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How much did you spend on your MacPro so far?

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AppleWorking

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Jan 20, 2009
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I was a little curious about what I paid out so far for my 2009 MacPro. Usually, I just make a rough estimate and close my eyes to the rest. :eek::eek: This time I detailed it out. I was wondering what others paid for their setups after they were done with their modifications...


$3,237.47 TOTAL PAID FOR MACPRO - All prices include tax and shipping.


$2,157.49 (Apple screwed up on my first order so this is the price I received including tax and ship.)

One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xe
3GB (3x1GB)
640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 18x SuperDrive
AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Card
Apple Mighty Mouse
WL KYBRD + USERS GUIDE
Country Kit Mac Pro​

2x 640GB Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS hard drives $132.99

Crucial 8GB kit (2GBx4) for Apple Mac Pro $141.99

X25-M SSD 80GB $240.00 (Gen 1 purchased a few months ago.)

X25-M SSD 160GB $480.00 (Gen 1 purchased a few months ago.)

2.5" To 3.5" Icy Dock $25.00 (I fabricated my own Al bracket for the SDD in my optical.)

GeForce GTX285 for Mac 1024 MB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card $60.00 (This price is because a relative works for the company.) :cool:
 
$3,764.94 Spent from the online Apple Store (lol shipping was $286.94)

Processor: One 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xe
Memory: 8GB (4X2GB)
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Hard Drive Bay1: 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
Optical Drive: One 18x SuperDrive
Mini Display Port Adapter2: Apple Display DVI Adapter
Apple Mighty Mouse + Keyboard

1x WD Black 1TB HDD: $103.98 with 1 day shipping from Amazon Prime
1x WD Black 1TB HDD: $99.98 with 1 day shipping from Amazon Prime
1x Airport Extreme: $50~ from local Apple Store (sigh... didn't think I would actually need this)

Total: $4018.09

AAAAAND soon... GTX 285 Mac Edition: $60 (When AppleWorking gives me his paypal info to work out a deal! ^_^)
 
See signature.

Probably slightly under $6K right now. :apple::):apple:

Great machine for surfing the Internet and checking my e-mail.:)
 
Mac Pro
- 2.8GHz Octo refurb
: AU$3,400

Apple 8800GT
: AU$370

Apple Wireless Card
: AU$35

3rd Party RAM
- 4 x 2GB ECC DDR2 800MHz
: AU$240

HDD's
- 320GB
- 640GB
: AU$165

Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
: AU$210


= AU$4,420


On the upgrade list still to come...
- 24" ACD
- 2 more sticks of RAM (to fill all RAM slots)
- GTX285
- Blu-Ray reader/writer
- SSD Boot Drive

Although, that'll probably be over the next 12-18 months.........
 
2006 pro with Apple 23" LCD and 4 drives + iSight - 1000 us

2 Xeon 5355 quad cores 620 less 200 to sell the 5150s - 420 us

upgrade the 4gb RAM to 8 - 140

ati 3870 with Accelero cooler - 250

iSight mount for 23" - 40 (darnit, had no choice)

Total: $1,850 US

I know, that's not typical for an Octo-core Pro with all the trimmings. I'm lucky to have been at the right place when a corporate fire sale occurred. Worth every penny so far, although it's not my primary machine.

JP
 
AppleWorking said:
I was a little curious about what I paid out so far for my 2009 MacPro. Usually, I just make a rough estimate and close my eyes to the rest. :eek::eek: This time I detailed it out. I was wondering what others paid for their setups after they were done with their modifications...


$3,244.47 TOTAL PAID FOR MACPRO - All prices include tax and shipping.
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Hmm, all together I'm under $3,600

That's for the original 2006 2.66 Quad, the upgrade to 8-cores, the addition of 10GB RAM (making 12GB total), 8 HDDs (totaling 8TB total), two G5 gaming mice, and two 24" wide TN LCDs by LG.

If I count my audio interfaces, MIDI keyboards & control surfaces, drawing tablets, and etc. etc. then it's much more than that though.
 
How much? Umm.. Never actually calculated but if you like to do the sums here's the list of hardware so far.

Hardware: (unit prices)
Some items are purchased at various locations..

1x 2008 MacPro Octo-Core 3.2Ghz (refurb) @ £2390
2x Apple Wireless Keyboard @ ￥9.990
1x Nvidia 8800GT upgrade (still boxed) @ ￥32,000
1x AppleCare @ £195

1x ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB @ £160
2x Buffalo Technologies 8Gb Kit (2Gbx2) @ ￥42,000
2x Crucial Memory 16Gb Kit (4GBx2) @ £181.69 (trade price)

1x CalDigit RadiCard with Battery Backup @ £480.79 (special offer)
4x WD Black 1TB WD1001FALS @ 2x　£72 (trade price) / 2x ￥11,400
4x WD RE3 1TB WD1002FBYS @ £148 (trade price)
2x WD VelociRaptor 300GB WD3000HLFS 300Gb @ £148 (trade price)
1x Panasonic 8X BluRay Burner @ ￥39,000
1x iPass - SATA Breakout Cable @ £5

1x Wacom Cintiq 21ux @ ￥299,000
1x Apple Cinema Display 30" @ ￥229,800
2x Dell UltraSharp 3008 WEP 30" x2 @ £1022 (trade price)
1x ProTool 003+ Rack @ £931
3x Ergotron VESA mounts @ £56

1x Pelican Case for MP & ACD @ $695


three to four months, two flights and six to seven projects later, I'm in profit :)
 
Here are a list of stuff that I've purchased for my Mac Pro. However, I really don't remember what I paid for all this stuff (probably a good thing... Ignorance is bliss)...

