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Like 18,000 other Facebook petitioners, I was waiting for a new Mac Pro. Then WWDC came and went, and we we're left with that shiny, thin, super high res, beast of a..... laptop. After many trips to the Apple store, and hours online, I pulled the Retina trigger. After a month of waiting, it is scheduled to arrive on July 26th. It had a price tag of $3000! I'm having a little pre buyer's remorse. It seems that I could make a faster, definitely more upgradable, and more future proof computer for about $1000 less. I'll have 14 days once I receive the RMBP to return it. A little advice would be much appreciated.
Reasons I got it the RMBP:
VIDEO EDITING: HD video and 2.5k footage, maybe 4k and beyond. Programs: FCPX, Premiere, After Effects, Resolve, Apple Color
PHOTO EDITING: Raw files. Programs: Photoshop, Aperature
3D Compositing: special effects for the video editing. Programs: Maya, zbrush, 3DS Max (via Windows boot camp)
THUNDERBOLT: The size of those video files are huge. I need large interchangable lightning fast storage.
Hackintosh was out cause the lack of Thunderbolt. Then, low and behold, Asus and Gigabyte came through with Thunderbolt certified boards. Gigabyte especially with the Dual Thunderbolt. I was also worried about the stability, but it seems a lot of the kinks have been ironed out over the last couple years and stability is almost non-issue. Is that right?
My main goal (besides Thunderbolt) is power, I made a hardware list below:
Please advise.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77x-5up TH (just released, so it hasn't been tested by the Hackintosh-ers yet, so this might be the wild card)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128559
CPU: i7 3770k (I'd prefer the six-core i7 3930k, but it doesn't look compatible with the MB)
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-3770K-Processor-1155/dp/B007SZ0EOW
Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233232
Case: Corsair CC600TWM-WHT (I kinda like sleeker looking case, but this one has great reviews.)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004O0PAKW
GPU: EVGA GTX 570 2.5g (this one is certified by Adobe for After Effects and hackintosh tested!)
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GTX570-Graphics-025-P3-1579-AR/dp/B005AY5N9O
Boot drive: 256g or 512g Crucial m4 SSD
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004W2JL2A
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200 3 TB
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM001/dp/B005T3GRLY
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Burner
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004ZMG55I
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Series Gold 750-Watt 80 Plus Gold Certified
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00539M628
Fan/cooling: PHANTEKS PH-TC14PE_BL ( I don't much about overclocking, but a quiet cool running rig is a must)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005OQJVP0
OS: Mountain Lion if it'll possible, do I need to buy a snow leopard disk first and then upgrade? Or can I go straight to Lion.... I can figure out this part later.
http://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-Snow-Leopard-10-6/dp/B002KG02QO
Thanks for any help. I really appreciate it.
Reasons I got it the RMBP:
VIDEO EDITING: HD video and 2.5k footage, maybe 4k and beyond. Programs: FCPX, Premiere, After Effects, Resolve, Apple Color
PHOTO EDITING: Raw files. Programs: Photoshop, Aperature
3D Compositing: special effects for the video editing. Programs: Maya, zbrush, 3DS Max (via Windows boot camp)
THUNDERBOLT: The size of those video files are huge. I need large interchangable lightning fast storage.
Hackintosh was out cause the lack of Thunderbolt. Then, low and behold, Asus and Gigabyte came through with Thunderbolt certified boards. Gigabyte especially with the Dual Thunderbolt. I was also worried about the stability, but it seems a lot of the kinks have been ironed out over the last couple years and stability is almost non-issue. Is that right?
My main goal (besides Thunderbolt) is power, I made a hardware list below:
Please advise.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77x-5up TH (just released, so it hasn't been tested by the Hackintosh-ers yet, so this might be the wild card)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128559
CPU: i7 3770k (I'd prefer the six-core i7 3930k, but it doesn't look compatible with the MB)
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-3770K-Processor-1155/dp/B007SZ0EOW
Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233232
Case: Corsair CC600TWM-WHT (I kinda like sleeker looking case, but this one has great reviews.)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004O0PAKW
GPU: EVGA GTX 570 2.5g (this one is certified by Adobe for After Effects and hackintosh tested!)
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GTX570-Graphics-025-P3-1579-AR/dp/B005AY5N9O
Boot drive: 256g or 512g Crucial m4 SSD
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004W2JL2A
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200 3 TB
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST3000DM001/dp/B005T3GRLY
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Burner
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B004ZMG55I
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Series Gold 750-Watt 80 Plus Gold Certified
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00539M628
Fan/cooling: PHANTEKS PH-TC14PE_BL ( I don't much about overclocking, but a quiet cool running rig is a must)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005OQJVP0
OS: Mountain Lion if it'll possible, do I need to buy a snow leopard disk first and then upgrade? Or can I go straight to Lion.... I can figure out this part later.
http://www.amazon.com/Mac-OS-Snow-Leopard-10-6/dp/B002KG02QO
Thanks for any help. I really appreciate it.