Seems like the maxed out imac outperforms the mac pro (by about 4%) for a lot, lot less (a little over 3k if you upgrade RAM on your own).Does anyone have the 8 core model mac pro?
I wonder how that performs. The idea is to go with it until the cpus get much cheaper. I guess its already powerful enough for most projects and doesnt need 2000$ extra for a better CPU. well thats my theory
The shitty thing that I've seen is that the costs have not really come down as more cores get introduced. It used to be that Gen 1 = 1 core = $100. Gen 2 = 2 cores = $100. Etc. But lately it's been seeming like with each new generation, it's like Gen 8 = 8 cores = $800. Cost has not been dropping with each new iteration, and instead, rising with the increased performance.
Seems like the maxed out imac outperforms the mac pro (by about 4%) for a lot, lot less (a little over 3k if you upgrade RAM on your own).
This is the next computer I'm looking at buying as I can't spring for a $6k box at this time especially where the 8 core doesn't perform as well as the imac it seems like: https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks
I just wish Apple made an mid-ATX tower that was i9 X-series based. I don't like having $1k tacked onto an i9 system for a 5k monitor that I don't need.
I don't know why my Mac Pro is only using 20 virtual cores though. weird. Plays without dropouts though. I added FabFilter-R also in addition to CHromaverb on all 40 tracks, no drop outs, but getting close to it.
Talk about an awesome sample library drive!
That’s a good one! Although in this case, the OWC raid is actually a lot cheaper than Apple’s SSD options, which only go to 2200 MB/sec. So save money and get a smaller Apple SSD for the OS, and get a faster cheaper sample drive with the OWC.Robin Williams said cocaine was God's way of telling you you have too much money. He didn't know about this.
Mine runs at around 3000MB/s for both read and write. The base 256GB model is quite a bit slower for some reason - the write speed is only around 1300MB/s.the OWC raid is actually a lot cheaper than Apple’s SSD options, which only go to 2200 MB/sec. So save money and get a smaller Apple SSD for the OS, and get a faster cheaper sample drive with the OWC.
do i get it right? The only options we have are only the sonnet m.2 or the owc from above for library space? I need at least 4TB and want to avoid using the owc external 2,5" drive bay - since there are the pcie options.
Mine runs at around 3000MB/s for both read and write. The base 256GB model is quite a bit slower for some reason - the write speed is only around 1300MB/s.
No, there are other options. I ordered a few cards from Amazon to try out this weekend. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JJTVGZM (This $12 card) works perfectly with an old Samsung 960 Pro and gives 3GB/s read and 2GB/s write (probably a limitation of the SSD).
This one at $94 takes 2 normal SATA SSDs and also works perfectly, with read and write speeds of around 520MB/s (tested with two Samsung 860 EVOs). Might be able to squeeze more out of it in a RAID0, maybe up to 650MB/s, but I didn't test that yet.
I also ordered https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R4XPPCX (this 16x card) to see if there is any speed improvement (haven't tried it yet), and most interesting of all, this 16x Asus card that takes 4 M.2 NVMe drives. IF it works, it could be awesome for super high speeds and capacities in a RAID0.
I say IF, because the motherboard needs to support 'bifurcation' (which divides the 16x equally between the 4 drives) - otherwise only 1 of the 4 drives will be usable. I have read reports that the new Mac Pro does, but also speculation that it doesn't. I will know for sure on Sunday when I get round to trying it. Fingers crossed!
Will do - I'm really hoping the Asus card works out. It will make a very cheap way of getting 8TB of ultra fast internal storage. If it doesn't I'll probably go for the Sonnet M.2 4x4 which has a chip onboard to handle the bifurcation.