What do you think of this build for Mac Pro?

[rhyx]

Please let me know if there are any different options I should get here. I think I priced out a pretty good configuration. I plan on using it with 3-4 LCDs. Of course I'll be adding more RAM from OWC once the Mac Pro comes in. Probably also insert my own hard drives from Newegg.

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Part Number: S2505Z/A
Product Name: AppleCare Protection Plan for Mac Pro (w/o Display) - Auto Enroll
Unit Price: 199.00
Quantity: 1
Net Price: 199.00
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Part Number: Z0EM
Product Name: Mac Pro
Options:
065-7536 Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (8-core)
065-7175 2GB (2 x 1GB)
065-7183 2 x ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB
065-7189 320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
065-7203 One 16x SuperDrive
065-7693 Apple Mighty Mouse
065-7707 Apple Keyboard (English) + Mac OS X
065-7220 Accessory kit
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[arkitect]

Looks like a nice machine.

What software are you planning on running?

 

[MrT8064]

i would suggest getting AppleCare from ebay, otherwise it looks good!

 

[rhyx]

Work (University) is buying this for me. Easier to just get Applecare when I first get the purchase order from the machine.

It's basically going to be replacing my Dual Opteron machine that currently runs Vista.

Sadly I'm not going to be running anything too excited. Most likely just using it as a regular desktop machine with 4 or so virtual machines in VMWare at a time. I was considering a MacBook Pro but I'm just tired of waiting.

Any changes that won't impact the dollar amount too much? I'm trying to keep it under $3k

 

[tuxtpenguin]

If you want to run all 4 VMs at a time, you may want to up the RAM with 3rd party RAM.

 

[rhyx]

If you want to run all 4 VMs at a time, you may want to up the RAM with 3rd party RAM.

Getting more RAM from OWC =)

Also more hard drives from newegg.