What is a cheesegrater? Allan
Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > Nice. > > I’ve got a 4,1 flashed to 5,1 with dual quad core Xeons running at 2.26GHz, > 28GB of RAM, a GTX680 flashed with Apple firmware, 500GB SSD for the boot > drive, two 1TB hard drives for file storage and a 6TB hard drive as an > internal Time Machine backup that I mirror to my FreeNAS box daily. I’ve > toyed wit the idea of upgrading processors, but for what? I don’t really do > anything that stresses the ones I have now. > > There’s nothing I can’t throw at this box that it can’t handle. I love > transcoding video with Handbrake, as it zips through files in no time flat. > > I just recently upgraded to High Sierra from El Capitan because I could. No > noticeable improvement, but probably more secure. > > I loves my cheesegrater. > > -D > > >> On Mar 17, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> I'm in the middle of upgrading my tricked-out Mac Pro 1,1 to a >> tricked-out Mac Pro 4,1. This is essentially for work purposes, >> and when I'm done it'll be running High Sierra instead of El Capitan, >> and as a result capable of running the latest VMware and DxO packages. >> >> This tower can hold much more RAM and disk than I can use with >> the new-ish laptop I've been using. And, the 30" monitor is pretty nice. >> When I'm done I should have a 12-core (24-thread) 3.3GHz CPU array, >> 48GB of RAM, 3TB of disk, plus a small SSD for the OS and apps. >> >> Total cash outlay was a little higher than I'd like, some $800, but you >> can't touch anything new-ish for that kind of money, and this should >> serve well for several years. I checked, and I've used the 1,1 for four >> years. Performance of the 1,1 has never been any kind of issue, and >> I expect the same of the 4,1. (Neither machine is considered 'fast' >> today, but a lot of that is just skewed expectations. They both ARE >> fast, just not AS fast as some newer machines. But, unless you're >> doing work where that matters it's a non-issue. This 4,1 can process >> my typical photos at about 1 per second, which is plenty good enough, >> and I don't even have the new 5,1 CPU's in it yet.) >> >> -- Jim >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
