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lxLifestream's Build: P8Z68 Deluxe - i7-2600K - Radeon HD 6870
Corsair Graphite 600T (WhiteSE)
Corsair Graphite 600T (WhiteSE)
Update Log
April 20, 2012: Updated/Changed to MacPro5,1
April 25, 2012: Bought Sonnet Presto NIC, see below.
Will be adding an Intel 520 240gb SSD next week!
ASUS 1155 P8Z68 DELUXE (Not GEN3)
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053HCOMM?ie=UTF8
Newegg: Deactivated
Intel Core i7-2600K Quad-Core Processor (HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K)
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EBUXSA?ie=UTF8
Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070
Corsair Vengeance Blue 16 GB DDR3 1600 MHz SDRAM Dual Channel Memory Kit CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004RFBIUU?ie=UTF8
Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145347
XFX/ATI HD-687A-ZNBC Radeon HD 6870 Black Edition
Amazon & Newegg: Deactivated, try ebay or different manufacturer.
Corsair Professional Series Gold 1200-Watt 80 Plus Gold - CMPSU-1200AX
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003PJ6QVU?ie=UTF8
Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139014
(2X) Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IZN3YI?ie=UTF8
Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697
Sony Optiarc 24X DVD Burner, Black SATA Model AD-7280S-0B - OEM
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003MRHOQG?ie=UTF8
Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118067
Corsair White Graphite Series 600T Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower CC600TWM-WHT
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004O0PAKW?ie=UTF8
Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139005
Added 4/25/12: Presto Gigabit Ethernet Pro PCIe Card by Sonnet Technologies
Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833318003
Other Items
Snow Leopard DVD
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AMHWP8?ie=UTF8
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A
Lion USB from Apple
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA
A1181 Bluetooth Module/Board (820-1829-A)
Apple U.LF Antennas (820-2008-A) L & R
Airport Card (BCM94322MC)
Apple Wired Keyboard
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005DLDTAE/
Apple Magic Trackpad
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XIJ3MW/
Comments
The Journey:
I started out by selling my iPad 2 that I had just purchased, because college was coming up and I still didn't have the money to purchase the MacBook Pro that I had wanted. So the $600 I had gotten for that gave me a head start on the motherboard and processor. As I got my paychecks from work, I bought more parts. After sometime I had completed it.
My goal was to build the most expensive CustoBuild posted by TonyMac. After not even a week having the board I decided I didn't like it at all, and had some problems with it. So I sent that back, got a refund, and bought the ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe after reading a good review of it on the forums.
I later upgraded my PSU to the AX1200, and went from the NZXT Phantom to the Corsair White Graphite 600T case. I also added native wireless and bluetooth modules. I ordered these from Ebay (Look above for part numbers). Below will be the links for the guides I followed for this; bluetooth one being the tricky one of the two.
Apple Bluetooth Module to internal USB
Build Airport Card
Everything basically works out of the box!
Below will be Multibeast Configuration, as well as my Boot plist
Also, check below for notes on Audio/Ethernet/Speedstepper.
MultiBeast v4.2.1 Configuration
Read Below for Ethernet/Audio/Speedstepper
Read Below for Ethernet/Audio/Speedstepper
I like to install Chimera again on top of MultiBeast, just incase. Can't hurt.
Here is also my Boot plist.
org.chameleon.boot.plist
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Kernel</key>
<string>mach_kernel</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>npci=0x2000</string>
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>darkwake=0</string>
<key>GraphicsEnabler</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Quiet Boot</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>Legacy Logo</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>EthernetBuiltIn</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GenerateCStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>GeneratePStates</key>
<string>Yes</string>
<key>UseKernelCache</key>
<string>Yes</string>
</dict>
</plist>
Note on Audio/Ethernet
I didn't choose all the options for the ALC889 Audio in MultiBeast because I'm using the ALC889 edited Lion AppleHDA.kext, all you have to do is replace the AppleHDA.kext with the one from the post below, rebuild cache/privileges, restart, and done.
*Also, In MultiBeast, I chose the ALC889 Non-DSDT Enabler, I don't think it is needed, but I chose it anyways. I'm now using a DSDT, but this board doesn't even need one, so far at least. So to stay on the safe side, I took Samisnake's suggestion and extracted mine, and patched it.
ALC889 AppleHDA Kext
And the reason I didn't choose the Ethernet driver's in Multibeast, because at the time when I used MultiBeast, they were outdated and caused sleep issues. I know for a fact that the Lnx2Mac has been updated in MultiBeast recently, but I still prefer to just to download them, then use KextBeast to install them. Below will be the links to both Lnx2Mac and AppleIntelE1000e kext pages.
AppleIntelE1000e- in MultiBeast
Lnx2Mac - also available in MultiBeast
Note on Power Management - ASUS
Don't need to use nullcpu or a patched AICPU as the bios has been patched.
Patched bioses are available here
ASUS 1155 BIOS Repository for native Power Management
Update: April 25th 2012
Sonnet Presto Ethernet Card
Sonnet Presto Ethernet Card
A couple of days ago I ran across this post:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=48091&start=0&hilit=NIC+CARD
This got me thinking.
I have 2 ethernet ports (intel and realtek)
I've never fully tested these cards
I've always used my airport card, but once I go off to college I'll be using ethernet.
So i'm not sure how these cards perform under load, or if they will work with network bridging and virtual machines (if i ever work with one). This seems to be a problem with realtek one. I'm not sure if this was fixed, and i didn't read on. But I was hooked!!
I needed to add something to my build that would make it more native. So I went ahead and bought it, and this has made my build one step closer to being perfect. And that is because it worked OOB!
Now when I need to do a fresh install, everything works out of the box, except audio. That is it!
So take a look at the post! And here is the card on newegg
Presto Gigabit Ethernet Pro PCIe Card by Sonnet Technologies
Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833318003