The build! Please comment!

[HeavyArms]

These are the components being used for my current build. None of the information I now know would be available to me without the great help from the tonymac community, so thank you again!

This small form factor computer will mainly be used for gaming on the OSX platform (gasps) and professional photography editing. Please comment and advise on anything that might be questionable.

Silverstone FT03 Fortress
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004J3 ... PDKIKX0DER

Asus MAXIMUS V GENE Z77
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007RI ... PDKIKX0DER

Intel Core i5 3570K Processor
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007SZ ... PDKIKX0DER

Corsair 8 GB Vengeance Blue Low Profile 1600mhz
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058J ... PDKIKX0DER

XFX AMD Radeon HD 6870 900M 1 GB DDR5
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O0 ... YLTN75J8LR

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00461 ... PDKIKX0DER

Corsair Builder Series CX600 600 watt
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2 ... PDKIKX0DER

Total: ~$900.00 USD

 

[jester969]

That board has unsupported chipsets such as a SupremeFX codec and Intel Gigabit LAN.

Look at a Gigabyte Z77 UD5H, OR DS3H board which you will have to change the case.

 

[HeavyArms]

That board has unsupported chipsets such as a SupremeFX codec and Intel Gigabit LAN.

Look at a Gigabyte Z77 UD5H, OR DS3H board which you will have to change the case.

This is true but do you not think that it will eventually become compatible? There is a DSDT file for this board now no?

 

[Asus-Freak]

I've owned every release of that board and it's alway been a pain in the a$$... I'd recommend the Asus board in my sig.

 

[HeavyArms]

I've owned every release of that board and it's alway been a pain in the a$$... I'd recommend the Asus board in my sig.

any chance you can go into detail with the problems that you are experiencing? I'd really like to own this board.

 

[jester969]

That board has unsupported chipsets such as a SupremeFX codec and Intel Gigabit LAN.

Look at a Gigabyte Z77 UD5H, OR DS3H board which you will have to change the case.

This is true but do you not think that it will eventually become compatible? There is a DSDT file for this board now no?

No we don't deal with those kind of unsupported chipsets. You will be on your own.

Please check the recommended Ivy board threads.

http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2012/04/ ... -cpus.html