THUNDERBOLT WORKS

Recently, there was need for a LACIE Thunderbolt drive to be used with this system.

With the z77 UP5TH motherboard,  I am VERY happy to announce that it worked, OBB (out of the box) as in, no additional configuring needed.  Simply plug it into the system and go.
How's that for painless?

CUDA ENABLING on Hackintosh!!

If you use Adobe After Effects CS6 and turn on ray tracing 3D, you'll feel a real punch in the stomach. It's a shame because it allows you to do some pretty cool 3D stuff without having to go to a 3D program.

The CUDA Nvidia graphics engine speeds the hell out of this -- unfortunately only a few cards work and they are PRICEY!!

Fortunately, there is a great hack that allows the CUDA feature to be used on NVidia cards that have these processors.

Rather than copy/paste the instructions and attempt to take credit for it, here is the link.


http://www.vidmuze.com/how-to-enable-gpu-cuda-in-adobe-cs6-for-mac/


AWESOME speed increase!!!


By the way, this is not specific to Hackintoshes... it is an across the board OSX fix. You can do it on your iMac or Mac Pro, too.

Two More

Just built another system for a friend that is identical to the most recent system I built for myself.
Again, no problems and everything works as it should.

Definition of Everything =  power on, power off, sleep and wake, lan, firewire, sound, recording via mic inputs, usb 3

1		Antec P280 Black Super Mid Tower Computer Case Item #: N82E16811129179 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
1		GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP5 TH LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with Dual Thunderbolt Item #: N82E16813128559 Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy
1		EVGA 02G-P4-2645-KR GeForce GT 640 2GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card Item #: N82E16814130796 Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy
1		CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply Item #: N82E16817139026 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
1		Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770 Item #: N82E16819116502 Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy
1		SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD500BW 2.5" 500GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Item #: N82E16820147190 Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy
2		CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 Item #: N82E16820233246 Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy
1		ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM Item #: N82E16827135204 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy