[SUCCESS] Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 And Intel Core i7-2600K

[enosha1]

Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 And Intel Core i7-2600K​

Hardware:

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EBUXSA/

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 - No longer available
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dcomputers&field-keywords=Gigabyte+GA-Z68X-UD5&x=0&y=0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128492&Tpk=Gigabyte%20GA-Z68X-UD5

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-2xDVI-Graphics-GV-N640OC-2GI-Rev2-0/dp/B00CPLGLS2

RAM: Corsair Vengence Blu DDR3 1333Mhz
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QBUL1C/

RAM: G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 1333Mhz
http://www.amazon.com/G-Skill-PC3-10666-RipjawsX-Series-9-9-9-24/dp/B0062NBFYE

Case: Antec One Hundred Computer Case
http://www.amazon.com/Antec-One-Hundred-Computer-Case/dp/B004AGXHKK/

Solid State: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 Series Media
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Series-120GB-internal-MZ-7TD120BW/dp/B009NHAF06

Hard Drive: WD 1 TB 7200RPM
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Internal-Desktop/dp/B0036Q7MV0

Asus USB 2.0 Bluetooth Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Mini-Bluetooth-Dongle-USB-BT211/dp/B0041UJVI2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320035

Already Owned:

Dell U2412M
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-UltraSharp-24-Inch-LED-lit-Monitor/dp/B005JN9310
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260047

Microsoft Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wireless-Desktop-Keyboard-Mouse/dp/B009D4ZGOE

Comments:

BIOS version F10 configuration from the 10.6 installation guide, the operating system is running from the SSD with multibeast configuration as listed below.

UserDSDT (from tonymac)
Audio Realtek ALC899 With DSDT
Network Realtek AppleRTL8169Ethernet 2.0.6
SSDT Sandy Bridge Core i7

Thanks to tonymacx86 & MacMan!

 

[emooreart]

Nice. What firewire card did you use?

 

[enosha1]

No card built-in the motherboard (i have firewire 400 & 800 one of each)

 

[emooreart]

Ah ok. I have the GA-Z68X-UD2-B3 And Intel Core i7-2600K. Guess I should have gone for the UD5.

 

[lucky777s]

Are you certain the usb3 is working? I have not seen anyone getting that working with the ud5 board. Could you explain how you did it and how you know it is working in usb3 mode.

Thanks

 

[heavyG]

Are you certain the usb3 is working? I have not seen anyone getting that working with the ud5 board. Could you explain how you did it and how you know it is working in usb3 mode.

Thanks

same here. i couldn't get USB 3 devices to connect.

 

[xDeLiRiOuSx]

enosha1, Impressive build! I'm looking to upgrade to an i7 like yours. Did you have any audio popping issue like the GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3 has?

 

[enosha1]

I can connect USB3 disk the WD My Passport 0730 Media (i dont think the speed is working and its take 50 sec until the computer knows)
I had a problem with sound strange noises after I installed the ALC889 sound working

 

[Rectape]

Hi enosha,

Is 6gb sata work for you?

The included firewire work with no problem?

Thanks.

 

[erikpilon]

I have the same build:

Z68X-UD5-B3 at F7 update
Installed only 1 stick of 4 GB of RAM (Vengence Blue)
i7-2600k

But I have 120GB SSD that I'm trying to dual-boot Windows 7 and Lion on it. But I'm first putting my Snow Leopard CD in and can't even get THAT working...

I'm at day 10 of trying to male this work.

After instal, I added all the same MultiBeast options as you did. But I'm still unable to boot without iBoot... What did you do differently? It just freezes at the Apple logo screen. When I try to update to comboUpdate 1.6.8, it installs well, but then I try to install MultiBeast before restate and then I have grey curtans -_- then I reformat the drive and start from scratch using different menthods.

Any ideas guys? Is installing Lion on its own just easier? Can't purchase Lion yet because my wifi doesn't work on 10.6.3 and I'm too broke to buy the 70$ USB and wait for a TonyMac update on how to install with USB....

Thanks in advance everyone.