I have 100$ of products per port attempting to convert the port.although it seems okay in concept, yet to be proven to work. Going from TB2 to USB-C requires a NASA degree and I graduated high school. I would be much happier if they offered a solution to this, but that is not the case. Not being a computer guy, had no idea of the limitation I was buying into when I purchased my pretty brick. My problem is that the listing is not direct or clear that Thunderbolt 2 has been phased out and that the 6 ports available are nearly useless. I looked at the newer ones, but loved the concept of a maxed out older Mac Pro. So when I needed a new Mac for my 3D modeling business (yes I SHOULD be a computer guy), I came to OWC. DecemI appreciate OWC, I think they do a great job of providing a spread and competitive pricing. Verified Buyer Reviewer: Not a NASA Engineer I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from Apple Mac Pro (Late 2013 - 2019) 3GHz 8-core Xeon E5-1680v2 - Used, Very Good condition.
I hope to get many years of service from this! Thanks OWC! I work and live in the macOS world and I'm pleased overall with this machine compared to previous Macs. For the model year, it has decent connectivity and after a Time Machine restore I was up and running with no issues. I know OWC didn't make the computer, so no complaints with them. While this model is a good performer, I still feel the performance should be a little better for the price point. This unit arrived with some deep scratches and other wear typical of this vintage, but otherwise works well. This Pro arrived in good time and was packed extremely well. OWC had very competitive prices on 2013 Pros and offered good support, as well. I then remembered OWC from iFixit articles and my earlier Mac years. One online auction site had them, untested and as-is, and for ridiculous prices. Rating: 4/5 Finally - some performance from macOS! FebruAfter using much older Macs for years, I grew tired of the graphical performance and started looking at Mac Pros. Intel, Intel Core, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.Īnd WebScript™ are a trademarks of Apple Inc. Note, while Mediaworkstations ships internationally, you may have to pay additional tax depending on your location.*While researched thoroughly via independent resources, OWC does not make any claim to accuracy or completeness of these specifications.Īnd Xserve® are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. It's true, the casing (adorned by two 200mm front intake fans) is not as alluring as the Mac Pro's aluminium housing, but you get so much more for your money. For peace of mind, a three-year warranty with next business day onsite service is also thrown in. However, you get two 64-core processors, 2TB of memory, a pair of Nvidia Quadro RTX 8000 GPU with 48GB GDDR6 memory, and 8.68TB worth of high speed storage. How does that compare to, say, an a-X2 from Mediaworkstations containing the EPYC 7702?įor a start, the a-X2 is a little more expensive at just over $53,000 (roughly £41,500 / AU$81,800). Rome offers 64 cores and 128 threads, and you can pair two together to get the sort of processing power that was found in supercomputers only a couple of decades ago.Īt $51,399, the Apple’s Mac Pro has “only” 28 cores (Intel Xeon W-3275M) and accommodates up to 1.5TB memory, two Radeon Pro Vega II Duo (that’s four GPU and 128GB HBM2 memory) and an 8TB SSD.
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The EPYC 7702 is currently the best option out there if you're looking for the pinnacle of desktop performance - put it this way, you won’t find anything from Intel that will even come close to what AMD's Rome series CPU has to offer. Many smaller workstation vendors are rushing to fill a very lucrative niche the likes of Coreto, Scan, Velocity Micro and Boston have a tiny window of opportunity before the computer giants (Lenovo, HP and Dell) jump on AMD’s EPYC bandwagon.