My build: "B1"

[ktzyeah]

Here's my little bulid. I've recently updated my old Core2Duo with this new i7 3770 (i've purchased a new mobo+cpu+ram+psu), mantaining the same OSX installation.

Specs:

Case: Cooler Master Centurion V
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-DS3H 1.1 (with custom DSDT)
CPU: i7 3770@ 3.4Ghz (3.9Ghz with Turbo Boost, No OC) - LGA1155 
Ram: 8Gb (2x4Gb) Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz
GPU: otac GTX650 2GB (Works OOB with GraphicsEnabler=No - Nvidia Web Driver 313.01.02f01 + Cuda 5.5.20)
Audio: ALC887 (HDAEnabler) - Motu Audio Express USB/Firewire (Official Drivers)
Wireless: D-Link DWL-G122 (Ralink RT73)
HDD: 1x Seagate ST31000524AS (1Tb Sata 6Gb) + 1x Seagate ST3500820AS (500Gb Sata 3Gb)+ 1x WD WD5000AAKS (500Gb Sata 3Gb)
OS: ML 10.8.4 - Smbios: iMac13,2 - Bootloader: Clover 1958

Mac Info: http://img823.images...30528alle12.png
 

Geekbench: 14600 http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/2037204 (16670 on Windows 7-64) 

 

 

 

Cinebench: 44.14fps / 7.92pts

 

Novabench Results: 

Vdadecodercheck:

~ $ /Applications/Benchmarks/VDADecoderCheck ; exit;
AVF info: hasOfflineRenderer, borad-id check : true
Hardware acceleration is fully supported
logout

[Processo completato]

P-States:

May 29 10:24:21 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 39 ]
May 29 10:24:30 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 16 39 ]
May 29 12:31:39 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 16 34 ]
May 29 10:31:01 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 16 34 39 ]
May 29 10:33:11 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 16 34 39 ]
May 29 12:36:08 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 16 34 ]
May 29 10:38:37 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 16 34 ]
May 29 08:38:00 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 16 34 39 ]
May 29 12:45:48 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 16 34 ]
May 29 12:45:52 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 16 28 34 ]
May 29 10:45:06 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 16 28 34 39 ]
May 29 10:45:07 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 16 28 34 37 39 ]
May 29 10:45:15 localhost kernel[0]: AICPUPMI: CPU P-States [ 16 21 28 34 37 39 ]

Update #1: Upgraded to 10.8.4 with the combo update without any problems.

[PunkNugget]

Where are the pics of your completed build?

[ktzyeah]

yeah I'm sorry, I bought a gtx 650 and a pci firewire card and I'm just wait for it to mount, in order to have some legit photos...

anyway I repeat that it's nothing special, I haven't done any mod on my case etc.

[PunkNugget]

Doesn't matter, even if you show your progress, that's a start...

[titus]

Ram: 2x4Gb ...?

 

not satisfying on my own opinion, i guess your mobo can handle more than that !

[ktzyeah]

yes, my mobo can handle up to 32gb but imho 8 gb of ram are quite enough

anyway i've added 3 pictures in the first post...

[TH3L4UGH1NGM4N]

8 suffices if you're not powerhousing your system like myself and other users do.

 

Wassup with the cable management though?

[ktzyeah]

ahah I told you that my build is not so well ordered and it's nothing special to see

anyway it's still a work in progress, i have to install also a pci firewire card and then, I'll try to make something with that cables mess!