Bleu
Active member
Hello,
I'm debating whether or not to buy a custom built PC from PC Specialist or to buy a custom Mac Pro from Apple.
What I'm looking for is a high-end workstation for almost continuous use (HD Photo/Video/Audio editing). As well as a place to store my data I'm on my computer for at least 10 hours a day working away and it would be great to have my data in one place.
I currently have around 12 TB of data spread across my main Intel i7 PC and my current Apple computer, the latter is really showing it's age (2006/7 model I think) and external HDDs.
I also enjoy the odd video game but that isn't a big deal. I've put together a few computers online using the website but could use some help. I'm not into the nuts and bolts stuff and end up just putting in the most expensive components.
I can't put together a Mac Pro for comparison at the moment as the European Mac Store has withdrawn the Mac Pro and it's not currently available. My guess would be a newer model will be released soon. Having said that I put together a Mac Pro a week or so ago and it came to £3/4 thousand so that would be my budget for a PC from PC Specialist.
Again I'm not sure what I need or want so could do with some assistance.
Update:
Case: COOLERMASTER COSMOS 2 ULTRA TOWER
CPU: Intel® Xeon® 8-Core E5-2687W (3.1 GHz, 8.00 GT/s, 20M L3 Cache)
Motherboard: ASUS® P9X79 WS - SOCKET 2011, QUAD DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s
RAM: 32GB SAMSUNG QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz (8 X 4GB) [Should I go for 64GB?]
GPU: PNY QUADRO K5000 - 4GB GDDR5, 1536 CUDA CORES, 2 x DP, 2 x DVI
HDD: I'll use my current SSDs and HDDs
SSD CACHE DRIVE: 20GB INTEL® SSD 313 SERIES - SLC CACHE DRIVE FOR SYSTEM / 1st HDD
1st Optical Drive: 12x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
PSU: CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE
Processor Cooling: INTEL BXSTS200C THERMAL SOLUTION FOR XEON E5 CPU
Extra Case Fans: 2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card: ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities: DUAL-BAND WIRELESS 802.11N 450Mbps PCI-E CARD
USB Options: 2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI-EX CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Firewire: 1 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORT ONBOARD
I'm unsure about the GPU(s).
I'm debating whether or not to buy a custom built PC from PC Specialist or to buy a custom Mac Pro from Apple.
What I'm looking for is a high-end workstation for almost continuous use (HD Photo/Video/Audio editing). As well as a place to store my data I'm on my computer for at least 10 hours a day working away and it would be great to have my data in one place.
I currently have around 12 TB of data spread across my main Intel i7 PC and my current Apple computer, the latter is really showing it's age (2006/7 model I think) and external HDDs.
I also enjoy the odd video game but that isn't a big deal. I've put together a few computers online using the website but could use some help. I'm not into the nuts and bolts stuff and end up just putting in the most expensive components.
I can't put together a Mac Pro for comparison at the moment as the European Mac Store has withdrawn the Mac Pro and it's not currently available. My guess would be a newer model will be released soon. Having said that I put together a Mac Pro a week or so ago and it came to £3/4 thousand so that would be my budget for a PC from PC Specialist.
Again I'm not sure what I need or want so could do with some assistance.
Update:
Case: COOLERMASTER COSMOS 2 ULTRA TOWER
CPU: Intel® Xeon® 8-Core E5-2687W (3.1 GHz, 8.00 GT/s, 20M L3 Cache)
Motherboard: ASUS® P9X79 WS - SOCKET 2011, QUAD DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s
RAM: 32GB SAMSUNG QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz (8 X 4GB) [Should I go for 64GB?]
GPU: PNY QUADRO K5000 - 4GB GDDR5, 1536 CUDA CORES, 2 x DP, 2 x DVI
HDD: I'll use my current SSDs and HDDs
SSD CACHE DRIVE: 20GB INTEL® SSD 313 SERIES - SLC CACHE DRIVE FOR SYSTEM / 1st HDD
1st Optical Drive: 12x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
PSU: CORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE
Processor Cooling: INTEL BXSTS200C THERMAL SOLUTION FOR XEON E5 CPU
Extra Case Fans: 2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card: ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities: DUAL-BAND WIRELESS 802.11N 450Mbps PCI-E CARD
USB Options: 2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI-EX CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Firewire: 1 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORT ONBOARD
I'm unsure about the GPU(s).
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