Return-Path: Received: from mail-ee0-f54.google.com ([74.125.83.54] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5101378 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:11:25 +0200 Received: by mail-ee0-f54.google.com with SMTP id t10so3048924eei.27 for ; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:21:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=m5ULx08I4stwuML8uKfodtJHEMW3PNK11iLEC4btNms=; b=iDnOU4j4k5FivVbGyQhgKL39CepAlHu91h8Gq/M5UMF7xv2rLBllVnALbNiKRXwWGP yl4WZ3LZuDivFjAno3gMe+YC7E4NktJme39fCMn4D/LfHrqsE4BzAzHtMemTBRPRSvqt yx/XTFyhA0qObYRUAfQtmXK+YekrSAWydJHaxCundMElgNbSDWx67LqsWpdVKd6bidwS mXFByknRWCrr8mxiS6zgcV/U9xgsifKTAkJzsONPsch9ESSk0UzARvvJl5euZP5XpUKL J8LOs6rxqOUa584P+YKnsh5LYoxScmUvJygQFTJeLLL+CJ6TbsV53HM9mhOiiNYsQnCq qFXQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.14.127.73 with SMTP id c49mr13120997eei.101.1370895676824; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:21:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.15.27.200 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:21:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:21:16 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] New MacPro From: Brian Higgins To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c38ef6d79d8404ded2851b X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnByhYDYFaRD+CPYyo+Lkf/4heYqVZo/UBtP6M9lMx4lPNmBafge2d6un+FcjxHl8VQjCLP --001a11c38ef6d79d8404ded2851b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Does anyone actually overclock Mac Pros? If you're that technically inclined, you've already built a Hackintosh. On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Teddy Gage wrote: > I'm guessing RAM maxes out at 64GB but I'm sure that costs an extra $2k. > The fact is, this machine will be impossible to overclock due to the size > and cooling capacity. As someone who builds computers I can tell you this > is simple physics, unless they are using phase exchangers or liquid > hydrogen. I'm guessing a minimum entry price point of $3999. The intel > 3930K chip overclocked is faster than the 8 core xeon and currently retai= ls > for under $500. See my cinebench scores http://imgur.com/xMTkacD. You can > build a system around that chip for another $600. You could literally hav= e > 3 computers that, together, are 4x faster than the iWastebasket for the > entry level price, before you do any upgrading to the MP. Let alone lose > all your invested stock of pci-e cards, adapters, hard drives, etc. > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: > >> http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/ >> >> >> RAM maximum? >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 10, 2013, at 3:04 PM, S=F8ren Christensen wrote: >> >> what is most cryptic right now - to me at least - is how they plan for >> the user to access the 40GB/320Gbit pci express bandwidth? >> The thunderbolt2 ports only accounts for about 1/3 of the available >> bandwidth. >> I guess thats why they called it a sneak peak :-) >> >> Still, I dont mind running the adobe cc on that. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> |||| DESILENCE STUDIO >> |||| www.dslnc.com - motion & interactivity >> |||| +34 93 268 0953 / +34 61 555 9963 (mobile) >> >> |||| SOCIAL >> |||| facebook.dslnc.com >> |||| twitter.dslnc.com >> >> |||| NEW SHOWREEL 2013 >> |||| http://v5.dslnc.com/reel/ >> >> >> >> On Jun 10, 2013, at 9:40 PM, Stephen van Vuuren >> wrote: >> >> From the Apple click-through, it appears if I'm seeing it right to be a >> single socket with 4 RAM slots, meaning CPU and memory options will be >> pretty limited. Only RAM and CPU looks like standard expansion, so Teddy >> may >> be right, this thing may be for the most part, no more configurable than= a >> laptop. >> >> stephen van vuuren >> 336.202.4777 >> >> http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ >> http://www.sv2dcp.com/ >> http://www.sv2studios.com/ >> >> A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should >> be a >> progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, >> the >> meaning, all that comes later. >> -Stanley Kubrick >> >> >> >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Animator & Editor > www.teddygage.com > Brooklyn > --=20 *brian higgins | creative director Sol Design 312.706.5500 higgins@soldesignfx.com soldesignfx.com * --001a11c38ef6d79d8404ded2851b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Does anyone actually overclock Mac Pros? =A0If you're = that technically inclined, you've already built a Hackintosh.


On Mon, Jun 10, 2= 013 at 3:18 PM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm guessing RAM m= axes out at 64GB but I'm sure that costs an extra $2k. The fact is, thi= s machine will be impossible to overclock due to the size and cooling capac= ity. As someone who builds computers I can tell you this is simple physics,= unless they are using phase exchangers or liquid hydrogen. I'm guessin= g a minimum entry price point of $3999. The intel 3930K chip overclocked is= faster than the 8 core xeon and currently retails for under $500. See my c= inebench scores http= ://imgur.com/xMTkacD. You can build a system around that chip for anoth= er $600. You could literally have 3 computers that, together, are 4x faster= than the iWastebasket for the entry level price, before you do any upgradi= ng to the MP. Let alone lose all your invested stock of pci-e cards, adapte= rs, hard drives, etc.


On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@= me.com> wrote:
http://www.apple.com/m= ac-pro/


RAM maximum?




On Jun 10, 2013, at 3:04 PM, S=F8= ren Christensen wrote:

what is =A0most cryptic right= now - to me at least - is how they plan for the user to access the 40GB/32= 0Gbit pci express bandwidth?=A0
The thunderbolt2 ports only accou= nts for about 1/3 of the available bandwidth.
I guess thats why they called it a sneak peak :-)

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Still, I dont mind running the adobe cc on that.

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On Jun 10, 2013, at 9:40 PM, Stephen van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com= > wrote:

From the Apple click-thr= ough, it appears if I'm seeing it right to be a
single socket with 4 RAM slots, meaning CPU and memory options will be
p= retty limited. Only RAM and CPU looks like standard expansion, so Teddy may=
be right, this thing may be for the most part, no more configurable tha= n a
laptop.

stephen van vuuren
336.202.4777

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/
http://www.sv2dcp.com/=
http://www.sv2stud= ios.com/

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fi= ction. It should be a
progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what= 's behind the emotion, the
meaning, all that comes later.
-Stanley Kubrick



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