Your Mac Pro's

[Macpropro80]

I want to know the specs of everys mac pro to see how it stacks up with mine. (I know I will cry in shame as my specs are blasted by one of you). Anyway I just want to know the specs and a picture of your set up would be nice.

Il start

8 core mac pro (2x4core)
2.8ghz
4gigs ram
2x 2600 HD graphic cards
One 1TB HD (BOOT/main drive)
Two 1TB HD Raid 0 (scratch disks)
30 inch cinema display
19 inch Gateway display
15 inch dell display

 

[richard.mac]

pretty solid especially with the 8 GB of RAM and the 64" of monitor goodness.

but do you have a 4 core or 8 core Mac Pro? if youre not sure open the About This Mac and window and if it says "2 x 2.8 GHz" then you have 2 quad core CPUs and an 8 core Mac Pro.

 

[Macpropro80]

its an 8 core, and its 4 gigs of ram not 8

 

[Cryptic1911]

2x2.8ghz quad core
6GB memory
512MB Geforce 8800
OWC eSata extender
OWC external eSata 2x disk enclosure
320gb boot
3x 500gb raid0 storage
2x 750gb external raid0 for time machine backup (also backed up to 8x disk raid in my server)
2x Dell 2007FP 20" lcd monitors

 

[Macpropro80]

nice rig, i would go for the 8800 but i want 8 30inch displays (after i win the lottery)

 

[costabunny]

some nice setups there boys, allow me to play too;

my Mac Pro, a.k.a. Starbuck:

2008 series 2xQuad 2.8GHz
18GB Ram
4 x 147GB SAS 15Krpm drives in RAID5 with Apple RAID card
1 x 320GB SATA for Windows Bootcamp and Music partition
8800GT 512MB
2 x Dell 3008FWP 30" Screens
extra 5 port PCIe USB card
EyeTV Hybrid USB Tuner
LaCie 500GB FW800 (daily rsync backups)

Mine gets used for photo/vid editing (and gaming in Winslowz)

 

[Macpropro80]

costa Whats a music partition? After looking at your specs I looked at my mac pro (A.K.A. "the Pro") and sighed. How much was your rig? and can I see a picture? DAMN that must be fast, whats ur boot time? 1 second? 2?

 

[sidewinder]

Macpropro80,

Mac Pro 2008 2x 3.2GHz Quad
32GB RAM
Areca ARC-1680ix12 RAID Card
Internal: 4 x 1.5TB Seagate drives RAID 5 boot array
External: 10 x 1TB Seagate NS drives RAID 6 data array
2 NVidia 8800GT 512MB
4 30" Apple Cinema Displays

S-

 

[Macpropro80]

sidewinder I really want to see a screenshot of system profiler, im sry but i don't believe you.

 

[sidewinder]

Macpropro80,

You caught me, I was just testing to see how well you screen these posts. Now i trust you 100000x more.

So to sum it up I lied, kind of obvious.

P.S. Don't hate me

 

[UMHurricanes34]

In the sig.

 

[costabunny]

costa Whats a music partition? After looking at your specs I looked at my mac pro (A.K.A. "the Pro") and sighed. How much was your rig? and can I see a picture? DAMN that must be fast, whats ur boot time? 1 second? 2?

Music Partition? is where I keep my music locally (as in the 320GB Disk under the CDBay is split into 2 partitions 1 for Vista (NTFS), and 1 for Music (HFS+)

Boot time isnt as quick as you would think (there is an overhead in the RAID Card checking and stuff, but once booted disk access is lightning fast).

I can say I spent lots on my 'rig' as you call it, but I got it vanilla and upgraded over space of about 2 months. Now she is perfect for my needs (tho am gonna build a PC for the games as I am fed up rebooting).

I would post a recent piccy but I am in Canada and my Pro is in Malta...

I have an old pic here from before I moved (I left the old Dell 3007 behind and ordered a pair of shiny new 3008's in Malta )

 

[gibbz]

2x2.8ghz Quad-Core

16GB RAM

NVIDIA Geforce 8800GT

Apple RAID card
----4x750GB RAID5 internal

OWC eSata extender, OWC external eSata 2x disk enclosure
----external RAID0 2x320GB scratch space

HighPoint RocketRaid 2314 controller, Raidon/Stardom ST6600 5 Bay Enclosure
----5x750GB RAID5 external

2x Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP 24" monitors

 

[harodude]

2x2.8ghz quad core
6GB memory
512MB Geforce 8800
OWC eSata extender
OWC external eSata 2x disk enclosure
320gb boot
3x 500gb raid0 storage
2x 750gb external raid0 for time machine backup (also backed up to 8x disk raid in my server)
2x Dell 2007FP 20" lcd monitors

And a "G" scale engine for inspiration?! Thats cool to see people still into em man! Nice rig btw!

