Mac Pro :: Building A Mac Pros Or Power Macs?

Sep 1, 2008

This doesn't pertain specifically to Mac Pros or Power Macs, but I couldn't find a better place for this.

Is it possible to build a Mac from scratch, like a PC? I've looked everywhere and I can't seem to find what proprietary hardware, if any, Apple still uses. I use a macbook right now and I'm wondering if it's as simple as booting with the Leopard install disc.

On a similar note, is it possible to use boot camp on a separate internal drive rather than partitioning an existing one formatting for OS X?

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Mac Pro #1
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2.8 ghz
2 Processors
8 Cores
4gb RAM
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Mac Pro #2
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3 ghz
2 Processors
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4gb RAM
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From what I can gather from doing some research, it appears the processor is better on option #1, but the video card is better on option #2. So you think the processor over rules the better video card? Would it be worth taking machine #1 (with 8 cores) and purchasing this improved video card(http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB...s=topSellers)?

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Jan 8, 2009

Well I'm planning on making the leap from laptop to desktop next year, when my macbook turns 3. I don't really have any reason to do it, I just figure I've never owned a desktop, and I should give it a shot. Anyways, I love how Mac Pro's look and run, but find that they run way too pricy for my tastes. Come from the owner of a second gen macbook, with just 2 ghz processor, and 64 mb vram, my standards aren't high. Plus I only use about 70 gb of the 120 gb hard drive.

My point, I would really like to build my own Mac Pro, but don't know how customizable they are. For example, would I be able to buy a current Mac Pro (but in a year, so more like a year old rig), and sell the HD and buy a small one turning a profit? My ideal computer set up would be;

3.0 ghz processor
2-4 gb ram
512 vram
120-140 gb hard drive

Can anybody help me know how possible an aspiration this would be next year. I figure If the current mac Pros will (used of course, and by that point 1 yr outdated), run at like 1400 on ebay, and I would sell the HD and buy a cheaper 3rd party for like 100 dollars, I could maybe get a nice computer about about 1000-1300? Anyways, any comments, recommendations, price quotes, or weblinks to third party "built it yourself" mac gear would be much appreciated.

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Nov 1, 2010

I just finished a project of mine, I decided to build a gaming PC but I wanted it to be a Mac, so I bought a cheap Mac Pro on ebay then added to it over a month or so, I wanted to spend about the same price as a basic Mac Pro from Apple, ?2,000 so here's what I bought

?750:

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This is what I've now ended up with after my upgrades:

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- Bluetooth 2.1 + Airport 802.11n
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- 60GB Crucial C300 6GB/s - Windows 7 Pro x64
- 1.5TB WD Green - Mac
- 1.0TB WD Green - NTFS
- Liteon Blu-Ray R/W x12
- Apple 1000w PSU
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All together I spent ?2,300 so I went a tiny bit over budget but I did my best not to compromise.

The only other thing I'm thinking of buying is swapping my Asus U3S6 for a dedicated Nvidia Physx card.

Obviously some of my stuff only works in Windows but as I'm not really playing games in OSX that's fine for me.

I'm looking for suggestions to improve my setup so any are welcome. Except those that say "duhhhh haha buy a PC and sell your Mac" because those really are irritating.

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Nov 2, 2010

I work on several large software projects and need a new rig to handle some heavy compilation.

Here's my criteria for this new system:
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Needs to triple-boot (Mac OSX, Windows, Ubuntu)
Needs to support dual monitors
Needs only moderate storage
Fit a US$8000 budget

Here's the components I have selected so far in my BTO Mac Pro:
6 Core 3.33 GHz Xeon Westmere
3GB RAM (will replace with 12GB, see below)
2 TB HDD
ATI Radeon 5870
Dual 27'' Cinema Displays
-- TOTAL: $6100

Here's what I'll be ordering separately, in addition to the above:

SSD Boot Drive: (is this compatible with Mac Pro?)
OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD3-2VTX360G 3.5" 360GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive
-- $1000

12 GB RAM: (I read 3 slots is best for triple-channel)
12GB RAM OWC Memory Kit: 3 x 4.0GB PC10600 DDR3 ECC 1333MHz
-- $330

I've never built nor owned a Mac Pro before so I'd really appreciate any advice or feedback you can give about my build.

