Which nMP for Lightroom and PS work only?
I was hoping to get some information from the more knowledgeable on here about which nMP would provide the most "bang for the buck" if all I would want the performance for is editing photos in...
View ArticleGPU monitor
I am sure this has been discussed in these forums before, but I can't for the life of me find what I am looking for. I am starting to use FCPX more, and am trying to figure out where the bottlenecks...
View ArticleWhich monitors with new Mac Pro
I currently have two DVI monitors and am thinking of buying the new Mac Pro. Are there adapters the will allow me to use my current monitors?
View ArticleCalling Mac Pro owners, coil whine or not?
Ok, so I bought a base 2009 quad core Mac Pro on Megamacs website on their black friday sale. I love everything about the mac, except that it emits a weird whine when running and even more so when...
View Article"Making the all-new Mac Pro" video posted on Apple's site
"Making the all-new Mac Pro" video posted on Apple's site. http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/video/#assembly It shouldn't be long now...There's probably a whole bunch of them in boxes already. This is the...
View ArticlenMP Use Cases
I thought to gather the use cases the nMP is suited for and likely configurations. Feel free to add others, or cases it's not suited for Video Editing/rendering Obviously video editing is a use case...
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Suggestions for 2009 Pro SSD configurations
Full disclosure: I am a noob. I have installed clean OSs on iMacs and MacBooks, and restored from Time Machine backups a few times, and I've installed ssds in laptops, but the multiple drive setup in...
View ArticlePCI TB for PC's. Will it get to MAC as an upgrade?
http://blogs.intel.com/technology/20...ion-computers/ Will this make it to mac? would be great to upgrade current 5.1 and bellow
View ArticleQuestion for external storage with nMP
I am trying to sort out what solution will work best for me regarding external storage with the new mac pro. I would like all of my internal drives in a single enclosure, but I would prefer to avoid a...
View ArticleBuying a Mac Pro, Is This Price Right? Help.
Hello, I found a 2009 Mac Pro for sale and I would like to know what you would put as the highest price to pay if you were in my situation. Here are the specs: Apple Mac Pro 4.1 A1298 Xeon 64-bit...
View ArticleWhat would you do? (new video card)
I've been toying with the idea of upgrading my video card for quite a while now, maybe a year or so. I'm getting a new set of monitors for work so I'm pretty much forced to at this point. I'm getting 2...
View ArticleStreaming from Mac Pro
I'm currently using Playback on my Mac Pro to stream media content to my PS3. The setup is very easy (pretty much plug and play), and works pretty well. Unfortunately, the PS3 is limited to the file...
View Articlewhich GPU gtx650/650ti or 660 for 2008 MP
hi have a 2008 macpro 8x2.8ghz and for the festive session I'm finally upgrading the GPU from a gt120. iv been looking at the GTX 650/ti & the GTX660. i understand that almost any GPU will be a...
View ArticleEVGA Options confusing!
Hi, I am collecting parts to upgrade a Mac Pro 5,1 I have a choice of the following 2 GPU at the same price, I am a little confused with the 2 options in terms of power requirement differences and the...
View ArticleStrange PSU behaviour with 2 SSDs
I'm on MacPro 5.1 with GTX Titan.. Since i bought an external PSU for the Tity, i decided to use it for my SSD too.. The PSU is an OCZ ZT 750 W.. I used the paperclip trick between the 4th and 5th pin...
View ArticleMacPro as Nas server?
Hi all does anyone use a MacPro as a Nas server here? I have a HP Microserver but can get a cheap MacPro (2.66hz Xeon) from a friend. Thinking of adding 4x4TB WD Red drives and 1 SSD for boot. All I...
View ArticleExternal HD not recognized when moved internally
I just upgraded one of my data HDs in my Mac pro 5,1 from 3TB to 4TB. I formatted the new 4TB via FW800 and copied all the data to it. But now when I have moved it to one of the internal drive bays, to...
View Article'Modern' graphics card for Mac Pro 1,1
Hello all! Tomorrow my mother is going to go christmas shopping and she will be going to a Best Buy to get stuff for everyone (to a city a hour out, I live in the boonies) so the top of my mind is a...
View ArticleMac Pro 2,1 8 core 3.0Ghz Random restarts only 6gb of Ram
Recently came back from an extended trip in Michigan to my home in Florida, only to discover that my Mac Pro is randomly restarting both with my Windows Partition and Mac Hard Drive. Restarts seem to...
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