8 sticks of A-Data 2GB RAM
4 x 1TB Seagate hard drives
1 x Pioneer DVR-116D (the original Optiarc died)
1 x Optiarc AD-7191S (got this instead of Pioneer because it supports Lightscribe)
1 x Airport card
1 x EVGA 8800GT (flashed by me and later replaced by the following card)
1 x EVGA 8800GTS (flashed by me and later replaced by the following card)
1 x XFX 4870 1GB (flashed by me and later replaced by the following card)
1 x EVGA GTX 285 Mac Edition
1 x IR receiver from MacBook Pro (so that I can use an Apple Remote with my Mac Pro)
1 x Tactile Pro Keyboard
1 x Wireless Mighty Mouse

The following, I already had left over from my previous Mac Pro or are shared among several of my Macs:

Dell 3007WFP-HC monitor
Wacom Intuos2 9x12 tablet
Samsung CLX-3175fn colour laser
SoundMatters Mainstage speaker system
Linksys NSS4000 NAS w/ 4 x 1TB Seagate hard drives
Drobo w/ 4 x 1.5TB Seagate hard drives
 
Hmm... let me see.

$143.09 TOTAL PAID FOR MACPRO - All prices include tax and shipping.


$0 (Out-of-warranty free replacement for my G5)

One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xe
6GB (3x2GB)
2x 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 18x SuperDrive
AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Card
Apple Mighty Mouse
WL KYBRD + USERS GUIDE


1x Samsung 2243swx $143.09 (triple stacked coupon - it's a TN panel, but used within it's limitations, it's still very nice)


Kind of the opposite of the 'let me show you how much I spent' theme, but I'm still pretty happy with it...
 
mkaake said:
Hmm... let me see.

$143.09 TOTAL PAID FOR MACPRO - All prices include tax and shipping.


$0 (Out-of-warranty free replacement for my G5)

One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xe
6GB (3x2GB)
2x 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 18x SuperDrive
AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Card
Apple Mighty Mouse
WL KYBRD + USERS GUIDE


1x Samsung 2243swx $143.09 (triple stacked coupon - it's a TN panel, but used within it's limitations, it's still very nice)


Kind of the opposite of the 'let me show you how much I spent' theme, but I'm still pretty happy with it...
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You definitely should be happy.
 
$2799 : 1x Mac Pro Stock Octo 2.8

$25 : 1x eSata Adapter
$20 : 1x IDE to SATA bridge
$220 : 1x LG Blu-Ray Burner
$1000 : 1x Matrox MXO
$400 : 2x Acer LCD's
$600 : 1x Dell 2408
$130? : 1x 2nd ATi 2600
$280 : 4x WD 640 GB HDD
$200 : 2x WD 750 GB HDD
$140 : 2x Rosewill eSata/FW800/400/USB enclosure
$300 : FCS3
$150 : Natress Color-Plugins
$150 : AV40 Speakers
$140: 4GB Extra Ram

Total: $6554
 
Don't know the real calculation, but here goes:

2.8 x 8 mac pro EOL 1799
23" ACD 150
8GB ram 150
23" ACD 400
2 x desk arms for mounts 100

Had the HD's from an old setup. Along with most other things.

However I did buy 4 EOL mac pros from Apple and one quad off of here, so I made nearly 2000 off reselling them, so it was free to me.
 
kellen said:
Don't know the real calculation, but here goes:

2.8 x 8 mac pro EOL 1799
23" ACD 150
8GB ram 150
23" ACD 400
2 x desk arms for mounts 100

Had the HD's from an old setup. Along with most other things.

However I did buy 4 EOL mac pros from Apple and one quad off of here, so I made nearly 2000 off reselling them, so it was free to me.
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Sweet prices! Get that from the Apple Store or a retail location?
 
mkaake said:
Hmm... let me see.

$143.09 TOTAL PAID FOR MACPRO - All prices include tax and shipping.


$0 (Out-of-warranty free replacement for my G5)

One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xe
6GB (3x2GB)
2x 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 18x SuperDrive
AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Card
Apple Mighty Mouse
WL KYBRD + USERS GUIDE


1x Samsung 2243swx $143.09 (triple stacked coupon - it's a TN panel, but used within it's limitations, it's still very nice)


Kind of the opposite of the 'let me show you how much I spent' theme, but I'm still pretty happy with it...
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If that's how you put it, then I've just spent nil for my Mac Pro Nehalem, which was an AppleCare replacement of my Mac Pro Clovertown...? :D The rest of my stuff are basically carried over from what's left over of my Mac Pro parts and peripherals.

I'll post around once I get my 12GB RAM and AppleCare... and that's when this thread's still alive of course.... :p

CORRECTION:

-$86 = Sold 4GB (2x2GB) FB-DIMM RAM from my Old Mac Pro
$86 = Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB

Still comes around nil for my new Mac Pro.
 
JPamplin said:
Sweet prices! Get that from the Apple Store or a retail location?
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The End of Life Mac Pros were 1799 each for business customers.

The 23" ACD I bought after I bought 3 or 4 of the EOLs and sold them for a profit, only to wish I would have kept one. I bought a package of a quad 2.8 plus 23" ACD off here for 2,000. One day after I bought it, I found another EOL mac pro for 1799 in Kansas. Bought that one, had to sell the quad. I took the wireless, second DVD drive and some ram out of the quad, sold it for 1850. So for $150 I got another DVD burner, 2GB more of ram, 23" ACD and a wireless card for my 2.8x8.

Then I just got ram from OWC and another 23" off of craigslist. But to find a 23" on craigslist for 400 took me nearly 2 months. Most people wanted 500 minimum for non perfect units with no box, it was closer to 600.

Slowly I built a great machine I think for cheap.
 
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