Top Spec Mac Pro for cheaper?

[Jordan Buck]

So a friend of mine has recently done this and I am curious to hear some opinions as so far all I have is his. (He says his machine is flawless and very very quick)

He bought the lowest spec Mac Pro with a 512GB SSD and the highest spec Graphics Card.

He then purchased memory separately and bought this processor http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-E5-2690V2-Threads-LGA2011-Socket/dp/B00F3TZ9OU

Giving him a 10 core for a fraction of the price.

Would there be any major disadvantages to this reliability wise?

I am about to drop the money on a mac pro and want to have the highest spec I can afford.

Be interested to hear your opinions on the best way to kit them out to work with dragon footage.

Thanks

J

 

[Antony Newman]

I went for the 1 TB SSD + minimum RAM + top_GPUs -> upgraded to a 10core (amazon) + OWC 64GB (B&H)

Upgrading was involved. Following the OWC video made this doable for me. (be careful not to force any of the last screws in ... as they will strip)

Also went for Areca 8050 (great purchase)

Mac Pro : I think its a great compact and quiet machine.
It (just) gets the job done with Dragon footage (but that each person should test their workflow).
I feel there is some way that software needs to go to more effectively leverage GPUs.

AJ

 

[Clayton Burkhart]

So a friend of mine has recently done this and I am curious to hear some opinions as so far all I have is his. (He says his machine is flawless and very very quick)

He bought the lowest spec Mac Pro with a 512GB SSD and the highest spec Graphics Card.

He then purchased memory separately and bought this processor http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-E5-2690V2-Threads-LGA2011-Socket/dp/B00F3TZ9OU

Giving him a 10 core for a fraction of the price.

Would there be any major disadvantages to this reliability wise?

I am about to drop the money on a mac pro and want to have the highest spec I can afford.

Be interested to hear your opinions on the best way to kit them out to work with dragon footage.

Thanks

J

Do you really need all of this?