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Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide 2012

Posted by tonymacx86 on Thursday, August 02, 2012

Labels: Core i5

, Core i7,

CustoMac,

Ivy Bridge,

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, Mountain Lion

, OS X

, Socket 2011

It's an amazing time once again to build a computer. Intel's "Ivy Bridge" CPUs alongside with the latest

motherboards are the fastest and most compatible consumer components we've ever tested. There is native

support for Thunderbolt, NVIDIA GeForce 6xx "Kepler" graphics cards, and Ivy Bridge in OS X Mountain Lion

10.8.

On the pro front, Apple hasn't updated their Mac Pro since 2010, but Intel's "Sandy Bridge-E/EP" has native

kernel support. Socket 2011 CPUs are available in quad core, hexacore, and octacore (Sandy Bridge-EP

Xeon only) options. Maximum RAM on single socket LGA-2011-based motherboards is 128 GB, making the

platform ideal for tasks that need extra headroom. In comparison, Socket 1155 is capable of 32 GB of RAM.

These no compromise supercomputers may never be fully optimized for power management, but they are the

most powerful.

For maximum ease of use with guides and methods, we put together some general

hardware recommendations. These might not be the only components that work, but based on our research

they're the easiest and most supported options. Use these as a jumping off point or as a shopping list. You'll

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Ivy Bridge CustoMac Budget Build

A powerful desktop build with budget-minded parts and no graphics card. This build contains a quad-core

CPU, ATX form factor, and onboard graphics. The Intel HD 4000 graphics integrated into the Ivy Bridge CPus

are now working with full acceleration with the Chimera bootloader.

CPU

Options

Intel Core i5-3570K Amazon Newegg

Motherboard

Options

GA-Z77-DS3H

GA-H77-DS3H

GA-B75M-D3P

GA-Q77M-D2H

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RAM Options

1600Mhz DDR3

8GB Corsair 1600Mhz DDR316GB Corsair 1600Mhz DDR3

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Corsair Carbide

300R

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Storage Options

Seagate Barracuda

SATA 6Gb/s 1TB HDD

SanDisk Extreme SATA 6Gb/s 120GB SSD

Amazon Newegg

Amazon

Power Supply

Corsair 430 Watt

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Wifi Card

TP-Link PCI Express

Wifi Adapter (TL-WDN4800)Works Natively!

Amazon

Operating System

Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

Mac App Store

Ivy Bridge CustoMac Pro Build

These full sized ATX builds have quad-core CPUs, maxed out RAM, and lots of expandability. Well suited for any demanding uses. Each has few high-end graphics card options that work in OS X Mountain Lion.

CPU

Intel Core i5-3570K

Intel Core i7-3770Intel Core i7-3770K

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Motherboard Options

GA-Z77X-UD5H GA-Z77X-UP5-TH

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Graphics Card

Options

GeForce GT 640

GeForce GTX 560 Ti GeForce GTX 660 Ti

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