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gelkamar

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Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3
CPU
i7-2600K
Graphics
HD 3000
Mac
  1. MacBook
  2. MacBook Air
  3. MacBook Pro
Mobile Phone
  1. iOS
Max Build - Core i7-2600k - GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3 - 16GB RAM - intel HD3000

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Fractal Design Define Mini Series Micro ATX Case - Black Pearl
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352011

GIGABYTE GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3-Intel-Micro-Motherboard/dp/B005484N9W/

Intel Core i7-2600K Processor
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-BX80623I72600K-Core-i7-2600K-Processor/dp/B004EBUXSA/

Sony LightScribe 24X SATA Internal DVD+/-RW Drive - Bulk AD-7261S-0B (Black)
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-LightScribe-SATA-Internal-Drive/dp/B003SM3HH0/

Corsair Vengeance Blue 16 GB DDR3 SDRAM Dual Channel Memory Kit CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-Channel-Memory-CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B/dp/B004RFBIUU/
CHANGED FOR:
2x Corsair 8 GB 1.35V Vengeance Low Profile PC3-12800 1600mHz 240-pin Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit CML8GX3M2A1600C9W - White
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-Profile-PC3-12800-CML8GX3M2A1600C9W/dp/B005DKZK84/

Nexus NX-5000 R3 530W ATX12V v2.2 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817610007

OCZ 120 GB Vertex 3 SATA III 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive VTX3-25SAT3-120G
http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Vertex-2-5-Inch-Solid-VTX3-25SAT3-120G/dp/B004Q81CKY/

Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB Desktop Hard Drive WD20EARX
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Desktop-WD20EARX/dp/B004VFJ9MK/

Icy Box IB-864 Front Panel for 3.5 inch Bay with Card Reader and Multiport Hub - USB 2.0 / 3.0
[amazon-uk]http://www.amazon.co.uk/IB-864-Front-Panel-Reader-Multiport/dp/B004FLEFVU[/amazon-uk]

wifi HP dv4 BCM94322MCG 802.11b/g/N Wireless Card 487330-001
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120829281721

MiniPCI-E to PCI-E Wireless Adapter w/ 3 Antenna WiFi
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190593355106

Apple Macbook Pro 15" A1150 Bluetooth Board A1114
http://www.ebay.com/itm/370568516376

Ultra FLat Apple style Bluetooth Keyboard
http://www.ebay.com/itm/260768100847



Comments:

Thanks To Gordo74, Stork and Tony to let my first rig come alive smoothly ;)

Hi, I'm a mac user looking for a new machine as my 2009 MacBook Pro is getting oldie, but my pocket wouldn't allow a new MacPro. It's been some time I've been reading about the Hackintosh option and, after digging into Tony's Sandy Bridge custom builds, i realized the time was come.

So here is my first rig, I build it keeping space and silence in mind, that's why the microATX, even if the Fractal Design case i bought it's not so small.. I love it aniway as it's really good designed and well manufactured. The system has 4 fans - one on the front, one on the back, the PSU fan and the CPU cooler fan. I'm not using any graphic card, so everything is very silent thanks to the case noise absorbing material and the most silent PSU I found on the market. I like the choice because in case i'll ever overclock, I'll be ready for it, just have to add a good CPU cooler system, a couple of fans and it will be cool. The case even comes with a fan regulator to mount on the back for the purpose.
Opting for the integrated graphic also let me save some money, but, if I ever decide to upgrade, this case give me the option to mount a large graphic card by just rotating the internal HDD module, so it won't become outdated easily ;-)

I use the Mac mainly for photographs, video editing and post processing, so Lightroom, Final Cut and After Effect, and, with such horsepower, it's being really good at it! Actually, I'm quite impressed, and it doesn't feel like I'm going to need a graphic card at the moment, the HD3000 is behaving fine.. coming from a late 2009 MacBook Pro, well, it's a big step ahead.

Step by step Installation Process:

The BIOS

my card came with F9, I updated to F11

  • Load optimized defaults with F7[/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • Set the Ram for the integrated graphics: Advanced BIOS Features - On-Chip Frame Buffer Size. I have 16GB RAM, so I set it to the max 480MB+2MB for GTT.
    see Stork build for screenshotshttp://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=36296[/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • set the XMP Profile from Default to Profile1 only if ram sticks are 1600mhz[/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • Change HPET to 64-bit[/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • Set BIOS to use ACHI instead of IDE (twice, one for the Intel controller and one for the Marvell one)[/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • Save[/*:m:1fzji6tz]

Installing Lion with Unibeast

  • Install with unibeast as described in the dedicated post http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2011/10/unibeast-install-mac-os-x-lion-using.html
    If you're going dual boot with win7 follow steps 1 to 3 of this guide:http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2009/11/dual-boot-windows-7-and-os-x-snow.html)[/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • Keep in mind that you will need to boot with GraphicsEnabler=No as the system still see the HD3000 as Unsupported graphics! [/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • Remember also that VGA port does not work with Lion, you can only use it with GraphicsEnabler=No (which makes no point a part from setup reasons) and no, you cannot plug a DVI to VGA adapter as the DVI on this gigabyte board its of the -D type, so if you have an old VGA monitor like me you can only use it with windows (i'm using it with dual monitor setup in win7)[/*:m:1fzji6tz]

So now you should be able to boot in Lion (still using GraphicsEnabler=No)
so you can proceed to the hacks

The HAcks


Multibeast
  • Once you are on your desktop, plug in the USB Drive with the stuff on it, place DSDT.aml (rename it!!) on the desktop and open Apple Combo Update and MB.[/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • Install Combo update, do NOT restart![/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • Select the options as in this screenshot for MultiBeast:
    (i've selected TRIM Enabler because of the SSD drive)
    multibeast.jpg[/*:m:1fzji6tz]

That's it! Reboot and you should be fine
In my case i have an HDMI monitor and a VGA so when i boot the VGA get stucked on the grey apple screen but the HDMI works fine, i'haven't tried yet dual monitor on lion because i don't have any DVI monitor.. still! even a DVI to HDMI adapter should be ok with a second HDMI monitor as long as you use the mini definitions.

