New owner of used Mac Pro

Just bought a Mac Pro from a co worker...any tips onhow to clean up and make it mine?

Optionally, run the Apple Hardware Test:
Intel-based Macs: Using Apple Hardware Test
Boot from the installation DVD that came with it, or from a retail Snow Leopard disc if that's what you want, and it's newer.
Select Utilities > Disk Utility from the menu bar.
Select the icon of the internal hard drive that you want to boot from.
Select the Partition tab. Partition the drive with the default options and one data partition.
Quit Disk Utility.
Run the Installer, customizing if applicable.
If you're migrating from another Mac, you'll have the opportunity to import your data at this stage.
Run Software Update.

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$2100 for Special 5,1 2.8
pull the 2.8 and slap in a 6-core 3.33 W3680
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Read what IDF and Intel are showing for 2012
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I'm a visual artist expanding my media to include sound and motion, so though I'm very well versed in other software and OSX, I'm overwhelmed right now with how to discern what hardware will serve me best for Premiere/Prelude/AE editing and exports.
Specifically, the issue I'm trying to address is long export/ render times on my Macbook Pro 2012. A 15 minute project took 1.5 hours to export, for example.
Trying to determine if it's best to stick with this, and upgrade HDD to SSD and add external striped RAID, (requiring either a TB hub or esata adapter as I also power a second monitor via TB port.) And where does USB3 fit into this, knowing that it requires some CPU resources that FW and TB do not? RAM is maxed out at 16GB.
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I'm primarily exporting to mp4 @ 1080 0r 720.
Currently adding effects such as gamma, b&c, some basic color correction, and transitions. Might include one adjustment layer.
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lloydpdx7 wrote:
Or do I consider a used Mac Pro, and add internal drives and upgrade what else I can?
Of course a third option would be to go with a new mac pro, but at a minimum that's twice what my budget allows for now.
I've cut down your choices to these 2. Personally, I think editing, cutting, and exporting in Premiere Pro on a Macbook Pro is just an exercise in futility. Or at least: an exercise in extreme patience. It's not worth the trouble, IMHO.
New Mac Pro absolutely and without question. That assumes a budget. They're not cheap, but they work well with Pr.
Old Mac Pro as a stand-by with the fastest (clock cycles) chip or chips you can find. In this specific case, don't get caught up in the "higher core count" race; look for higher clock cycles. Upgrade the video card to an nVidia 700-series because it'll likely come with a piece-of-junk AMD. And pack those 4 drive bays with SATA drives.
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Hello
Looking for viewpoints on used Mac Pros. I have an opportunity to pick up a 2.66 Dual Core with 12GB's RAM, (cheaply). I realize these are older machines, nevertheless, it will be an improvement for someone with no money using older Dual Core 2.0 G5 desktops.
I came upon this ad for a machine apparently offering several types of Processors. I'm proficient, but never swapped out processors before.
"Available with two 2.66 GHz (5150) Dual-core Intel Xeon "Woodcrest" or 2.0 GHz (5130), 2.66 GHz processors or 3.0 GHz (5160) Dual-core or 3.0 GHz (X5365) Quad-core Intel Xeon "Clovertown" processors, this customized desktop enables faster computing."
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