintosh.
Thanks for the post of several users, I follow to build my first Hackintosh. This guide would like to collect and improve all the information you can find on several posts.

As a Mac user since 1984, and having good knowledge of computer, it was really a challenge to build my first Hackintosh.

Installed OSX: Mavericks 10.9.4
All the hardwares below listed work perfectly: both graphic cards, firewire, audio outpus, USB2 and USB3, SATA, Blue Ray…

First of all the hardware:

MOTHERBOARD: GIGABYTE GA-X79-UP4 REV.1.1 BIOS VER. F7 19MARCH2014
CPU: Intel Core i7 4930K LGA 2011 @ 3.40GHz (6 core) CPUID 0x306E4
RAM: Kingston HyperX Beast, 4x8Gb, DDR3-2400, [email protected]
GRAPHIC CARD: Gigabyte GTX770 Windforce GV-N770OC-2GD, Nvidia Quadro 2000
HARD DISK: Samsung 840 Pro Basic 128Gb
1 x Kingston V300 120Gb
1 x Kingston V300 240Gb
2 x Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB 7200RPM
CD/DVD: 2 x LG BH16NS, BlueRay/DV
WIFI: nothing
Bluetooth: nothing
Firewire: StarTech LSI 1394 OHCI PEX1394B3LP
COOLING: Corsair i110
PSU: Corsair RM Series RM1000 (1000W)
CASE: Corsair Carbide Air 540 Cube
LCD: LG Flatron 34UM95, 34" LED Ultrawide
LCD2: DELL U2412M 1920x1200

Hardware layout:
RAM: slots 1,2,3,4 : Kingston HyperX Beast

PCI layout:
PCIEX16_1: GTX770
PCIEX16_2: Quadro 2000
PCIEX8_2: Firewire card

SATA layout:
PORT0: Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB 7200RPM
PORT1: Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB 7200RPM
PORT2: LG BH16NS, BlueRay/DV
PORT3: LG BH16NS, BlueRay/DV
PORT 4 and 5 empty
PORT 6: 1 x Kingston V300 240Gb
PORT 7: empty
PORT 8: Samsung 840 Pro Basic 128Gb
PORT 9: 1 x Kingston V300 120Gb

Put together your Hackintosh with the previous layout.

Suggested BIOS setup (in my case this setup solved the OSX issue “slow motion”)
Board: REV.1.1 BIOS VER. F7 19MARCH2014
LOAD optimized default
INTEL Vt-d disabled
INTEL I/OAT disabled

BOOT Mode selection Legacy Only
LAN PXE Boot Option ROM Disabled
Storage Boot Option Control Legacy Only
Serial Port A disabled

For the moment keep default values for frequency, memory…

 

[mplucano]

How to install OSX. 2 Ways:
First way: without Mac
1) if you haven’t a Mac and you have only an official license of OSX, follow the method using Unibeast as underlined in this Tonymac guide.
2) Boot the Hackintosh with the USB and wait… wait…
3) In this case keep in mind that booting from the USB could be really slow, giving you the impression that the Hackintosh hangs. It could take that the machine take even half an hour to show up the installation of OSX.
4) Install Multibeast KEXT, Chimera boot loader… following the Tonymac guide.
5) replace AppleHDA.kext with version 2.6.0f1 from Unibeast 6.2.1, because in my case with version 2.6.1f1, the audio doesn’t work. You can replace the KEXT using KEXT Wizard
6) Install again the boot loader using last version of Chameleon (at least version 2.2svn-r2391). In my case the BIOS setup + the installation of Chameleon 2.2svn-r2391, solve the issue of Mac in “slow motion”.
7) Important boot option flags for the file Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist:

a. PCIRootUID=1 npci=0x2000​

Second way: with a Mac
1) In my case I have several Mac and also several copy of MacOSX (Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion…), all of them officially bought.
2) If you have a Mac, startup it.
3) Connect the Samsung 840 Pro Basic 128Gb, with a SATA to USB adapter to the Mac.
4) Start-up the OSX installer and install OSX 10.9.2 on the Samsung 840 Pro Basic 128Gb SSD disk. Update the OS installation using the 10.9.4 combo updater.

