Hello,
So At work we have some of this mac around, and no one wanted to use them as they are "slow" I have took one under my wings and replaced the 16Gb of ECC memory for 20Gb of normal non ECCddr3 mem, (tried mixing ECC with non ECC as a test and it obviously didnt work )and put an SSD there for test.
After fresh sierra install it seem to work like a glove so I'd like to beef it up a bit more.
The mac has 2x 2.4ghz xeon with 8 threads
I am looking for GPU that would work, the PC will be used for video editing and encoding but I have no knowledge if Premiere pro CC on mac actually uses the cuda acceleration so I am open to suggestions
I am thinking of using non ECC memory, anyone knows is there is any significant difference ? non ECC seems to be cheaper on some second hand websites. Looking to get like 64gb second hand.
Also looking at 1TB Samsung EVO SSD, paired with current 1TB WD black as a storage.
I am open to any suggestions of what to do, I do not have too much experience with Macs and I got this a play machine. By the looks of it if I invest like £500 to this I can have a solid workstation for few more years to come.
So At work we have some of this mac around, and no one wanted to use them as they are "slow" I have took one under my wings and replaced the 16Gb of ECC memory for 20Gb of normal non ECCddr3 mem, (tried mixing ECC with non ECC as a test and it obviously didnt work )and put an SSD there for test.
After fresh sierra install it seem to work like a glove so I'd like to beef it up a bit more.
The mac has 2x 2.4ghz xeon with 8 threads
I am looking for GPU that would work, the PC will be used for video editing and encoding but I have no knowledge if Premiere pro CC on mac actually uses the cuda acceleration so I am open to suggestions
I am thinking of using non ECC memory, anyone knows is there is any significant difference ? non ECC seems to be cheaper on some second hand websites. Looking to get like 64gb second hand.
Also looking at 1TB Samsung EVO SSD, paired with current 1TB WD black as a storage.
I am open to any suggestions of what to do, I do not have too much experience with Macs and I got this a play machine. By the looks of it if I invest like £500 to this I can have a solid workstation for few more years to come.