Hello all, I'm struggling with something and thought this might be a great place to get some insights from others with lots of Mac experience...
I need to either upgrade my system, or buy a new Mac Pro - of these two options - which do you think is better?
2 scenarios:
1) Upgrade my old 2010 Mac Pro Box:
I’ve got a quad core Intel XEON 2.8Ghx processor
And
An ATI Radeon HD 5870 Card (with 16 Gig of Ram)
I could buy from Other World Computing:
Two x 2.93GHz 6-Core 'Westmere' (Intel X5670, 12-Cores, QPI: 6.4GT/s)
And a new graphics card:
AMD Radeon RX 480 – for $200
These upgrades would improve my system significantly, and would run me: $2,300
Or
2) Purchase a new Mac Pro
And get:
3.5 GhZ 6-core Intel Xeon E5
and
a Dual AMD Firepro D500
For $4,000
And here’s what I have no idea about – I need to upgrade my OS – if I chose to upgrade the Mac Pro – could I “buy” a newer OS?
Thanks much,
Donny
I need to either upgrade my system, or buy a new Mac Pro - of these two options - which do you think is better?
2 scenarios:
1) Upgrade my old 2010 Mac Pro Box:
I’ve got a quad core Intel XEON 2.8Ghx processor
And
An ATI Radeon HD 5870 Card (with 16 Gig of Ram)
I could buy from Other World Computing:
Two x 2.93GHz 6-Core 'Westmere' (Intel X5670, 12-Cores, QPI: 6.4GT/s)
And a new graphics card:
AMD Radeon RX 480 – for $200
These upgrades would improve my system significantly, and would run me: $2,300
Or
2) Purchase a new Mac Pro
And get:
3.5 GhZ 6-core Intel Xeon E5
and
a Dual AMD Firepro D500
For $4,000
And here’s what I have no idea about – I need to upgrade my OS – if I chose to upgrade the Mac Pro – could I “buy” a newer OS?
Thanks much,
Donny