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An AMD EPYC workstation with dual 7402 processors (2.8/3.35, 24 core each) and 2TB RAM (16 x 128GB, comes to <$30K) can be had for less than 40K. This insistenc
by chx 7y ago
An AMD EPYC workstation with dual 7402 processors (2.8/3.35, 24 core each) and 2TB RAM (16 x 128GB, comes to <$30K) can be had for less than 40K. This insistence on Intel makes for a poor value proposition.
Ps. The RAM actually can be had for 20K https://memory.net/product/m386aag40mmb-cvf-samsung-1x-128gb-ddr4-2933-lrdimm-pc4-23466l-quad-rank-x4-module/ https://memory.net/product/m386aag40mmb-cvf-samsung-1x-128gb... if one wants to really save on this.
- bluedino 7y agoWhich won't run MacOS...
- chx 7y agoApple totally could've went with EPYC Rome instead of Xeon W... Google was testing them way, way before the public announcement, surely if Apple wanted a "few" for testing, AMD would've been game.
- TimTheTinker 7y ago> This insistence on Intel makes for a poor value proposition. I agree. Apple should consider providing an AMD option -- and if they decide not to do so, at least write a blog explaining in detail why not.
- colejohnson66 7y agoThe motherboard was probably designed around when Ryzen first came out. It would’ve been too costly to switch.
- xvf22 7y agoFair enough but the performance gap is so wide now (and will be for at least a while) that it's hard to recommend this one.
- chx 7y agoI forgot to check but if you are just buying 1TB of RAM, that'd be 5k! 16 x 64GB: https://memory.net/product/m386a8k40cm2-cvf-samsung-1x-64gb-ddr4-2933-lrdimm-pc4-23466l-quad-rank-x4-module/ https://memory.net/product/m386a8k40cm2-cvf-samsung-1x-64gb-...