Hello all,
I wanted to share my successful build and post a guide about how I did it - in case someone else is looking forward of building a Mavericks Hackintosh under similar specs.
First the specs
Motherboard: AS Rock Z77 Extreme 4
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K
Video: PowerColor AMD Radeon HD 7870
RAM: 2 x Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR3-1600
Storage: 2 x Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240 GB SSD
Guide time
1) Adjust the BIOS settings to match the following: Imgur Album.
2) Download Mavericks and load it into a flashdrive using UniBoot (Steps 1 and 2 of the following guide). In that flashdrive also load up the files contained inside the following compressed file: Mega Download Link.
3) Before you install Mavericks, create two partitions on the SSD: a big one and a small one. The big one format it as Mac OS Extended Journaled, and the little one format it as FAT. Use the minimum space as possible for the FAT partition.
4) Install Mavericks on the Mac OS Extended Journaled partition.
5) When it finishes, boot the newly installed OSX. In case that you are able to reach the set-up screen, go to step 6; in case it doesn't, continue reading.
5.1) Reboot and enter the OSX using the flag "-s", this will allow you to input commands to OSX.
5.2) Input the following commands (in order):
· mount -uw /
· cd /System/Library/Extensions
· mkdir intel_back
· mv AppleIntelHD* AppleIntelF* intel_back/
· touch ../Extensions
· reboot
5.3) Wait until it reboots and boot up the OSX without any flags.
6) Initialize all your settings. When asked about your internet connection, mark that "this computer does not connect to the internet".
7) Copy the files of the Utilities zip that you downloaded onto the desktop. Run KextBeast. Reboot. Now you should have network, try opening Safari.
8) Open MultiBeast and set User DSDT, when asked choose the DSDT that was inside the Utilities zip. Check USB 3.0 Universal support. Look for the Sound Driver and check the "With DSDT", "Driver 898".
Reboot and enjoy!!!
Pics of the build
Thank you for reading
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