I love this forum! First of all, I've been researching on here, and do not feel that I've gotten all of the information that I'm requesting, or maybe I don't understand it all. Please forgive me if some of you feel that this is a repost of other information throughout the forum and thank you for your patience on my lack of knowledge.
Long story short, I am looking at maybe buying an old 2010 Mac Pro 5,1. From my understanding, I can buy that (or 2009 or 2012) and completely upgrade it. I was very close to building a Hackintosh with my buddy, but honestly, I'd prefer this way, if possible.
I edit videos and my nephew will be playing games and doing this robot architecture stuff that he does when he visits. Currently, my video editing isn't too intensive, but I am about to go full time which means more special effects, animation, etc. I want something that can handle all of this for many years to come so I don't have to try to upgrade or buy a new machine any time soon.
Here are a few questions:
1) What would be the maxed out hardware and specs if I wanted to max it out completely?
- dual cpu's, ram, gpu (dual?), hard drive (ssd) bays (i read that you have 2 optical bays you can place ssd's in also), cooling, pci card with 4 - 8 usb c ports?
2) generally speaking in regards to ram, would it be better to use this machine with much slower ram at 96gb or 128gb, or would another machine with MUCH faster ram at 32gb/64gb? my mind tells me that when you are running 2 - 4 times as much ram, even when slower, you'll get better performance
3) can you over clock? SHOULD you even overclock even if you can?
4) air drop, wifi, bluetooth options?
5) does software crash like on hackintosh, or is it solid like store bought?
6) do we get support and for how long will these machines be supported?
i will have other questions as I try to research, educate myself and discuss with all of you. But for now, this is what i can think of. Thanks guys!!!
[doublepost=1560349487][/doublepost]I do understand that if dual GPU's are an option, that I may need to upgrade the Power Supply.
Long story short, I am looking at maybe buying an old 2010 Mac Pro 5,1. From my understanding, I can buy that (or 2009 or 2012) and completely upgrade it. I was very close to building a Hackintosh with my buddy, but honestly, I'd prefer this way, if possible.
I edit videos and my nephew will be playing games and doing this robot architecture stuff that he does when he visits. Currently, my video editing isn't too intensive, but I am about to go full time which means more special effects, animation, etc. I want something that can handle all of this for many years to come so I don't have to try to upgrade or buy a new machine any time soon.
Here are a few questions:
1) What would be the maxed out hardware and specs if I wanted to max it out completely?
- dual cpu's, ram, gpu (dual?), hard drive (ssd) bays (i read that you have 2 optical bays you can place ssd's in also), cooling, pci card with 4 - 8 usb c ports?
2) generally speaking in regards to ram, would it be better to use this machine with much slower ram at 96gb or 128gb, or would another machine with MUCH faster ram at 32gb/64gb? my mind tells me that when you are running 2 - 4 times as much ram, even when slower, you'll get better performance
3) can you over clock? SHOULD you even overclock even if you can?
4) air drop, wifi, bluetooth options?
5) does software crash like on hackintosh, or is it solid like store bought?
6) do we get support and for how long will these machines be supported?
i will have other questions as I try to research, educate myself and discuss with all of you. But for now, this is what i can think of. Thanks guys!!!
[doublepost=1560349487][/doublepost]I do understand that if dual GPU's are an option, that I may need to upgrade the Power Supply.
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