a. OR​

5) Clone your OSX installation, using Carbon Copy Cloner. I did this, to clone my OSX installation with all OSX Applications from my MacBookPro: perfect no necessary to re-install a single application.
6) Try the external OSX installation, booting your Mac from the external disk.
7) Reboot your Mac with the internal OSX installation
8) Run Multibeast 6.3.1,

a. Select as destination the external hard disk
b. Quickstart:
DSDT Free
c. Drivers:
Audio: Without DSDT ALC892
Disk: 3rd Party SATA, Trim Enabler 10.9.0 TRIM Patch
Misc: EvOreboot, FakeSMC v6.8.1307, NullCPUPowerManagement, VoodooTSCSync 6 Core
Network: Intel - nhank’s AppleIntelE1000e v2.5.4d
System: AppleRTC Patch for CMOS Reset (automatically selected)
d. Bootloaders: SELECT Chimera ; replace it later on with last Chameleon version
e. Customize:
Boot Options:
Generate CPU States
Hibernate Mode - Desktop
PCI Root ID Fix
Use Kernel Cache
System Definitions: Mac Pro 5,1
f. BE CAREFULL : SELECT THE DESTINATION EXTERNAL HARD DISK --> Build/Install/
9) Save Extra folder for later use​

10)The following KEXT are added by Multibeast

a. AHCI_3rdParty_SATA.kext
b. AppleHDA.kext 2.6.1f1 IMPORTANT: replace with version 2.6.0f1 from Unibeast 6.2.1, because in my case with version 2.6.1f1, the audio doesn’t work. You can replace the KEXT using KEXT Wizard
c. EvOreboot.kext
d. FakeSMC.kext
e. NullCPUPowerManagement.kext
f. VoodooTSCSync.kext​

11)Install again the boot loader using last version of Chameleon (at least version 2.2svn-r2391). In my case the BIOS setup + the installation of Chameleon 2.2svn-r2391, solve the issue of mac in “slow motion”.
12)Copy the previously saved Extra folder, on your external hardisk, replacing the new one.
13)Important boot option flags for the file Extra/org.chameleon.Boot.plist:

a. PCIRootUID=1 npci=0x2000​

14)Below the 2 most important configuration files for my build:

smbios.plist file :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>SMfamily</key>
<string>MacPro</string>
<key>SMproductname</key>
<string>MacPro5,1</string>
<key>SMboardproduct</key>
<string>Mac-F221BEC8</string>
<key>SMserial</key>
<string>G8222K7QGWR</string>
<key>SMbiosversion</key>
<string>GA-X79-UP4 REV.1.1 BIOS VER.F7 19MARCH2014<</string>
</dict>
</plist>

org.chameleon.Boot.plist file :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GenerateCStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GeneratePStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>IGPEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>PCIRootUID=1 npci=0x2000</string>
<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Timeout</key>
<string>2</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>​

15)Dismount the SSD, remove the SATA to USB adapter, and connect to the Hackintosh the SSD, to the port above detailed.
16)Select as a first boot device, your Samsung 840 Pro Basic 128Gb SSD
17)IMPORTANT the first time use the following options for Chameleon

a. –v option for to see the boot process
b. –f option to rebuild the Kernel cache​

SUCCESS! My first Hackintosh boots like a rocket!
Now you can play with your Hackintosh like it is a Mac!

 

[mplucano]

And now some tuning to improve performances:

OverClk params for 4.2 Ghz
RAM Profile1 2.4Ghz
CPU Clock ratio 42
Optimized default value for all other params: no modifications for voltage etc.

OverClk params for 4.3 Ghz: it seems stable!
RAM Profile1 2.4Ghz
CPU Clock ratio 43
PWM Phase Control High Perf
Vcore voltage response FAST
CPU Vcore 1.365 --> 1.38
CPU Vtt 1.075 --> 1.085
CPU PLL 1.195 --> 1.195
IMC 0.980 --> 0.98

OverClk params for 4.4 Ghz: it seems NOT fully stable! Need improvements
RAM Profile1 2.4Ghz
CPU Clock ratio 44
PWM Phase Control XPerf
Vcore voltage response FAST
CPU Vcore 1.430
CPU Vtt 1.105
CPU PLL 1.205
IMC 1.0

The final result is a fine tuned workstation, extremely stable, that can boot:
1) OS 10.9.4
2) From another SSD Windows 7
3) From a third SSD Ubuntu 14.04

Below the Geekbench results 4.3Ghz

 

[mplucano]

This setup outperform any Mac in 64bits single core performance and it's faster than the Mac Pro (Late 2013) with Intel Xeon E5-1680 v2 3000 MHz (8 cores) for 64 bits multicores performance.