Hello everyone,
So I'm planning on buying a base-model Mac Pro 7,1 with the 8-core Xeon, 96GB of Ram and a Radeon Pro 580X MP. I mostly want to use it for webdesign, editing 8K video in Final Cut and coding in macOS. Also I want to dual boot Windows 11 to play some 4K games.
My plans are to install the 28-core Xeon because I found one for under 3,000$. Also, I want to install the maximum RAM possible. Here I'm also trying to figure out: Is the maximum possible really 1.5TB or can I also install 8x256GB? On the 5,1 MP I was able to install 256GB on Windows and with OpenCore also getting it recognized in macOS. So is it theoretically possible to install more than 1.5TB of memory? According to Intel the CPU supports 2TB of RAM.
As a GPU I was planning to replace the stock 580X with a 6900XT with 16GB of VRAM. Is this GPU currently supported in macOS and is there anything better I could possibly install? Also, what are the downsides of not using a MPX module like the Vega II? Furthermore, could I possibly install a MPX GPU and a normal GPU at the same time?
Also, are there any other MPX RAID modules besides the one from Promise? Paying over 2000$ just for a housing and drives seems like a veryyy bad deal. I want to install 32TB of HDD storage. If possible, I wanted to split these between 4 8TB HDDs, but I'm not too sure because this is the only MPX module I know of and it's really expensive.
Next, what Thudnerbolt PCI cards can you guys recommend? I need more ports and wanted to install some PCI solution.
And finally, what pcie solutions are there for SSDs? I want to keep Windows physically separated from macOS if possible.
Would be really glad if someone could help me out, still new here ^^
Thanks!
So I'm planning on buying a base-model Mac Pro 7,1 with the 8-core Xeon, 96GB of Ram and a Radeon Pro 580X MP. I mostly want to use it for webdesign, editing 8K video in Final Cut and coding in macOS. Also I want to dual boot Windows 11 to play some 4K games.
My plans are to install the 28-core Xeon because I found one for under 3,000$. Also, I want to install the maximum RAM possible. Here I'm also trying to figure out: Is the maximum possible really 1.5TB or can I also install 8x256GB? On the 5,1 MP I was able to install 256GB on Windows and with OpenCore also getting it recognized in macOS. So is it theoretically possible to install more than 1.5TB of memory? According to Intel the CPU supports 2TB of RAM.
As a GPU I was planning to replace the stock 580X with a 6900XT with 16GB of VRAM. Is this GPU currently supported in macOS and is there anything better I could possibly install? Also, what are the downsides of not using a MPX module like the Vega II? Furthermore, could I possibly install a MPX GPU and a normal GPU at the same time?
Also, are there any other MPX RAID modules besides the one from Promise? Paying over 2000$ just for a housing and drives seems like a veryyy bad deal. I want to install 32TB of HDD storage. If possible, I wanted to split these between 4 8TB HDDs, but I'm not too sure because this is the only MPX module I know of and it's really expensive.
Next, what Thudnerbolt PCI cards can you guys recommend? I need more ports and wanted to install some PCI solution.
And finally, what pcie solutions are there for SSDs? I want to keep Windows physically separated from macOS if possible.
Would be really glad if someone could help me out, still new here ^^
Thanks!