4-core Mac Pros in Stock in Hong Kong

[Gav Mack]

I'm just sayin, you can get a lot of computer for 2k. A LOT more than you can get for the price of a base model nMP. When you are talking Mac Pro buyers you are talking pro-sumers or tech oriented people IMHO. These same people can probably go out and build a Hacintosh or PeeCee that can blow the lid off a nMP 4c. I think a lot of people identify with that and skip the 4c model... Which gets me back to the point of the thread: There will be a lot of these available and they will hardly ever go out of stock. I'm curious as to how the higher core count i7s will effect the Prosumer / home office system in the future. It should be interesting.

They'll also be a few buying the 4 core to drop their own 6/8 core E5 of choice bought off the grey market saving rather a lot over Apple's premium for the upgrade - keeping the 4 core in case of an AppleCare call out. There's plenty of hacks out there that are faster than the nMP but none quieter running at full whack doing long, hard work..

 

[wildmac]

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4820K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.99 @ Microcenter)
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I put it all in an corsair case and added another identical 780 that I had laying around for a while, but then I gave that card to my cousin until I can get a few more 1440p monitors. I've got an extra 10TB of your average Caviar Blacks in there as well. Just stuff I had laying around. I'm only running the system at 4.8ghz as I find pushing it even further would take more fiddling than I'm willing to do. Also, I purchased everything around Xmas so the prices were a bit lower. I think i payed like 1700ish. I went with the x79 dinosaur chip set because I can get a good deal on a six core chip to replace that 4 core in a month or so.

You would have made this a lot easier if you had said hackintosh is better in the first place. You also left off about $200 in parts, but yes, a hackintosh is still cheaper.

That said, you still have to support it, and unless you are primarily running in in Windows, you do have to worry about the long-term viability, being one kernel patch away from doom.

Also, depending on the I/O you need, the nMP will still smoke that Hackintosh.

A rice-rocket will always be faster than a pickup truck, but you can't carry as much, and not everyone wants to go drifting.

 

[wesk702]

A rice-rocket will always be faster than a pickup truck, but you can't carry as much, and not everyone wants to go drifting.

Lol

 

[Derpage]

You would have made this a lot easier if you had said hackintosh is better in the first place. You also left off about $200 in parts, but yes, a hackintosh is still cheaper.

That said, you still have to support it, and unless you are primarily running in in Windows, you do have to worry about the long-term viability, being one kernel patch away from doom.

Also, depending on the I/O you need, the nMP will still smoke that Hackintosh.

A rice-rocket will always be faster than a pickup truck, but you can't carry as much, and not everyone wants to go drifting.

I left off a lot more in parts, but I have the "luxury" of recycling parts that I've had laying around. I haven't seen any benchmarks that give the 4 core any sort of edge. I haven't even seen any real world tests of it (I wonder why..). I would never consider using my 4 core machines for "long haul" operations as I have better options. I don't really consider this 4 core to be that great. It runs Zbrush and the Adobe family like a dream and was pretty cheap and will hold me over till next gen i's and ddr4.

 

[wildmac]

I left off a lot more in parts, but I have the "luxury" of recycling parts that I've had laying around. I haven't seen any benchmarks that give the 4 core any sort of edge. I haven't even seen any real world tests of it (I wonder why..). I would never consider using my 4 core machines for "long haul" operations as I have better options. I don't really consider this 4 core to be that great. It runs Zbrush and the Adobe family like a dream and was pretty cheap and will hold me over till next gen i's and ddr4.

Oh come on, there are plenty of benchmarks out there. If you are looking at CPU, you're comparing basically an iMac to the nMP, and the nMP wins that in many benchmarks. GPU, yeah, yours will win on certain things, but not others.

Yes, it's cheaper, but it's not as godly as you are making it out to be.

 

[Derpage]

Oh come on, there are plenty of benchmarks out there. If you are looking at CPU, you're comparing basically an iMac to the nMP, and the nMP wins that in many benchmarks. GPU, yeah, yours will win on certain things, but not others.

Yes, it's cheaper, but it's not as godly as you are making it out to be.

I'm not a big fan of benchmarks, but here's a side by side comparison. Sorry if the link dies. I can post some pictures. lol
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/compare/438740?baseline=439017