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Mac Pro Video editing ?

50wyldeman

50wyldeman

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Mar 30, 2011
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I am putting this in the Mac Pro section of the forum was hoping to pull this thread if an admin can do that for me , I apologize for making a mess here




I am looking at the Mac Pro ( 2013) in the following specs,

3.5ghz 6 core
16gigsRam (will be upgrading w OWC to 64)
512gig Flash based pci
dual D700

I am mainly going to be doing work in Premeire specifically Go pro Video editing , target is to be web based ( you tube and the like)

I presume this is more than enough machine for the work, I just can't justify the $1500 jump to the octocore.

Questions are as follows:

I use a Led Cinema Display , as best as I can tell I am able to continue using that display ?

Is the 6 core a significant improvement i Premiere AE and PS , or is it overkill?

I just haven't been happy with the iMacs as a true desktop or Workstation. The machine that brought me to Mac was an '08 octocore , I have done everything I can to keep it going ( video cards ram and ssd drives )

I think it is time just looking to hear your opinions.

Thank you
 
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i would wait 4 weeks and see if Apple announces a Mac Pro upgrade in March.

If they don't show anything I would grab the config you have listed. Maybe even a used or refurbished one. I think the key is getting the D700 graphics card. You can always upgrade the CPU at a later date, when prices come down. The six core offers a nice boost in speed over the 4 core and is marginally more expensive.
 
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Byte ~ My current storage solution is in the Mac Pro I have four different internal ssd drives. I am planning on getting whatever I finally settle on , and ultimately buying some sort of T-Bolt backup.

Hank~ Thank you for the input, I may need to think on that for sure, I was eyeing a refurb but may need to wait and see what happens for sure
 
1) you should be able to use the display with the correct adapter.
2) from what I recall, many apps that exploit multi-core gain a 30-50 percent increase over the 2008 8-core with the 2013 hex core.
3) I don't know how complex your tasks are with the named apps but you already know that they both love RAM. The newer SSD should be also helpful and as for the ATI video cards, you'll have to research it to see if they bring anything to the table.

Last - you might want to skim through the Barefeats site as they offer some tests on various Macs and that might just put some perspective on a potential purchase of a new Mac Pro.
 
FWIW I am using two 6TB LaCie Big2 Tbolt2 drives I am quite happy other than it confuses the holy heck out of Lightroom to have two seperate drives that show as simply "LaCie" like completely baffles lightroom.............
 
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