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Hi all , this is my first post here!
long story short im looking to upgrade from my Macbook pro to a Mac Pro.
The new mac pro will be the center of my home recording studio. I will be using the likes of Pro Tools 10 , Logic Pro , Final Cut Pro x , Motion etc. At the moment I can run all the programs on my macbook pro ( 2011 2.3GHZ i5 ) but iv noticed its started to get a bit sluggish running large pro tools sessions , which was never a problem before!
Im looking to go second hand as I dont have the budget for a new Mac Pro.
I have found 2 that im interested in and was wondering if anyone could help me pick which one is best for my needs.
Mac 1 £594
The Mac Pro "Quad Core" 2.0 is powered by two 2.0 GHz dual core Intel Xeon 5150 processors with 4 MB of shared level 2 cache per processor, a 128-bit SSE3 vector engine, and 1.33 GHz "64-bit dual independent frontside buses. It is configured with 4 GB of 667 MHz DDR2 ECC "fully-buffered" FB-DIMM memory, a 250 GB (7200 RPM) 3 Gb/s Serial ATA hard drive, a double-layer 16X "SuperDrive", and a NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT video card with 256 MB of GDDR2 SDRAM, one dual-link DVI port and one single-link DVI port.
Mac 2 £900
This Mac Pro Quad Core" 2.8 (Early 2008) is powered by a 2.8 GHz Quad Core Intel (Harpertown/Penryn) Xeon processor with 12 MB of level 2 cache, a 128-bit SSE4 SIMD vector engine, and 1.6 GHz "64-bit dual independent frontside buses. The unit is configured with 2GB of RAM, a 320Gb Hard Drive, a double-layer 16X "SuperDrive", and an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics processor with 256 MB of GDDR3 memory and two dual-link DVI ports.
I will be upgrading the RAM and Hardrives on both of them , what i want to know now is what the major difference between the processors is?
Thanks
Calum
Calum Gracie Online Mixing and Mastering - HOME
long story short im looking to upgrade from my Macbook pro to a Mac Pro.
The new mac pro will be the center of my home recording studio. I will be using the likes of Pro Tools 10 , Logic Pro , Final Cut Pro x , Motion etc. At the moment I can run all the programs on my macbook pro ( 2011 2.3GHZ i5 ) but iv noticed its started to get a bit sluggish running large pro tools sessions , which was never a problem before!
Im looking to go second hand as I dont have the budget for a new Mac Pro.
I have found 2 that im interested in and was wondering if anyone could help me pick which one is best for my needs.
Mac 1 £594
The Mac Pro "Quad Core" 2.0 is powered by two 2.0 GHz dual core Intel Xeon 5150 processors with 4 MB of shared level 2 cache per processor, a 128-bit SSE3 vector engine, and 1.33 GHz "64-bit dual independent frontside buses. It is configured with 4 GB of 667 MHz DDR2 ECC "fully-buffered" FB-DIMM memory, a 250 GB (7200 RPM) 3 Gb/s Serial ATA hard drive, a double-layer 16X "SuperDrive", and a NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT video card with 256 MB of GDDR2 SDRAM, one dual-link DVI port and one single-link DVI port.
Mac 2 £900
This Mac Pro Quad Core" 2.8 (Early 2008) is powered by a 2.8 GHz Quad Core Intel (Harpertown/Penryn) Xeon processor with 12 MB of level 2 cache, a 128-bit SSE4 SIMD vector engine, and 1.6 GHz "64-bit dual independent frontside buses. The unit is configured with 2GB of RAM, a 320Gb Hard Drive, a double-layer 16X "SuperDrive", and an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics processor with 256 MB of GDDR3 memory and two dual-link DVI ports.
I will be upgrading the RAM and Hardrives on both of them , what i want to know now is what the major difference between the processors is?
Thanks
Calum
Calum Gracie Online Mixing and Mastering - HOME