 

[nanofrog]

Macpropro80,

You caught me, I was just testing to see how well you screen these posts. Now i trust you 100000x more.

So to sum it up I lied, kind of obvious.

P.S. Don't hate me

The Areca was a nice touch. Or do you actually use that one?
(If so, congrats. Awesome card).

 

[sidewinder]

nanofrog,

I just had to take the opportunity to get back at Macpropro80! All in good fun! Right?

Back to your question: Areca cards are great. I have not bought one in a while but they are top notch. If I were to buy a RAID for a Mac Pro, the ARC-1680ix12 would be the card. The price is high but you can't get a better card and you can boot from it on the Mac Pro. That's important to me. That card could handle a 4 drive internal array and 10 drive external array no problem.

S-

 

[nanofrog]

nanofrog,

I just had to take the opportunity to get back at Macpropro80! All in good fun! Right?

Absolutely.

Back to your question: Areca cards are great. I have not bought one in a while but they are top notch. If I were to buy a RAID for a Mac Pro, the ARC-1680ix12 would be the card. The price is high but you can't get a better card and you can boot from it on the Mac Pro. That's important to me. That card could handle a 4 drive internal array and 10 drive external array no problem.

S-

I've had good luck with it. I like the features, and it was made even more interesting given it's price (when compared to Atto).

 

[alam]

Mine is:-

Samsung 32-inch 6 Series

2.8 ghz 4 cores 2008 model
4xGB Ram
4x 1TB HDD
2x Super Multi Drive DL
ATI 2600XT

Xbox Arcade with 60Gb HDD & IPod Dock

Premier Olympc (Blach Jazz)

Casio Piano (LK - 60)

 

[GoCubsGo]

Mine:
2008 Octo Core 2.8GHz
10GB Ram
Drive Bay 1: 500 GB WD
Drive Bay 2: 640 GB WD 16 mb cache (iirc)
Drive Bay 3: 1TB WD 16mb cache
Drive Bay 4: 1TB WD Green 32mb cache
8800 GT Video
30" ACD

Mostly for photo editing and my paintings. 200 mb files with multiple layers never ran so smooth.

I don't run windows on mine but will need to soon for an exam I need to take.

 

[Tallest Skil]

You guys are killing me. I have to wait five more months for mine.

I can tell you the setup now, though, based on what we believe to be the specs and what I will get from that. Pictures will come in due time.

3.2GHz Gainestown
500GB HDD (with a 2TB drive purchased third-party)
GTX 260 (maybe a second, bought as a PC model and flashed if Snow Leopard supports SLI)
stock RAM (probably 3GB)
two 24" displays (have them now; they're great)
1 SuperDrive & 1 BD-RE/HD DVD-ROM drive

I'll just edit this post with pictures in five months.

 

[alam]

You guys are killing me. I have to wait five more months for mine.

I can tell you the setup now, though, based on what we believe to be the specs and what I will get from that. Pictures will come in due time.

3.2GHz Gainestown
500GB HDD (with a 2TB drive purchased third-party)
GTX 260 (maybe a second, bought as a PC model and flashed if Snow Leopard supports SLI)
stock RAM (probably 3GB)
two 24" displays (have them now; they're great)
1 SuperDrive & 1 BD-RE/HD DVD-ROM drive

I'll just edit this post with pictures in five months.

good luck with the mac pro

 

[jhero]

2008 octo
10GB Ram
Raptor + 1GB storage
8800gt
APX
Dell 24"

Pretty much don't have to deal with a lot of waiting

 

[MIDI_EVIL]

You guys are killing me. I have to wait five more months for mine.

I can tell you the setup now, though, based on what we believe to be the specs and what I will get from that. Pictures will come in due time.

3.2GHz Gainestown
500GB HDD (with a 2TB drive purchased third-party)
GTX 260 (maybe a second, bought as a PC model and flashed if Snow Leopard supports SLI)
stock RAM (probably 3GB)
two 24" displays (have them now; they're great)
1 SuperDrive & 1 BD-RE/HD DVD-ROM drive

I'll just edit this post with pictures in five months.

What do you need to wait for?

 

[Tallest Skil]

What do you need to wait for?

I don't need to wait–I have the money now–I just don't need it right away, so I can wait for Gainestown.

Which works out nicely.

 

[rockinrocker]

my Mac Pro, a.k.a. Starbuck:

Maybe I'll start calling mine Apollo.

2X4 2.8
8 gig RAM 2X4
(I just leave out the stock 1X2)
HDD 1: 320 gig stock boot/apps/windows
HDD 2: 500 gig for samples/itunes/videos
HDD 3: 500 gig for audio files
HDD 4: 1 tera time machine

used for my studio, some games, media server, porn, etc.