Success!!! RED HAF 4.5 Build: Z68X-UD3H-B3 i72600K 4.5GHz

[beadomtroy]

RED HAF 4.5: GA-Z68X-UD3H - i7-2600K @ 4.5GHz

OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA

Gigabyte Intel Z68 ATX DDR3 2133 LGA 1155 Motherboards GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00518M74I/

Intel Core i7-2600K Processor (I oc'd to 4.5GHz)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004EBUXSA/

Corsair Hydro Series H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051U7HMS/

GIGABYTE ATI Radeon HD6870 1GB DDR5
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004IF6I1S/

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W Modular High Performance Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001IZ7MHU/

Magic Trackpad
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC380LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mg

Bluetooth Donggle
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wireless-US...ltDomain_0&hash=item27bfea20d2#ht_2777wt_1299


Already Owned

8GB 1333 DDR3 RAM - not sure of the brand because I got it from my other pc
(2) WD 1TB
Hitachi 320GB


Comments

First, huge THANK YOU to tonymacx86 and to everybody that's been so helpful to noobs like me. This is actually my second build, the first was a Gateway desktop that gave me all kinds of trouble (which I learned from a lot) and many sleepless nights. I decided to go with these components after I saw them from the compatible parts list that tonymacx86 released.

The only problem I had was the WD was not booting so I used the Hitachi as my boot drive and one (1) WD as storage or secondary. The other WD I use for WIN 7. I also followed this guide Dual Boot Windows 7 and OS X to dual boot.

I over clocked the cpu to 4.5GHz using this simple settings:
Multiplier: 45
load-line: level 7
vcore: 1.35
everything else is auto

I just updated to Lion 10.7.3, and everything seems to be working fine. I will be posting some benchmark results in the near future.

Thanks again to everybody in this site!

 

[jester969]

Benchmarks, benchmarks!! Nein, nein, nein!