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27" iMac i7 2.93Ghz, 120Gb SSD, 2Tb, 16Gb, 1Gb 5750....*NEW WOW VID 2!!!*

SpitUK

SpitUK

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Well I finished my upgrade today with the 16Gb arriving. This thing is :eek:

If anyone wants to ask me anything, benchmark anything, video anything then please let me know and I will try my best. I struggled to get any information at this spec so I thought it might be useful.

It cost:

iMac i7 2010 with student discount (daughter at uni) = £1591
16Gb 1333MHz Ram = £270
Patriot Inferno 120Gb SSD = £176
Seagate LP 5900rpm 2Tb HDD = £76
Cabling for upgrade = £10

SOLD 4Gb that came with machine = -£60

Total = £2063

A lot of money but I have cause to use Parallels with Windows 7 (4Gb RAM dedicated to it), Photoshop CS5, Aperture 3, Office 2011 + usual extras such as email, internet and IM. With all that running its smooth and fast. I can also have warcraft running as well with those programs.

Here is xBench result:

20101104-kra8rrpba929epdfdmtb6p7esi.jpg


Full detail and 2560x1440 res, 4xAA, 16x Ansiotropic and sunshafts on High.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OSNEvz4lU4

Ultra settings on 10.6.5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_WFKwbQWQc
 
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SpitUK said:
Well I finished my upgrade today with the 16Gb arriving. This thing is :eek:

If anyone wants to ask me anything, benchmark anything, video anything then please let me know and I will try my best. I struggled to get any information at this spec so I thought it might be useful.

It cost:

iMac i7 2010 with student discount (daughter at uni) = £1591
16Gb 1333MHz Ram = £270
Patriot Inferno 120Gb SSD = £176
Seagate LP 5900rpm 2Tb HDD = £76
Cabling for upgrade = £10

SOLD 4Gb that came with machine = -£60

Total = £2063

A lot of money but I have cause to use Parallels with Windows 7 (4Gb RAM dedicated to it), Photoshop CS5, Aperture 3, Office 2011 + usual extras such as email, internet and IM. With all that running its smooth and fast. I can also have warcraft running as well with those programs.

Here is xBench result:

20101104-kra8rrpba929epdfdmtb6p7esi.jpg
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I love the speed!
 
That perfomance is much better than the 2.8 mac pro isn't it?

That is well quick.

The RAM is a good price too.

If only they could take 8GB sticks and could use dual hard drives without being a headache or voiding warranty, I would but the imac instantly.
 
Thanks, I am really pleased with it. Mainly because I wanted a quieter drive. Also performance of that drive is really not a priority. Its only used to store media. Anything I am working on gets brought over to the SSD.
 
are you playing WoW over parallels?
i always thought to play games one would have to install windows via Boot camp.
 
SpitUK said:
Quick video of my mac in action...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KScLKzS7i4k

Spielbergs got no worries!
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LOL.... So that's what I'm supposed to be doing with this iMac!

:)

Jealous you have an SSD in your iMac. I got a refurb that was too good a buy to pass up, but I have an SSD in my MacBook Pro and I am sorry I do not have one in the iMac.

I'll live, and I know I don't really need it...but you know how it is. :)
 
How well do you play WoW? I'm planning to buy the same iMac (without the SSD though), and I play WoW pretty regularly. Can you for example run it at native resolution with everything on ultra (maybe except shadows and water effects)?

And further, do you feel the SSD is making WoW start or run faster/smoother/better?
 
WOW runs runs brilliantly. I have everything set on max, 16x Ansio and 4xAA. Sunshafts are are on and shadows are set to fair. Water effects says it needs Mac os x 10.6.5

The ssd makes a tremendous difference and makes the game more seamless. Check my video and see how fast iron forge loads.
 
SpitUK said:
WOW runs runs brilliantly. I have everything set on max, 16x Ansio and 4xAA. Sunshafts are are on and shadows are set to fair. Water effects says it needs Mac os x 10.6.5

The ssd makes a tremendous difference and makes the game more seamless. Check my video and see how fast iron forge loads.
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Hm maybe I should throw in an SSD aswell then.. Almost instant loading screen, thats just lovely. Thanks alot!
 
It is because liquid detail can only be set on fair. For good and ultra it says you need OSX 10.6.5!!

Everything else apart from shadows is set on max.
 
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