Looking to buy a 5,1 Mac Pro..some questions

[maclove4life]

Heres a mac pro i customized with prices.

Mint 2010 8 core 2.4/ $1300
x2 x5675 3.06 hexacore/ $295 ebay
xp941 256gb/ $250 newegg
lycom m.2 sata adapter/ $25 ram city
waiting for a gtx 980 from mvc/ $800?
Using the stock 5770
4x8gb 1333 ram/ $210 ebay

im right around $2100 and the computer feels almost exactly the same as my 6 core d700 that i payed $4500 dollars for. I was able to sell the nMP for $3900 last month

I used to have a stock 12 core 2.66 before i sold it right before what seems as nose dive in cmp prices on ebay for $3000 and bought the nMP and i regretted that decision and now am happy i came back.
I love everything internal and knowing that my gpu is not obsolete as fast as the d700 are gonna be is great.

what was the problem with nMP?

 

[RoastingPig]

nothing was wrong with the computer. i just should of been more informed and should of done more research on the computer and how it would of suited my needs.

I dislike external storage.
I dislike amd. I use the adobe suite and cuda. I also want to be able to game with the newest graphics cards with all the bells and whistles like g-sync. This is after i sold my gaming pc to downsize.

I also really dislike thunderbolt technology since experiencing lots of the little stupid things that using thunderbolt peripherals bring.

 

[MacVidCards]

- For Hand-off/continuity, you can upgrade the built-in wireless pretty easily with this solution.

We have a MUCH better solution for 4,1/5,1 machines.

All internal, invisible, and no $5 antennas hanging around inside the machine.

We were first and still best answer for this.

 

[Zorn]

We have a MUCH better solution for 4,1/5,1 machines.

All internal, invisible, and no $5 antennas hanging around inside the machine.

We were first and still best answer for this.

If only they were in stock

what was the problem with nMP?

I pretty much agree with everything he said. Not that there's anything 'wrong' with the nMP, but as someone who does quite a bit of gaming, the D300/500/700 are completely inadequate. Not only are they outdated by even today's standards, they are focused toward Maya/CAD work and not consumer use. That alone makes the nMP a non starter for me. It's absolutely insane, if Apple would just *OFFER* a non-garbage graphics card as an option for CTO, it would open up the nMP to a whole new category of buyers.