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Re: Building a new Mac Pro for A.E _ Help Please :)

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Re: Building a new Mac Pro for A.E _ Help Please :)
by Scott Keck on Jan 23, 2008 at 8:12:38 pm

Check NewEgg for RAM. You can get 8GB for $299 (4 x 2GB). If you're concerned about rendering speed, you should get Nucleo Pro and all the RAM you can manage. Since Nucleo will run 1 instance of AE per core in the background, you'll essentially have a 7-CPU render farm. And you'll want each CPU to have access to as much RAM as you can squeeze into the machine (and out of your budget). Those are my thoughts. Get the make/model of the motherboard and then shop for RAM elsewhere, buy only the minimum you need to boot the thing up, from the place where you're buying the machine. And a right- on commend about the HD, you can get a SATA WD 750GB drive online right now for under $160 (internal). No reason to pay double that or more from your hardware vendor.

Improviz in SF


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