Mac Pro love him, help me.

The memory for a 2008 MP is MUCH more expensive than that for a 2009 MP.

Check how much the upgrade for your desired RAM would be before you buy the 2008 MP.

I agree with above, a 2009 model would be a smarter buy as you can also change the firmware to become a 2010-12 model. The single processor versions are also quite cheap to upgrade to a hex core.

As said, the ram is a lot cheaper.

Cheaper now, but wasting your money when it is out of date sooner. AND, you'll spend all that money on SSD and GPU (which options are more limited) anyway.

If you really want to edit now and don't want to spend that much money, you are better off with a high spec iMac, to be honest.

as of now, 32 gigs of mp3,1 ram would cost you around 400$

graphics cards selection is same as for other macpros.

2008 is sufficient for HD video editing on a quite decent level.
If you are tight on money, you can get such one and 32GB of 667MHz RAM for ~ 600 EUR.
You will still need the GPU (7950 about 140 EUR + shipping) and storage (2x 2TB WD Black ~200 EUR + shipping).
Optionally the SSD (~100 EUR + shipping for MX100 256GB).

Total is ~1100 EUR including shipping.

P.S. I'm not affiliated with sellers, links are just for reference.

WOW 700 Euro's for a 2008, I didn't know they were still fetching that kind of money.

To be honest with you though, that's overpriced, I wasn't a massive fan of the 2008 version I messed around with, the 2009 and 2010 models were a HUGE improvement.

Sorry to sound like I'm pimping a sale but I'm thinking about selling my 2010 4 core if you're interested, I can ship to Italy, but it will be more than 700 Euro's unfortunately (Let me know if you're interested).

As it stands I don't have a graphics card, but I can get one for it with no problem.

For what I do now days (Download, some printing, watch movies, listen to music) I'm planning to get one of the newer Mac Mini's, so I'm kinda downsizing.

Is that DDR2 ram really that expensive? I loaded up my 1,1 with it (24GB) for under $100 US from ebay.

Cancaro said:

this was what I was interested.

http://www.ebay.it/itm/APPLE-MAC-PR...mputing_Apple_Desktops_CV&hash=item43d0f5db3e


Plus (256mb ATI 2600XT (2 x DVI) - (upgrade to 512MB - 60 euro)

say it costs too much ??

and how much it would cost your 2010? (I guess a lot more right?)

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Maybe I'm out on the pricing, but I wouldn't pay more than £350 for a 2008 and if I needed the power I'd just pay more for a 2009 or 2010.

My Mac Pro (2010) as alot more going for it compared to the 2008, like it's easy to drop in a 6 core Westmere CPU or even in the future drop in Dual CPU board and have 2 6 core Westmere CPU's

That 2008 doesn't have a great graphics card either, you could do with an ATI 1GB 5770 at least, which I can get for £80 shipped, or you could even drop in a flashed 7850 for another £100 ontop for 4K resolution.

Also SSD Hard Drives are a great purchase, I have some professional SSD brackets in mine, so it's all setup for 4 SSD drives, you can actually add another 2 in the optical drive bay.

I guess it depends on your budget though, either way maybe it would be worth saving up for a 2009 or 2010, that's what I would do anyway.

I'm looking to get about £900 for my Mac Pro (without graphics card), but I'm willing to take a deposit if you're interested and I can get you fully setup with what you want).

I purchased mine direct from Apple just over a year ago.

Cancaro said:

so you think that I've linked below this would be fine to start with and then slowly I could improve it by spending a little at a time right?

with the price and otimo.
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Nope, not slowly. I meant all upgrades together.

This is an option only when you have a limited budget and you're in a desperate need of quite powerful machine. This way you can make some money with it (assuming that you do this FCP editing for a life, not hobbyistic), next re-sell it in a few months without a lose. GPU, HDDs and SSD may be transferred to next MP (except trash can ofc).

If you're planning to upgrade the machine slowly, definitely get the 2009/2010.

No problem my friend, I understand your budget.

Maybe look at CPU benchmarks here:

https://novabench.com/topmacs.php

and here...

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-X5570-vs-Intel-Xeon-E5462

Intel Xeon E5462 in the 2008

Intel Xeon X5570

Above for example, different configurations are available...

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/index-macpro.html

There's still CPU upgrades you can do to either model you go for, some cheap, some expensive.

Graphics cards you were offered would probably benefit to an upgrade too, like maybe a 5770?

I'd also advise in some kind of SSD, even if you just use a small drive for OS and Applications.

You can't get X5650 versions on the 2008.

They're all different architectures when the models go up, i.e newer faster versions all around.

I don't know about the prices in Italy, but in the UK my 2008 2.8ghz/12GB Ram/8800GT 512MB just sold for £500. I tried to sell it for more for around4-6 weeks, but no one wanted it - there are so many available.

On the other hand, i managed to get a 'cheap' 2.66GHz 2009 quad (just £520 in as-new condition) and upgraded that for a few hundred pounds (£200 for 24GB ECC Ram, £200 for 6-core 3.46GHz CPU).

It's much faster and definitely the way forward - even if you can't afford to upgrade right away the 2.66GHz 2009 had the same multi-core performance in Logic X (my main use for it), and much faster single core performance, so you're much better off with a 2009.

We gave you advice

If you want to go Hackintosh, you might as well build your own. You'll need to be up on keeping drivers up to date, making sure not to break a functioning machine with the wrong update, etc, but you can get the power for less money.

Or, you can just buy a 2009 MP and start there. There is one in UK on sale in the marketplace now that just dropped in price to about £950, you can probably get one for even less if you are patient