Return-Path: Received: from mail-ig0-f182.google.com ([209.85.213.182] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5338406 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:47:28 +0100 Received: by mail-ig0-f182.google.com with SMTP id c10so7710069igq.3 for ; Mon, 06 Jan 2014 08:51:00 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:content-type:message-id:mime-version :subject:date:references:to:in-reply-to; bh=9XSY9Ok3zrTpvNWPQQyOOcryw8sCUCB6cUu9vYuuXLY=; b=dGIH3W0PYfhmT57VUs/4Bze9Qj62z1JtHUeRD+ni5p7FJDg+IP9R2iN7DNZi9l45rx Gnr9sUyyPsXB/Br75adazE5MaZmIIfRtQ6VXRykp8mYG05WIx3zH+Tthr3Isgb0mKy19 2V5F+WgRoMU8sbxQbk9Vzgo4yITlietgldP/cUFo1HhqNnKj0zu17VIIAVXFzctqrWY4 zoksfDK4FT70NR3xCY1R/TjuGA3F+/7VomCOdQgL6T96dYj09hnyaXWi4MUKubBNX1yp FMOyV+clI4+8Op2GaJNOCrWWAE3De+YF0OOcxyMgHmSAW1GdYi38RkYXNy9T93QMaS95 W0bQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmJecpjqEHB7bEzEqrsQBOhcrPlAWztlFZEDGlT/8qk/eDY0EmiqF3uO6xdallf0ZAMEgfr X-Received: by 10.50.79.228 with SMTP id m4mr20405133igx.47.1389027060543; Mon, 06 Jan 2014 08:51:00 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from [192.168.1.12] (c-24-118-184-204.hsd1.mn.comcast.net. [24.118.184.204]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id kt2sm15947198igb.1.2014.01.06.08.50.58 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 06 Jan 2014 08:50:59 -0800 (PST) From: Carey Dissmore Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_838D9757-EA51-4D77-BC45-A7F3E88B2009" Message-Id: <913A35A5-FF7A-4FD7-AC12-9968CF611A33@imugonline.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.1 \(1827\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Mac Pro 2013 Review Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 10:50:56 -0600 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1827) --Apple-Mail=_838D9757-EA51-4D77-BC45-A7F3E88B2009 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Floor is the big one.=20 FYI you should do it once a month. You should do it before it even = builds up to a visually perceptible level. Mine are getting hit with air every week or two, simply because I = centralized all machines to a machine room and plumbed in air to the = ceiling above. Every time I=92m in there there is a yellow-coiled air = hose hanging next to the rack beckoning me to give the machines a blast.=20= But honestly, since the machines were moved from the floor of my = carpeted office to a rack in the machine room (hard floor), and the = lowest rack is still a foot off the ground, the amount of dust = accumulation dropped a good 75% anyway. So methinks floor+carpet placement are big factors. carey On Dec 28, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: > I'm curious about heat and dust. Perhaps my space is dustier than = most (I live under three enormous pecan trees that spew matter year = round.), but I blast the dust out of my MacPros two or three times a = year to allow the air flow to glide smoothly across the internal = components. My box sits on the floor, which may contribute to the build = up. But, I wonder, with all that stuff jammed into one little cylinder = is going to fare with situations like mine, or worse, for people who = live in really dusty environs like Oklahoma. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Dec 28, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote: >=20 >> Here=92s a review of = http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/23/apple-mac-pro-review-2013/. It=92s as = quiet as advertised but runs warm. I suspect if really pushed (render = farm) Apple may have to boost fan speeds a tad. >> =20 >> Benchmarks and testing are fairly thin =96 of note is they apparently = got underwhelming GPU performance and theorized only FCPX was able to = use the second GPU card. The storage system is fast as expected. They = claim the CPU is not upgradable but GPU=92s are. However, tear downs = reveal that is could be upgraded as it=92s socketed. But I would bank on = ease or workability of those upgrades until actual parts and testing = reveals if they will work. >> =20 >> But still waiting for a much more thorough review (i.e. Anandtech or = Tom=92s Hardware) to unravel mystery of GPUs. >> =20 >> stephen van vuuren >> 336.202.4777 >> =20 >> http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ >> http://www.sv2dcp.com/ >> http://www.sv2studios.com/ >> =20 >> A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It = should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s = behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. >> =96Stanley Kubrick >> =20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_838D9757-EA51-4D77-BC45-A7F3E88B2009 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Floor = is the big one. 
FYI you should do it once a month. You should = do it before it even builds up to a visually perceptible = level.
Mine are getting hit with air every week or two, simply = because I centralized all machines to a machine room and plumbed in air = to the ceiling above. Every time I=92m in there there is a yellow-coiled = air hose hanging next to the rack beckoning me to give the machines a = blast. 
But honestly, since the machines were moved from = the floor of my carpeted office to a rack in the machine room (hard = floor), and the lowest rack is still a foot off the ground, the amount = of dust accumulation dropped a good 75% = anyway.

So methinks floor+carpet placement are = big = factors.

carey

On Dec 28, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:

I'm curious about heat and = dust.  Perhaps my space is dustier than most (I live under three = enormous pecan trees that spew matter year round.), but I blast the dust = out of my MacPros two or three times a year to allow the air flow to = glide smoothly across the internal components.  My box sits on the = floor, which may contribute to the build up.  But, I wonder, with = all that stuff jammed into one little cylinder is going to fare with = situations like mine, or worse, for people who live in really dusty = environs like = Oklahoma.




O= n Dec 28, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Stephen van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com> = wrote:

Here=92s a review of