iphonefiver

StrangeDays said:

iphonefiver said:

The following $2905 workstation is equivalent to the $5999 Mac Pro both in terms of performance and in terms of using all workstation-class components:

$460 - Supermicro MBD-X11SPI-TF-O motherboard
$749 - Xeon W-3223
$100 - Noctua NH-U12S DX-3647 CPU cooler
$200 - 32 GB DDR4 2666 ECC RAM
$525 - AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 8GB
$280 - Dune Pro case with a cheese grater
$160 - Samsung 970 Pro NVMe SSD 512GB
$231 - Seasonic Prime Ultra 850W 80+ Titanium PSU
$200 - Windows 10 Pro
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$2,905

That is not "just a $400 i9 processor jammed in a machine with a plain-as-day Northbridge, a few PCI-E slots, and a couple of I/O options". It is a bona fide workstation, with the same CPU, server-grade ECC RAM, workstation GPU that slightly outdoes the one in the Mac, etc.

Granted, the article said that build-your-own rigs could come in less expensive, but the authors seemed to imply that such builds would not really be comparable to a Mac Pro because they are made from consumer-grade parts. In any case, there's the equivalent+ custom workstation.

Add in labor, and cohesive single-vendor service warranty.

Add in a generous $500 for professional assembly, if one is not comfortable with assembling. I would not pay over $2000 for a single-vendor service warranty on a sub-$4000 machine.

The following $2905 workstation is equivalent to the $5999 Mac Pro both in terms of performance and in terms of using all workstation-class components:

$460 - Supermicro MBD-X11SPI-TF-O motherboard
$749 - Xeon W-3223
$100 - Noctua NH-U12S DX-3647 CPU cooler
$200 - 32 GB DDR4 2666 ECC RAM
$525 - AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 8GB
$280 - Dune Pro case with a cheese grater
$160 - Samsung 970 Pro NVMe SSD 512GB
$231 - Seasonic Prime Ultra 850W 80+ Titanium PSU
$200 - Windows 10 Pro
--------------------
$2,905

That is not "just a $400 i9 processor jammed in a machine with a plain-as-day Northbridge, a few PCI-E slots, and a couple of I/O options". It is a bona fide workstation, with the same CPU, server-grade ECC RAM, workstation GPU that slightly outdoes the one in the Mac, etc.

Granted, the article said that build-your-own rigs could come in less expensive, but the authors seemed to imply that such builds would not really be comparable to a Mac Pro because they are made from consumer-grade parts. In any case, there's the equivalent+ custom workstation.