[SUCCESS] GA-Z87X-UD4H - i7 4790K - 16 GB RAM - MSI GTX760 gaming 2GB

[bramcom]

bramcom's Build: GA-Z87X-UD4H - i7 4790K - MSI GTX760

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Components

Intel i7 Quad Core 4.0 ghz (boost to 4,4 ghz) 4790k
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPRWAX8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369

Gigabyte GA-z87x-UD4H
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D94XMKE
http://www.newegg.com/global/nl/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128617R

Corsair RM750 Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EB7UITQ
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139055

Crucial DDR3 Ballistix Sport 2x8GB 1600 C9
http://www.amazon.com//dp/B006YG9EEW/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148545

DeLock PCI-Express FireWire 2 Ports 1394b 1 Port 1394a
[AMAZON-uk]http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000RMOC5A[/AMAZON-uk]
http://www.delock.de/produkte/G_89153/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en

Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008HD3CTI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352020

MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Gaming 2GB GDDR5
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DIH8OW8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127745

Samsung 840 evo 250 gb SSD drive (second one coming for Windows drive)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E3W1726
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147248

Western Digital Green, 2TB
http://www.amazon.com/B008YAHW6I/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236404

TP-LINK WLAN Adapter TL-WDN4800 450Mbps PCI-E
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GMPZ0A
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704133

iogear Bluetooth 4.0 USB Micro Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GFX0PY
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833139027

Dell U2414H Black 23.8" 8ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GTV05XG/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260174


Comments

Thank you to everybody in this great community. I worked on Mac for 5 years, never build my own PC so i really started from zero. But due to the great topics and people on this community it was very EASY for me to build my first hackintosh.

First off I want to say if you are going to use the i7 4790K please make sure the BIOS of your Gigabyte is updated to 10B/10C. The one I bought was stuck at version 4 and didn't recognize the i7. What I had to do to fix this was head to the store and buy a cheap CPU (thanks @RJ985). You can find the how to here:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...0-4gb-dual-boot-windows-8-a-2.html#post847449

I bought the CELERON G3220 (which is around € 50,00 (http://www.newegg.com/global/nl/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116950), put it in the Motherboard, updated the bios and switched back my i7 4790K in it: worked out just fine!

How to set up the BIOS and MultiBeast:
you can find it here (thanks luiz0992), I used exactly the same settings: http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...770-4gb-dual-boot-windows-8-a.html#post837941

I disabled the TURBO of the i7 since I had some freezes. System is running flawless now and I am going to look into the XMP/Turbo topic later on. For now my system is running just fine.

What works

• Audio 898.
• Intel ethernet
• Sleeping function working
• iMessage
• USB 3.0 (All ports, front and back)
  
  Additional in my Hackintosh:
  • WIFI
  • FIREWIRE
  • USB

What doesn't

• After sleep, sound doesn't work, internal sound card (though I use the Apogee Duet Firewire and that one DID work)

Geekbench Score:

Section	Description	Score	Geekbench Score
Geekbench 2.3.3 Tryout for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit)
Integer	Processor integer performance	15087	17170
Floating Point	Processor floating point performance	26013
Memory	Memory performance	9602
Stream	Memory bandwidth performance	8651

Next step is buying a new SSD (still doubting if its going to be a 120 GB or 250 gb) for a Windows 8 drive. I am going to use the following thread for it which seems to be answering all my questions:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/multi-booting/96000-guide-dual-booting-mountain-lion-windows-8-a.html

Like said before: I never made my own custom build PC and if you can play Tetris, you do some research like I did you will come a long way ! Thanks and good luck out there!

 

[VioletDragon]

nice hack congratulations

 

[3505nr]

What all did you do to get iMessage working? I have a Gigabyte 87-HD3 and the same wireless card, but no matter what fixes I try, none have worked. Thanks in advance c:

 

[bramcom]

nice hack congratulations

thanks mate!

What all did you do to get iMessage working? I have a Gigabyte 87-HD3 and the same wireless card, but no matter what fixes I try, none have worked. Thanks in advance c:

it did worked out of the box for me. maybe its your firewall/little snitch settings?

 

[Dschijn]

Nice Setup! Any interesting additional cooling setup for CPU or the case?

 

[bramcom]

Nice Setup! Any interesting additional cooling setup for CPU or the case?

not yet, im also new in overclocking and very limited in time due to an own company...but it is something i want to explore in the future as a hobby. Was thinking of maybe using a water cooling system for it. As soon as i get time....!!!

 

[miniTO]

Great build I was just wondering what System Definition you were running are you running a DSDT?

I am having issues booting up with the iMac 14,2 definition and turbo engaged on my 4790k.

 

[bramcom]

I used these settings:

mac pro 3,1