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I thought that seemed terrible, but then when I tried configuring a Dell and HP with 8 cores, 32 gigs of ram, 1TB flash, and a good display, I kept hitting simi
by jdboyd 9y ago
I thought that seemed terrible, but then when I tried configuring a Dell and HP with 8 cores, 32 gigs of ram, 1TB flash, and a good display, I kept hitting similar numbers.
- beatboxrevival 9y agoTry again with an AMD Ryzen 1700/1800 8-core processor. You could build something similar for a fraction of the price.
- Finnucane 9y agoBut not a small fraction. And you'd have to build it yourself.
- atemerev 9y agoIf you opt out of Xeon, you can build it for around $3k, complete with nVidia 1080. Mine is $2.5k, but I opted for a 4-core CPU, 32G ram, a 1080, and 1TB flash. Works perfectly.
- Finnucane 9y agoIncluding the 5K monitor?
- atemerev 9y agoNo, 4K. I am not sure if 5k makes all the difference (at least for me, as a software engineer/researcher). However, I understand it might be important for many people.
- Finnucane 9y agoOkay, but what you've shown is that you can build a cheaper system with cheaper not-so-top-of-the-line components. Well, sure. You can also buy a cheaper iMac.
- GiorgioG 9y agoXeon is a server-class CPU, the i7 is a desktop class CPU...doesn't mean they're not both top of the line components. Couple of major downside of iMacs (I have an original 5k iMac) are that I can't use it as a monitor for my other systems and I can't upgrade anything (RAM is already maxed out.) If you're all-in to Apple's ecosystem, it might make sense, but I just don't see the value myself (having a ton of Apple tech, but slowly moving away, I can't justify the $ when I can build an upcoming i9 or AMD Thread Ripper (terrible name btw) based machine for half the cost with similar/better performance.) Yep I'll lose OSX, but Win10 + Linux Subsystem solves most of my needs.