HDMI Audio

Backup
just in case anything happens i secured my happy working Lion partition:
  • boot from unibeast usb drive [/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • open disk utility and restore your lion partition to another partition on a second disk (i used the 2TB hard drive)
    whatever might happen you can switch back. I also installed and configured my main apps so if i'll ever need a restore i'm ready to go.[/*:m:1fzji6tz]

Issues and Fixes
Everything's working fine, even if i get some little annoyances with external USB disks and realtek lan which sometimes has to be deactivated and activated to have it connected back, but i guess this is going to be solved in future driver releases.
I'm not sure usb 3.0 it's working full speed neither, but doesn't bother me..
Apart from that i'm a happier person ;)
could not believe when i got 12800 points out of geek bench! and it was 32bit test..

Hope this would help people with the same mobo saving some time,
I wish to thank all the people of this forum whose effort helped me out with my build,
thank you for sharing precious knoweledge and time, making this better everyday!

next hack i'm going to spend some time on tomorrow.. http://tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=7 ... +bluetooth

will let you know..

EDIT
  • changed RAM modules from Corsair Blu to White, these are Low Profile which let more space in case of a future cpu cooler and they suck less power, 1.35 Vs 1.5[/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • failed with the bluetooth/airport module hack. Just the airport is working at the moment, i'm too bad at soldering :([/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • Dual monitor is working like a charm! have one old Dell Vga as primary monitor plugged in the displayport thanks to a HP DPtoVGA adapter, and a second monitor to HDMI
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140605339309[/*:m:1fzji6tz]
  • Sleep issues not completely fixed but i can live with that:
    wake up works fine on 2.0 usb ports, not 3.0.
    I use "Jettison" (2$ App Store) for external drives ejects before sleep, it does the trick[/*:m:1fzji6tz]
 

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Max Build
GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3 |  i7 2600K |  HD 3000
Great stuff friend !!! :headbang:

does the SSD HD working good?
are you happy with it? :D

because i have a that mobo and everithing is working fine
but i think i can get best with a new SSD DRIVE

which one you bought?
EDIT: me stupid just followed the link on amazon :D

tony what you think about SSD DRIVES on an hackintosh like mine in signature?


thank youu!!
 
Firing Aorus
Z390 AORUS PRO |  i7 9700K |  Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost
Great stuff indeed!

As it happens, I build the exact same rig as you did, except I used 2x Crucial M4 128GB SSD in Apple RAID0.

Weird thing is I 'only' get 11459 points in Geekbench. Why would that be..?

Love my case btw. I ones accidentaly shut down my pc because I thought it wasn't running, it's that quiet :D

ps. would you mind posting you Geekbench scores?

Mine are as follows:

Section Description Score Geekbench Score
Geekbench 2.2.3 for Mac OS X x86 (32-bit) What does this score mean?
Integer Processor integer performance 9671 11459
Floating Point Processor floating point performance 17750
Memory Memory performance 6200
Stream Memory bandwidth performance 6225
 
@gino8080
Thanks man,
SSD is the bomb! you wouldn't imagine how damn fast it is, actually it's the fastest machine i've ever seen, and i'm sure SSD makes the difference, with 450Mb/s is like more than 4 time faster than common hard drives, even compared with the fast ones it still wins,
I might say it's the money best spent ever in a piece of technology, worth every penny

@qris
good to know you've the very same rig, we can troubleshoot together if needed ;)
here are my benchmark results: the global score is 12639
Integer Processor integer performance 10512
Floating Point Processor floating point performance 19545
Memory Memory performance 6982
Stream Memory bandwidth performance 7232

you can get the complete listing here http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/535266

strange you have a lower score because my score is what i get with 12Gb Ram and without overclocking (3 memory sticks are in it at the moment because when i plug the 4th windows 7 goes madly slow, don't know why but i'm thinking returning the blue vengeance kit and get the white one)
are you running 10.7.2 ?

one question i'm curious about as i cannot test myself, have you tried dual monitor?
if so, which ports are you using?
thanks
 
Max Build
GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3 |  i7 2600K |  HD 3000
Zorro (my build) gets them occasionally, but they're minor and quickly go away. They don't bother me, but I'm waiting until the 6970's are supported and are closer to $100 USD than $200 USD. But, HD 3000 graphics works great, so far, and I think 10.7.3 will fit 99% of the artifacting.
 
My bad,sorry. But the HD6900 I think never will be supported. The 7900 serieses have bigger chance for that.
 
Dunno. We'll see. The Pundits run amok on the Ivy Bridge and AMD/ATI 7900. If you're right, then the 6850 or 6870 will be good buys for us non gamers.
 
HD6850 and HD6870 for non-gamers? Is this wanted to be a joke? :p
 
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