HackintoshMan's CS6 Build: Core i7-3770K - GA-Z77N-WIFI - HD4000

HackintoshMan's CS6 Build: Core i7-3770K - GA-Z77N-WIFI - HD4000​

[UPDATE] Added a new Monitor, GPU, and 2 SSD's!

Components

Apple Mac OS X version 10.8 Mountain Lion
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.)

GIGABYTE GA-Z77N-WIFI LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009JDTWH6/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128568

Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000
http://www.microcenter.com/product/388575/Core_i7_3770K_35GHz_LGA_1155_Processor
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SZ0EOW/

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GWMQ66/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231568

BitFenix Prodigy Arctic White / White Steel / Plastic Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345017

CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0092ML0MY/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027

CORSAIR Hydro Series H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0051U7HMS/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181017

Apple Wired Keyboard w/ Numeric Keypad
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Keyboard-Numeric-MB110LL-VERSION/dp/B005DLDTAE/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1358819097&sr=1-1&keywords=apple+keyboard+MB110LL%2FB
http://www.microcenter.com/product/370571/Keyboard_w-_Numeric_Keypad

Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088PUEPK/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

[UPDATE] GIGABYTE GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD GeForce GTX 970 4GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125684
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GeForce-Gaming-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B00NH5T1MS

[UPDATE] 2x Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148820&ignorebbr=1
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX100-2-5-Inch-Internal-CT256MX100SSD1/dp/B00KFAGCWK

[UPDATE] ASUS VS24AH-P 24-Inch LED-Lit Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236331
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-VS24AH-P-24-Inch-LED-Lit-Monitor/dp/B00CIZZ0QO/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1437016493&sr=1-1&keywords=asus+vs24a

Already Owned

Apple Wired Mouse
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TLTH7K/
http://www.microcenter.com/product/322124/Mouse


Comments

I have been trolling around the forums for almost a year now and I was always making a list of parts I was going to get. But then you know the rest. That list eventually gets put under many things and you just forget about it. So after many lists of parts, mid October came and I said, "I'm going to ACTUALLY build a Hackintosh." So, after making my parts list, I was figuring out ways to get this and that in there without raising my cost and you know how that goes. My budget started at $500 and eventually I was up to about $700.

Then Christmas came.

I had most of my needed parts to complete my build. I got the motherboard, the hard drive, the case, and the power supply. Now all I had to get was the Processor and the ram.

After that waiting period, I built it and installed Mountain Lion easily with the Unibeast and MultiBeast programs.

The only issues I have right now (if anyone has solutions, please post them here!) are

1. 
   [*=left]My keyboard disconnects after sleep FIXED: ​I plugged my keyboard into the usb hub on my monitor. With the help of Please Sleep I have sleep!
   [*=left]airplay doesn't work even with iMac 12,2 definition FIXED: I got AirParrot.
   [*=left]Speedstep might work, the only speeds I see are 1.6 ghz and 4.2 ghz, so it might be working FIXED: It is working, I can see 1.8 and so on.
   [*=left]my audio pops before it plays something only if it hasn't been used for a few minutes. (kind of like an old person, it takes them a while to get going, but once they are going, there is no stopping!) FIXED: ​Changed system definition to MacPro 3,1

HackintoshMan's CS6 Build

I fixed the popping by changing my system definition to mac pro 3.1 I did have it on iMac 12.2 like you !

I do have one question for you , How the hell did you OC ? I can only seem to get two Pstates 16x and 34x !

HackintoshMan's CS6 Build

You changed it to MacPro 3,1?

1. That will fix the audio pop?
2. Could that fix my sleep issue?
3. Will airplay work?
4. are their any disadvantages of switching?
5. can I change the definition in the smbios.plist file?

HackintoshMan's CS6 Build

HackintoshMan said:

You changed it to MacPro 3,1?

1. That will fix the audio pop?
2. Could that fix my sleep issue?
3. Will airplay work?
4. are their any disadvantages of switching?
5. can I change the definition in the smbios.plist file?

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1, Yes
2, Depends on what issue your having ,a lot of people have sleep working.(WOL will not work on the board as its not in the bios)
3, Not sure
4, None that I have found
5, Yes, just change it using MultiBeast then restart

Not sure whether you have seen BitterMelons "chip" build check it out http://www.tonymacx86.com/golden-bu...ip-build-ga-z77n-wifi-i5-3570k-hd-6870-a.html

Its a pretty good thread , A lot of people have fixes for sleep and it covers the audio popping . There are a lot comments so bare with it

HackintoshMan's CS6 Build

Yeah...I read the whole thing


I changed the definition of my clone to mac pro 3,1 but I changed it in the smbios.plist in the extras...can I do that or should I do it through multibeast?

HackintoshMan's CS6 Build

HackintoshMan said:

Yeah...I read the whole thing


I changed the definition of my clone to mac pro 3,1 but I changed it in the smbios.plist in the extras...can I do that or should I do it through multibeast?

Click to expand...

I done mine using multibeast just so I knew there would be no problems

HackintoshMan's CS6 Build

I just changed it to MacPro 3,1

It took a while because of some IO kext that was messing Multibeast up


It raised my geek bench by 12 points!
WOOHOO

HackintoshMan's CS6 Build

AAANNNDDD

it fixed my audio pop

but still no airplay mirroring...i didn't think it worked with the mac pro...

I havent tested the sleep yet, I'm getting nervous!

HackintoshMan's CS6 Build

HackintoshMan said:

AAANNNDDD

it fixed my audio pop

but still no airplay mirroring...i didn't think it worked with the mac pro...

I havent tested the sleep yet, I'm getting nervous!

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Hey just a quick update for you , I tried the iMac 13.1 sys def no audio pop ! I haven't playing around with sleep yet though I'll leave that until the morning , And I don't have anyway to test airplay .

HackintoshMan's CS6 Build

Oh ok, thanks. I forgot about 13,1


Sleep doesn't work...

the monitor sleeps automatically but the computer doesn't. When I force sleep it, the keyboard disconnects and all that nice stuff. If I force sleep it and wake it up by the power button, everything world perfect.