New MacPro stock 4 core v 6 core

Is the only difference between the two stock configurations to do with GPU?
Since I'll be doing audio/lLogic and not video it seems sensible to get the 4 core version and have it upgraded to 6 core which works out much cheaper.
Have I missed something?

RatVega™ wrote:
The new Mac Pro doesn't support storage in the way we're used to because it is physically a lot smaller. All storage except the system SSD is external. You can have pretty much any kind of storage you like, just not inside the "coffee maker."
The external storage interfaces are USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt 2, so you can go as fast as you can afford. You will want to be looking at how your work wants its data and how fast it wants to be. USB 3.0 is lots of fast (up to 5Gbit/sec) if you're using a couple of hard drives or a single SSD per channel. Thunderbolt 2 can handle 20Gbit/s so it's where the really fast stuff goes. As The Hatter has laid out, you can get a Thunderbolt-attached PCIe card cage if you're big on PCIe-based storage (or other PCIe -based stuff.)
My only advice is look for value; mass storage devices are usually not discarded untill they're too small.
good luck!
Thanks again, and to hatter too.
Basically I use Logic with various Kontakt and VSL libraries which are housed on a LaCie 500gb firewire 800 drive ( now too small). My main issue with my 1st gen Mac Pro (12gb) is it's 2 x 2.0 Ghz processors which are running in the red and causing sytsem overloads.
I'm not sure that I get the 'speed' thing, as either USB3 or TB are going to be way faster than FW800 which seems to be fast enough for most scenarios anyway.
What I'm looking for is to run lots of instruments and/or audio plug-ins without overloading the system as I am now.
The new MP with 32 or 64GB Ram is going to be a monster compared to what I have now and it will enable me to add more and more sample libraries and audio plugs as I go.
Obviously external SSDs would load the instruments faster but once I've loaded my template I'm really just looking for stability and glitch free operation. The only way I can achieve this now ( not 100%) is using my laptop and PC as slave computers taking some of the load off my old MP - via VEPro5.
I presume I could even just connect my LaCie with a FW to TB/USB3 adapter and it would work? I will get faster and bigger drives anyway.
Is it possible to even have a 50gig library on a 64 USB 3 flash stick in one of the ports?
I suppose I am wondering, given a finite budget, if I should put the money into cores and CPU and save on Ram and storage which I can upgrade gradually.
Sorry if I sound confused.

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