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- Aug 4, 2022
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- Motherboard
- Dell Optiplex 7060
- CPU
- i7-8700
- Graphics
- RX-460
- Mac
Dear friends:
I'm looking to build a replacement for a classic Mac Pro with some fairly modest requirements:
video: supports one Acer Nitro HDMI monitor at HD resolution (1920 x 1080)
disk drives: supports two SSD (2.5") drives and two HD (3.5") drives, internally - and maybe an BD/R drive
So far I've selected the following components for the proposed build:
mobo: ASUS Prime Z490-A
CPU: Intel Core i7 10º Gen
RAM: Crucial, 32GB
power supply: a Corsair, around 700W, with all of the plugs and bits I'll need
case: a 'tower' ATX case with room inside for the drives
I come to this forum to seek advice for which video card. I don't intend to do too much video-intensive stuff with this machine: watch movies, do some video encodings, do some graphics editing (Photoshop for MacOS and Autodesk Eagle (Windows version) running in a Parallels emulation environment. All of this is proposed to be running on MacOS v10.13.6 Sierra.
What I don't want to do is buy more than I'll need, since I don't do gaming or live-stream broadcasting. I ask, which video card would you recommend for my one HDMI monitor? As for particular models of power supplies and CPU coolers, I'm certainly open to recommendations. Overall, I'm not looking to spend a ton of cash on this build.
Many thanks in advance,
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srk
I'm looking to build a replacement for a classic Mac Pro with some fairly modest requirements:
video: supports one Acer Nitro HDMI monitor at HD resolution (1920 x 1080)
disk drives: supports two SSD (2.5") drives and two HD (3.5") drives, internally - and maybe an BD/R drive
So far I've selected the following components for the proposed build:
mobo: ASUS Prime Z490-A
CPU: Intel Core i7 10º Gen
RAM: Crucial, 32GB
power supply: a Corsair, around 700W, with all of the plugs and bits I'll need
case: a 'tower' ATX case with room inside for the drives
I come to this forum to seek advice for which video card. I don't intend to do too much video-intensive stuff with this machine: watch movies, do some video encodings, do some graphics editing (Photoshop for MacOS and Autodesk Eagle (Windows version) running in a Parallels emulation environment. All of this is proposed to be running on MacOS v10.13.6 Sierra.
What I don't want to do is buy more than I'll need, since I don't do gaming or live-stream broadcasting. I ask, which video card would you recommend for my one HDMI monitor? As for particular models of power supplies and CPU coolers, I'm certainly open to recommendations. Overall, I'm not looking to spend a ton of cash on this build.
Many thanks in advance,
--
srk
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