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Add $3000 for the 12 core. Really? Edit: actually , all together it still comes to what was projected. I just didn't expect so much of it to be in the CPU.
by rch 13y ago
Add $3000 for the 12 core. Really?
Edit: actually , all together it still comes to what was projected. I just didn't expect so much of it to be in the CPU.
- TylerE 13y agoThat chip retails for $2,795, so not really that out there.
- km3k 13y agoApple doesn't pay retail. Also, that $3,000 is above the cost of the base CPU.
- rsynnott 13y agoFor this kind of niche chip they probably more or less do. It's mostly workstation-focused, and the Xeon workstation market is _tiny_. It's not like this is a Haswell i5 and Apple is buying 10 million of it; I'd be surprised if they're buying over a thousand of the 12 core per month.
- rch 13y agoI see that now. And I just tried to price an alternative system at Colfax and came up with $15K (included dual cpu, dual 400GB SSDs, and a Xeon Phi 7120P, no GPU). The Mac Pro is a niche product, but not really 'out there' as workstations go.
- brianwawok 13y agoThis is more Intel not Apple. http://ark.intel.com/products/75283/ http://ark.intel.com/products/75283/ Retail price for that CPU is 2.7k... you are paying maybe a $500 markup?
- rch 13y agoYeah. That was my next stop too. I was going to mention the cache, but it was too much of a pun.
- smackfu 13y agoPlus whatever the CPU you replaced cost.
- alexkus 13y agoCloser to $1000, but that's not surprising really. I believe the "3.5GHz 6-core with 12MB of L3 cache" chip is this one http://ark.intel.com/products/75780 http://ark.intel.com/products/75780 which has an RRP of $583. The difference in retail prices for those two chips is $2031 (2614-583) but you're paying Apple $3000 for that upgrade.
- brianwawok 13y agoThat seems reasonable. Order a Dell and upgrade the ram. I bet you pay > 33% markup. Or go order a car and get the premium Boise sound system. I bet you also pay > 33% markup