Re: Applesoldiers videos about iMac i7 vs Custom i7 PC, part 4

[chasesmith8011]

@sn0le: and guess what it's still a shitty PC

[sn0le]

@chasesmith8011:

And why's that?

[chasesmith8011]

Mac pro does come with a keyboard and mouse dip shit

[sn0le]

@chasesmith8011:

Yeah, and?

Even if you add the cost of an Apple Magic Mouse and Apple keyboard (total $118) the custom rig is still ALOT cheaper.

:P

[TheGregaM]

Are you actually comparing GT 120 with HD4870? Are you serious? If you multiply GT120's horse power by 4 maybe!

[sn0le]

@TheGregaM:

I think you missed the point. Check my comment @ 4:38

I specced the Custom i7 to a 4870, since it is the best card you can spec the Mac Pro to. And then I showed how much a Mac Pro will cost if you spec it up to the same as the custom i7.

[TheGregaM]

@sn0le :) yeah, you're right, sorry

[sn0le]

@TheGregaM:

Nothing to be sorry about.

I did forget one thing, that irony works good in real life, but not so good on the internet.

:)

I can see how my statement could be misunderstood. :)

And you were quite right, the GT120 is not even close to the 4870 in terms of performance.

[janicijevic23]

if i was u i would buy gtx 285.....it performs better than 4870....

[sn0le]

Thats true.

But a GTX285 would increase the total cost of the machine too much.

Besides, it was a comparison of how much the same level of performance would cost on the PC.

And the Mac Pro doesn't come with a better card.

[janicijevic23]

@sn0le thats true..... but im just saying...... it would be still cheaper but better lol

[sn0le]

@janicijevic23:

Hehe, thats very true. :)

[sn0le]

Just found out that there are limitations in the CPU's themselves.

Both Xeon's (Mac Pro) and i7's have the memorycontroller built-in on the CPU.

i7 memory controller can handle 24GB RAM.

And the W5590/W5580 (Xeon) can handle 144GB.

The W35xx series of Xeon handles only up to 24GB, like the i7's.

[sn0le]

For 64-bits Windows 7:

Windows 7 Ultimate 192 GB

Windows 7 Enterprise 192 GB

Windows 7 Professional 192 GB

Windows 7 Home Premium 16 GB

Windows 7 Home Basic8 GB

Windows 7 Starter 2 GB

[sn0le]

These are the limitations of the motherboards.

And the OS has limitations too.

Snow Leopard has a limit of 16TB of RAM.

[lenso01]

HELLO,

If it buy these custom parts. Can i use the system without extra patch installation .like sound patch etc?

Also can i run 10.6.2 on this system configuration?

[sn0le]

Yes, you can run 10.6.2 on this system.

You use a boot-CD like Empire EFI to install Snow Leopard from a retail DVD.

This means that you can run updates from Apple.

However, you can experience kernel panic if you have sleepenabler installed in 10.6.1 when upgrading to 10.6.2.

But I don't ever put my computer to sleep.....

You'll need a kext for the integrated soundcard.

But that takes 30 seconds to install.

And you might need a kext for the videocard, depending which you choose.