The Juise99 Build 2.0 - GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 - i7-2600k - GTX760

[juise99]

The Backup Box - Z68MA-D2h-B3 - i5 3570

-=EDITING! will be correct ina few hours=-
Mac OS X version 10.8.2 Mountain Lion
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512?mt=12

GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 V1.0 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 ATX Intel Motherboard F10 BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128498&Tpk=GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

EVGA nVidia GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP VGA/DVI/HDMI
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002WRIBO6?ie=UTF8

Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K (4.2GHz)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070

Corsair Force 3 SSD 120GB (OS X)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233206

2 x OCZ-AGILITY3 (Windows 7 & Games)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227822

LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289

2 x CORSAIR XMS 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M2A1600C9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145324

Gigabyte USB 3.0 Bracket (Black)
Got this direct from Gigabyte for $12

Antec Kuhler H2O 620 Liquid Cooling System
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835209049

Rocketfish - Micro Bluetooth USB Adapter
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Rocketf...pter/8820886.p?id=1207351932175&skuId=8820886

Logitech C920 USB 2.0 certified (USB 3.0 ready) HD Pro Webcam
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104635

SanDisk Cruze Edge 8GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171521

OCZ EliteXStream OCZ800EXS 800W ATX12V Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341013


Already Owned


2 x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s (Movies Downloads Pictures Music RAID)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136003

Western Digital Scorpio Blue WDC WD5000BPVT 500GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 2 Hard Drive (Time Machine)
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Cache-Notebook-Drive/dp/B0037NYQ6Q

HP 2511x Black 25" 5ms Full HD LED BackLight LCD Monitor Slim Design
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176194

M-Audio Fast Track Pro Mobile USB Interface with Pro Tools SE
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00757PFO2/

Microsoft Natural Keyboard 4000
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109230

Logitech Performance Mouse MX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104321&Tpk=logitech%20performance%20mx

Dynex® Internal USB 2.0 Multiformat Media Card Reader
http://www.amazon.com/Dynex%C2%AE-Internal-Multiformat-Media-Reader/dp/B000SZMERO

Microsoft JR9-00011 Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109243

LIAN LI PC-60USB B2 Silver Aluminum ATX Mid Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112022


About This Build:

Being a linux guy that really likes FreeBSD, I started playing around with OS X on a Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz @ 3.2GHz. I also play around with music, and video editing. After being able to try out Final Cut Pro X and GarageBand, I decided to build something OS X based to take on these tasks. I also wanted to be able to play games so that affected some of the hardware choices I made. I knew I wanted a SSD for the operating system, but I also knew I would need more space. I setup a software RAID 0 and symlinked the Documents, Downloads, Movies, Music, and Pictures directories. I also made an Apps directory that I use to install some of the larger applications on.

The was originally setup with 10.7.4 and a GTX 560, but with Moutain Lion I rebuilt the machine to clean out dust and remove and replace bad drives so this build is the most recent iteration of the box.


Comments:

Installation was a breeze! Download Moutain lion, make the USB stick with UniBeast, boot, install, run the CustomBeast I got earlier via a donation to TonyMAC, update nVidia drivers, done!

Working 100% with the normal 3rd party USB 3 issues. For some unknown reason after a cold boot, the hard drive shows up as external. Reboot, and it shows up as internal until powered off. The water cooling system is installed the worse possible way, and still performs far better then any air setup I've ever had. The radiator is mounted in the 5.25 drive bay area.

I wanted a little more stock looking Chimera so I edited the Chameleon 2.0 theme to something that looks a little more like the real deal, I also hid all the non OS related drives. I like having the OS X drive on my desktop but didn't like seeing all the other drives so I set the windows drives to not mount at boot in fstab. Then I hid the Time Machine, and RAID 0 drives with the SetFile command.

 

[kevinkong99]

I want to ask if you used any boot parameters to boot the installer for the gtx 760?

 

[pakiyabhai]

Which wifi card/PCI card are you using?