swiftor Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Awesome - thanks for putting up the Killer build - I'll be buying the parts later today unless someone has other interesting comments on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Dev Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Mr. D, wouldn't be better to recommend the Z77-DS3H (full ATX) instead of the Z77MX-D3H (mATX) for the Deluxe build? The D3H has Via sound, which doesn't compare favorably to the RLT 887 that comes with the DS3H under OSX (there's a lack of easy AppleHDA solutions for the Via VT2021, which in most cases ends up working with VoodooHDA, while patching AppleHDA for ALC887 has been trivial for years now). All the best, and keep these builds coming! No! The VIA Audio chip have been much better in quality of audio for many years and is the more expensive audio for motherboard manufactures. Also AppleHDA does fully support this chip set. A quick look around and you would have been able to see this... Just saying. There is no need to use VoodooHDA with this system at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theconnactic Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I stand corrected! Thank you for the info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Dev Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I stand corrected! Thank you for the info. Too few people know that VIA is superior and if you read a lot of high end motherboard reviews many of them will take note of this and how they still use ALC8xx. Besides we should be open minded about making new things work. Thats why we are here right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftor Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Quick note on the Ultra build - I was not able to mount the fans/radiator in this case because the left most set of ram modules were blocking it. At the moment I have the radiator fan portion of the cooling system hanging out of the case (ick) but maybe I'm just doing something wrong? I'll take a pic and update this post a bit later. I did a small bit of searching and it seems others have had similar issues with the tall vengeance ram and a liquid based cooling system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Dev Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Quick note on the Ultra build - I was not able to mount the fans/radiator in this case because the left most set of ram modules were blocking it. At the moment I have the radiator fan portion of the cooling system hanging out of the case (ick) but maybe I'm just doing something wrong? I'll take a pic and update this post a bit later. I did a small bit of searching and it seems others have had similar issues with the tall vengeance ram and a liquid based cooling system. I have used this case before and all the systems I recommend I have hands on experience. Can you send me in a PM pictures of the issues you are having. Thanks. Also have you tried mounting and exhausting it out the top? That is what I normally do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftor Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Hey guys, thanks for the help, I've got the Ultra build up and running - and it seems super fast. Although to get it to the desktop I had to use the Graphics Enabler = No option. But apparently doing that breaks functionality in video editors - like Final Cut Pro? Is there something I missed to get it to play nice with the 660 and still use video editor apps? If this post is in the wrong place, by all means please remove it and i'll move it, thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theconnactic Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Post in the Hardware Support forum/Graphics/nVidia: i use GE=No and both FCPX and Premiere CS6 work fine. Heck, even Video Decode Acceleration, which is usually problematic, works without i having done anything. All the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 So great to log back in after a year or so and see threads like this, thank yo for this list...i'll grab a few parts from the deluxe list and upgrade my build 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckmarin Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Question: I'm coming from a AMD Hackintosh and a situation where I've had to jump through a lot of hoops to get OS X running and stable. If I buy the "Ultra" set-up am I looking at another situation where I'm going to be spending a lot of time working to get OS X to run or will OS X 10.8 just install without issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necrophagous Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 i think FSP aurum is another good alternative for the ultra build mate, 80 plus gold and relatively cheaper than any other psu i've been using it for one of my build for 2 years and it really is very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSmartGuy Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 No! The VIA Audio chip have been much better in quality of audio for many years and is the more expensive audio for motherboard manufactures. Also AppleHDA does fully support this chip set. A quick look around and you would have been able to see this... Just saying. There is no need to use VoodooHDA with this system at all. Where can I find a DSDT or guide for enabling audio on the GA-Z77MX-D3H? Google doesn't seem to give any good results. It seems like all of the people with this motherboard end up using VoodooHDA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Cat Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Great lists... (I know they were posted in March/ April but even still...) Would it be right to assume the 'Killer' list would feature a 3930K build with a GTX 670/80 and maybe some SSDs for about $2500? And then what about a 'supreme' dual Xeon build or something... we can all dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.D. Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 I bet we could make a list with price points every $500! - but I think, for now, 3-4 machines is a pretty decent level. I have been asked thru IM about Haswell options. I think its a little too early to make that leap just yet. Perhaps when 10.9 is out when the iTrashCan new MacPro are out we can adjust. Right now these builds are at great price points and are as close to rock-solid stable as you're gonna get. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codinger Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Why do you recommend sandy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMCrimson Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Any chance of reupping them pdf's? I might go for hackintosh in the autumn, as this Mini is about to give up... Mr D : many thanks Setup reminiscent of 2012 spec mini would be my aim if I go for hackintosh... Sourcing suitable parts might be not too easy, but who knows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashnburn_in Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Can we have an update to this? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosakgroove Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 If anyone has a minute to spare to give me for a build advice, I would thank you so much. I am trying to make my first build, because all my Hackintoshes are laptops, so I wanted to do a desktop Hack . I am trying to refurbish a 1996 computer, turning into a cheap audio production system. It is gonna be a Haswell, not an Ivy Bridge, so this list is not up to date, plus my build seems to add up to like 250€ .... cheaper than Ivy? http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/311560-cheapest-build-advice/?do=findComment&comment=2227497 Any help is deeply appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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