£13k Mac Pro

[Jon.G]

Purely for those who need everything in there lives.

System only:

2x 2.93GHz 6 core Intel Xeon Processors
64GB of RAM
Raid card
4x 512gb SSD
2x ATI Radeon HD 5770 HD
2 SuperDrivers

Mental.
Anybody think of anything more expensive excluding servers?

 

[Revels]

You can get it much much higher than that. You're clearly not trying!

When I win the lottery I'll max it out and order one because I'm a massive geek

 

[theduck]

Well you can get the mac pro to £14,152 system only...

Any higher than that is servers

EDIT: I lie, cant get a mac pro above £14,152 without adding screens and software or upgrade mice/keyboards

 

[The Boosh!]

My mate had a mac pro he paid 4k for.

Ran it as a server pmsl - Mental.

 

[Jon.G]

I ticked everything, Im just doing the system so that doesn't include the screens and software etc.

TBH, if I won the lottery id buy one for myself and a load of mates. Depending on the win of course.

 

[jenic]

I've hit £30K on a decent Mac Pro before

With a couple of screens, and some software and accessories though

 

[Jon.G]

Infact, ive just seen the Apple care OS support on the servers.

Bye bye 40k.

 

[Revels]

I've hit £30K on a decent Mac Pro before

With a couple of screens, and some software and accessories though

4x 27" would be perfect.

 

[jenic]

4x 27" would be perfect.

Thats too many, I'd have 3 in total. One infront of me, and to the left normal orientation, then another to the right in a vertical position.

I'd have a top spec air too for my portable.

 

[Jon.G]

Don't see many used as a vertical screen. Different, but understandable at the same time.

 

[Revels]

Thats too many, I'd have 3 in total. One infront of me, and to the left normal orientation, then another to the right in a vertical position.

I'd have a top spec air too for my portable.

Nah. 2x2 on the wall infront you. Perfect.

 

[Munson]

Could get an M3 for that money.

 

[Gaz.]

^LOL.

 

[wozzaa]

Nah. 2x2 on the wall infront you. Perfect.

It's a shame they went with the cheap 5870 version and not the eyefinity one.

I mean just think if they went with the good cards and allowed you to use multiple 5870's you could go mental..... Although I think I would need an extension for my study...and a mortgage for the screens.

 

[Gareth]

13k and it's only got 5770s

 

[Mells]

Could get an M3 for that money.

lol, you could get 7 M3 Evos apparently - one for everyday of the week!

How much would the OP's PC cost as a same spec PC?

 

[Jon.G]

The edges of the screen would annoy the f**k out of me.

 

[Addicted]

LOL 13k @ 5770's, overpriced!
man the PC i could build with 13k!

 

[Mwindow]

I've hit £30K on a decent Mac Pro before

With a couple of screens, and some software and accessories though

Isn't that what everyone browses CS on?

 

[smittytom]

LOL 13k @ 5770's, overpriced!
man the PC i could build with 13k!

It would more than likely still run a poo OS though

 

[Damo_Sport]

13k!!! like someone said.. imagine what sorta of hardcore PC you could make with 10k let alone 13k

 

[Jon.G]

What it needs is 4 gfx cards.

 

[Gareth]

At that kind of money you'd expect more graphically, mine cost less than half that and has 2 x 580 GTXs

 

[Munson]

My pal just spent £4k+ on a self-build that would tear that a new one in any game at any resolution. Seems a bit daft.

 

[Christopher]

Bear in mind what someone would spec a £10k+ Mac for though.

Not gaming. lol

 

[Gareth]

My pal just spent £4k+ on a self-build that would tear that a new one in any game at any resolution. Seems a bit daft.

I stopped counting, but mine is somewhere between 4k and 5k

 

[Munson]

Bear in mind what someone would spec a £10k+ Mac for though.

Not gaming. lol

Yeah that's true enough. Let's be honest though. What other application could possibly need that much power? Rendering Toy Story 12 in real time? Not with those lame ass gfx cards. I can understand it of course, as I love Steve like a brother but, for me, the search for ultimate power is in PC land. I do want 27 winches of iMac though.

 

[Christopher]

Agree'd'ed'd. PC is king for gaming/modelling/render.

Never thought about selling your 17" MBP and going 27" i7?

You'd still get good monies for the MBP, and a hero-spec 27 runs about £2k.

You know you want to. iMac for home, MBP for sofa/portability.

 

[Addicted]

It would more than likely still run a poo OS though

i'd triple boot between os x, win7 & ubuntu
though of course os x would easily be the least used!

 

[Revels]

iMac and iPad is going to be my new combo.

 

[Munson]

Agree'd'ed'd. PC is king for gaming/modelling/render.

Never thought about selling your 17" MBP and going 27" i7?

You'd still get good monies for the MBP, and a hero-spec 27 runs about £2k.

You know you want to. iMac for home, MBP for sofa/portability.

Nah it's not that simple for me. I travel with my 17" & 13" MBPs. One I use business, and the other for movies and TV shows (and writing code because the screen pwns the 13"). Then I have my games PC at home in the UK. I wouldn't use an iMac. I do want one though. Never say never. 27 winches of gallywinium FTFW. I make dk look like an unwashed vagrant, so I'd just send Jeeves out to get one with what's in the loose change pot. No need to sell my 17"

 

[Christopher]

LOL.

Unboxing one is like Christmas when you're five.

 

[Munson]

Just had a good money saving idea. My 13" is smashed to f**k, so I could throw it away, buy an iMac 27", then with the money I saved, buy a 13" MBA. Deal?

 

[Revels]

There's nothing better than 27".

 

[Munson]

30"?

 

[Christopher]

Just had a good money saving idea. My 13" is smashed to f**k, so I could throw it away, buy an iMac 27", then with the money I saved, buy a 13" MBA. Deal?

Or get Apple to replace the Unibody and LCD @ £400, then sell it for £800 and buy a 13" MBA for £1,300.

That's lbrench value.

 

[Revels]

Apple don't do a 30" anymore, so nope.

 

[Ali]

I paid £100 for a new HP laptop y'day! .....

 

[Christopher]

I wouldn't be happy about that.

 

[Revels]

Yeah, but this is Ali.

A man so tight he has a hole in his roof so he can shower for free when it rains.