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Well I guess we won't know until they release part numbers on the CPU, and that part number is available form Newegg/Amazon. It's not clear to me if they're goi

Well I guess we won't know until they release part numbers on the CPU, and that part number is available form Newegg/Amazon. It's not clear to me if they're going Haswell or Ivy-Bridge. The I-B E5 Xeons on Newegg now are all 6+ cores and very expensive (into the thousands of $s). The closest I can find are Haswell quad core (the new Mac Pro is 4-core) and are much cheaper: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116908 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116... > I would be interested in seeing the cost of a truly equivalent generic PC build. ("Truly" equivalent meaning no non-Xeon CPUs and other "almost as good" parts, something that's all too commonly done with Mac Pro comparisons. I agree with that. We'll have to see.

mikeash 13y ago
The CPU and GPUs are going to contribute hugely to the price and it seems impossible to figure out exactly what they cost yet, so I guess all we can do for now is speculate. Will be interesting to see exactly how it all compares once the info becomes available, for sure.
- Shivetya 13y ago
  4 Core: E5-1620 v2 Price $294.00 Best guestimates I have seen on GPUs are high 200s to low 300s each for the base model items.
  - TylerE 13y ago
    The GDDR5 FirePros start at more like $450, and that's with less VRAM
  - lhl 13y ago
    The closest equivalent on the GPUs for the D300 (same SP count, slight clock bump, less RAM) is the W7000, which goes for about $650/ea right now. Part for part, the new Mac Pro is very well priced, but like others have mentioned you could make different decisions if you put together your own system (personally I'd rather have a single R9 290X for example, but I game more than I CAD/CAM). Of course, the new Mac Pro is your only choice if OS X is something you need (discounting PITA to update hackintoshes).
  - kayoone 13y ago
    + 256GB PCI-Express based Flash storage, which is more expensive than regular SSDs
wmf 13y ago
The Mac Pro is Ivy Bridge-EP. Haswell-EP won't be released for a year.

mikeash 13y ago

The CPU and GPUs are going to contribute hugely to the price and it seems impossible to figure out exactly what they cost yet, so I guess all we can do for now is speculate. Will be interesting to see exactly how it all compares once the info becomes available, for sure.

Shivetya 13y ago
4 Core: E5-1620 v2 Price $294.00 Best guestimates I have seen on GPUs are high 200s to low 300s each for the base model items.
- TylerE 13y ago
  The GDDR5 FirePros start at more like $450, and that's with less VRAM
- lhl 13y ago
  The closest equivalent on the GPUs for the D300 (same SP count, slight clock bump, less RAM) is the W7000, which goes for about $650/ea right now. Part for part, the new Mac Pro is very well priced, but like others have mentioned you could make different decisions if you put together your own system (personally I'd rather have a single R9 290X for example, but I game more than I CAD/CAM). Of course, the new Mac Pro is your only choice if OS X is something you need (discounting PITA to update hackintoshes).
- kayoone 13y ago
  + 256GB PCI-Express based Flash storage, which is more expensive than regular SSDs

wmf 13y ago

The Mac Pro is Ivy Bridge-EP. Haswell-EP won't be released for a year.