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If they manage to get the 18 core processor without thermal throttling it will be a real feat of engineering, but I doubt it's possible. Throttling or not, I w
by jmnicolas 9y ago
If they manage to get the 18 core processor without thermal throttling it will be a real feat of engineering, but I doubt it's possible.
Throttling or not, I wish I was rich enough (we're probably talking about a 6 to 8k machine here !).
- amiga-workbench 9y agoI don't have much faith in them, the thermals have been questionable on all of their other products.
- AmVess 9y agoIt's at about 460 watts TDP just for the CPU and GPU alone in top configuration, assuming standard clocks and volts. Apple will have to live with throttling, or find top-binned parts that can be undervolted and downclocked while remaining stable. I am not an optimist. Full size chassis need some pretty serious cooling for these parts, and I see none of that with the Pro.
- CoolGuySteve 9y agoThe cooling system looks similar to what you'd see in a 1U chassis. Since it's standing on it's own instead of sitting in a rack next to a bunch of other machines, it should be fine. It's going to be very loud under a full load though, it would have been nice if they went with liquid cooling instead.
- strictnein 9y ago> we're probably talking about a 6 to 8k machine here ! Yeah, the retail on that processor is $2k.
- valuearb 9y ago$5k is the base price.
- strictnein 9y agoI thought you were joking, but then I looked it up and you're right. That's just insane.
- valuearb 9y agoInsane? You can barely build a frankenPC with those parts for that price.