Xeon E5 - 16 Cores/ 32 Thr Z9PE-D8 WS 12TB GeekBench 28,000

[stubbz]

Is it just the turboboost function that increases the score in win7 to about 25% more?

 

[Paradigm99]

Pretty much. With a few other things aswell

 

[Tutor]

... I would have preferred your motherboard! seems like enabling sound and ethernet is way easier with the asus! too bad I am stuck with the super micro for now...

Macs are now more than ever PCs. Apple has gone the extra mile to ensure that you can run Mac OSX and Windows on the same machine, i.e., they've gone a long way toward choosing hardware that works in both environments. To build a Hack is to first build a PC. To build the fastest Hack, build the fastest PC first as your primary goal, but do so buy using components that to the maximum extent possible you could place in a Mac and in a PC without compatibility issues. Think like Apple, not different from them in this regard.

Just get PCI-e cards/USB attachment for audio [ low end: http://www.atguys.com/store/index.php?m ... ucts_id=84 ; mid end [ http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywor ... 4gv18tdo_b { http://www.head-fi.org/t/545471/usb-sou ... d-usb-work ]]; high end [ check out a music co. like http://www.zzounds.com/cat--Audio-Interfaces--2418 ] , ethernet [ http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%2 ... GE1000LAE/ ] and any other function that you want to have (such as, but not limited to, USB 3 [ http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Lacie/130977/ ], SATA 6 [ http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%2 ... ATA6PROE4/ ], PCI-e based SSDs [ http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/PCIe ... lsior/RAID ], etc.) where the same card/USB attachment works both on Mac and on Windows machines. Sonnetech has ethernet cards that you can buy from OWC. OWC, or a similar Mac peripheral vender, may have an audio (or other seemingly missing feature) card that solves your problem and works on both types of machines. It'll save you time and headaches, and may even outperform what you got as stock.

 

[Paradigm99]

Thanks!
One other question... I use the audio from my Apple cinema displays via USB which creates a problem when using an audio card. Is there any way to get around this? Ethernet works fine now, found out it was a problem connector head... Fixed that this morning. Glad I had the connectors lying around. Other problem has been USB 3.0 do you know of any other keys that may help for this?

 

[Tutor]

Thanks!
One other question... I use the audio from my Apple cinema displays via USB which creates a problem when using an audio card. Is there any way to get around this? Ethernet works fine now, found out it was a problem connector head... Fixed that this morning. Glad I had the connectors lying around. Other problem has been USB 3.0 do you know of any other keys that may help for this?

Edited my post, above, to cover some other options.

 

[Paradigm99]

Ok, Ill check those out.

I've been looking into over/underclocking my Xeons, but I haven't been able to find much of anything when researching. As coming from the Mac world, I'm completely new and inexperienced when it comes to over clocking and CPU "tweaking"... Would it be possible for you to offer me some advice as to how I could get that extra kick out of my system?
I would GREATLY appreciate it!
Thanks so much

 

[Tutor]

Ok, Ill check those out.

I've been looking into over/underclocking my Xeons, but I haven't been able to find much of anything when researching. As coming from the Mac world, I'm completely new and inexperienced when it comes to over clocking and CPU "tweaking"... Would it be possible for you to offer me some advice as to how I could get that extra kick out of my system?
I would GREATLY appreciate it!
Thanks so much

Sure - as soon as I get my replacement Z9PE-D8 WS and get it set up.

 

[Paradigm99]

Fantastic!
Thank you very much!

 

[stubbz]

Thanks for your input, Tutor!

 

[SECONND]

Mind=Blown

Well im new to hackintosh. Im buying a 500GB HDD to install lion onto. Im also buying a usb dongle for internet.

Sorry I haven't read your post carefully but did you have issues? Internet working?