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How do you install these and build them on your computer?

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Oct 13, 2009

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Should I go down the route of Windows server or Mac OSX Server?

If I choose Mac OSX Server, can Windows machines connect to the OSX network with an account based on the OSX Server?

My only pull either way is the fact that I can get Windows 2008 Server free due to being an IT student at university.

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May 19, 2010

i bought an imac, 10 days ago, and today i took it back, the screen was killing me, i have horrible eye strain and the brightness on the glossy screens is stupid

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however, despite this, i love the os, the first tiem i have ever had one, and im hooked

unfortunately i cant get a system anything like equivelant from mac that doesnt have the glossy screen, so im left with no choice but to build one,

so where do i start?

what do i need to know?

is there certain things that will and wont work?

and how much am i looking at?

(and also anyway of reducing the size of the tower i will need)

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Jan 7, 2010

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So I'd like to know:
are there SSD's out there that we can buy and install ourselves?
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I believe it needs to be 1,8 inch with Ziff connection... right?

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Mar 21, 2010

I've done some research on external drive recommendations here. I've read the buying guide thread and most of the threads that it pointed to.

I have narrowed it down to an OWC:
[URL]
or one of the WD with fire wire 800 or building my own with a WD green drive.

My main priorities are for the drive to be quiet, cool and very reliable. I will be used only to back up my 1TB iMac i5.

I am leaning towards building my own so...My questions:

1. In terms of best reliability, what are the different classes of drives. I've heard of the term "enterprise". Is this a higher grade of components? How can I tell from looking at newegg.com which are the "better" drives? I would be looking at WD, hitachi and seagate, with preference in that order. Those seem to be the leaders. Any guidance you can give would be appreciated.

2. Once I pick a disk, what else will I need? I've never built an external drive before so need some help/advise. I know I need an enclosure but not sure if I need to purchase a controller, etc, etc. Which enclosures have good cooling? I am thinking of strapping the external drive to the back of my iMac stand.

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Aug 25, 2010

So I've set up my new mac pro per [URL] recommendations and have a SS boot drive and all my data on a separate Master drive (raid(0) stripe). Lloyd Chambers recommends keeping your home folder on the boot drive as it has a lot of extraneous app files stored in the library. This just means you don't store any data files in your home folder, you put them all on your data disk (with some exception to desktop files- see below) On the other hand, Chris Parillo at [URL:...] suggests just moving your entire home folder. This seems more convenient from a user perspective but does cause some mixing of app files and data files that could cause problems down the road. Such problems include, if for some reason, your system misses the home folder, it will create a new one and all your preferences will be suddenly changed. With this is mind, I've decided to keep my home folder on the boot drive, but it is now annoying to have my desktop files on my boot drive. Again, this is bad mixing of Data and App files and it makes it so if I want to move a file over to the Data file, I have to remember to command click so it doesn't just copy it over and leave two files, one on the desktop and a new copy on the data file. I can't just drag and drop, because it is just copying the file to a separate disk. So if I forget to command click, I have to manually trash the desktop files.

So now if I only had a solution to move my desktop folder location. Anyone have some ideas? I've tried the options in this thread: [URL:...] but they haven't seemed to work. I used a similar terminal trick to move my mail folder off my home folder, why can't I do the same with the desktop folder? Any suggestions or other pros and cons to moving the entire home folder over?

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Oct 4, 2010

Maybe not the best subforum to post in but I couldn't see where else I could post it.

My brother and I both have MBP's and we'd like to share a hard drive connected to out WiFi router. We'd also like to use the new 'AirPlay' technology that'll be coming out soon.

Since I've never assembled a home network before, I'd like to know what are all of the components that I'd need?

An external hard drive and WiFi router running to an Airport Express Base and then using everything over the wireless network?

How would I connect a printer to this too?

Sorry for the possibly confusing questions, I just don't to go out and buy anything I don't need.

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