So /tech/ and /g/ seem to think that the new mac is LOL CRAPPLEL TAX because the base system specs could be beaten by a machine a fifth of the price.
What /tech/ and /g/ apparently are too retarded to understand is that those base system specs include a great deal of headroom.
Your mission, should you be a bad enough dude to accept it, is to build a system using all resources at your disposal that:
- Costs no more than $6000 US MSRP
- Has directly equivalent parts to the contents of the base model (pay attention to the dual 10Gb ethernet)). Thunderbolt can be replaced with USB at your discretion.
- Has the ability to be expanded with:
- At least four GPUs,
- 1.5TB of ECC memory running no slower than 2933MHz,
- No fewer than 28 cores. (You can achieve this core count however you wish, going over is fine.)
- An additional M2 drive
- Apple-specific stuff like the 2-in-1 GPU ("MPX") cards and accelerator cards can be ignored.
- All of these components must be cooled in a way that:
- The system is able to run at max CPU+GPU usage without thermal throttling or hitting TJMAX.
- The system is bearable to sit next to and usable for audio work. Consider a maximum noise level of 30DBa at 1 meter away (the level of a room fan on low from the same distance).. ideally lower.
- Isn't gamer/enthusiast or datacenter-based (no external radiators, no rackmount chassis)
- Does not require overclocking of either the CPU, GPU, or memory to hit these specs.
Can it be done?