![]() We can base on this setup to modify to whatever we want. The main point is that you shared the exact hardware require to run dual high demand GPU. Even we can buy the same item on the net for the same price, but transportation + tax can still make a huge difference. And some computer stores in my city also selling used 2009 Mac Pro at this price range.īut that's doesn't really matter. ![]() In fact, quite a few members here got their 4,1 at this price range (or even lower) within this 2 years. But that really cost me "just" $750 for a new card.Ī $400 Mac Pro with the factory GT120, 640GB HDD, 3GB RAM, single W3520 is not impossible. So, a bit more expensive than the 1080Ti FE. As per the link in my signature, that's a after market card with triple fans cooler. That make much more sense now.Īnyway, this is the yesterday's 1080Ti price directly selling from Nvidia. My bad, I didn't realise that you talking about the price that for 2 years ago. So here are some images of the final product. ![]() I will also likely paint the accessory power chassis to match the Mac Pro tower. With the rendering use, the two cards offers better distribution than a single faster card although I'd be interested in comparing it to what is available now.Īlthough I have been looking at options to further upgrade the graphics cards, the current premiums caused by the bitcoin situation has that on hold until prices potentially stabilize. Others have stuffed PSUs into the optical drive bays or made other modifications, but this route seemed to be that of least resistance to me. However, to power the two GTX 680 cards, I added an external chassis for the 750W PSU controlled by the Daisy Chain Adapter and running the power leads back into the rear of the Mac Pro case. A hex wrench, cleaner, thermal paste, and some careful work were all the tools that were required to swap the processors. It would have gained me some speed, double the space on my boot SSD, and saved me the $290.00 cost of one 27” monitor, though (bringing the price down to $8745 and beating the Mac Pro).įor the most part, the build was plug-and-play including the processor upgrades. ![]() However, similar to the 2013 Mac Pro, I would still be faced with costs for additional drives, GPUs, and enclosures for a grand total of $9035. To price a somewhat comparable system, I chose the 3.0Ghz 10-core processor, 64Gb RAM, 1Tb SSD, and Radeon Pro Vega 56 graphics for a price of $6600. Although it offers options of 8 to 18 cores and up to 128Gb of RAM, it still only offers two (proprietary) AMD graphics options and only 1, 2, and 4Tb SSD options for storage with a price of $5000 to nearly $13,500 fully optioned. From there, I would still have had to add the additional hard drives ($315), Nvidia GPUs ($1240), and cases for both the drives ($430 - 4-bay RAID) and GPUs ($450 - 2-slot PCIe Expansion Chassis) for a grand total of $8835 – nearly twice the price of my system build.Īpple released the iMac Pro since my build (12/17). So here are the parts and costs - since then prices have come down on a number of these components, so the costs would be even better for the comparisons:įor comparison, a 2013 Mac Pro (6,1) with 12- core 2.7Ghz processor, 64Gb RAM, 512Gb SSD, and AMD FirePro D500 GPUs lists for $6400 – despite being unchanged in over four years. VRay uses CUDA, so the AMD GPUs of the trashcan Mac were of little use and adding Thunderbolt chassis for external GPUs would have just added to the cost. With no other viable options at the time, I made the following upgrades to a 2010 Mac Pro (5,1) about two years ago - primarily for rendering with VRay. ![]()
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