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by gruez 3112 days ago
>~$250 for a good case

what? $250 is really overpriced for a case. it will get you a really good case (see: https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&I...)

>~$220 for a good power supply

that's definitely overkill.

>~$120 for CLC water cooling for the CPU

>~$100 for case fans

that's like, at least 6 really expensive case fans + watercooling. does the mac pro even have that good of a cooling system?
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dogma1138 3112 days ago
High end case which is similarly visually pleasing, $250 is actually fairly cheap I could've suggested a custom case :)

With a Xeon-W and a Vega64 ~200$ for a decent power supply isn't that far fetched, you'll be looking at 850W with preferably 1000W+ PSU so it could stay cool under pressure.

And no the iMac doesn't have a CLC but it has a cooling system you cannot replicate, and if you haven't noticed an air cooler that can keep a socket 2066 CPU sufficiently cool would cost you about as much as a CLC

$100 buys you a few maglev low noise fans nothing too fancy.

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FireBeyond 3112 days ago
> you'll be looking at 850W with preferably 1000W+ PSU

I will eat my hat if the iMac Pro comes with a kilowatt PSU.

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dogma1138 3112 days ago
VEGA64 has a 300W TDP and can pull over 400W underload.

The Xeon-W has a TDP of 140W and can pull 200W under load.

Add in cooling, most radial fans are 4-6A @ 12V which means they can pull upto 80W.... The Delta radial fan on the Vega 64/56 air pulls 60W on it's own at full speed.

High end motherboards consume 40-80W, memory also will consume about 5W per DIMM.

And you have the built in screen which can easily consume 200W or more at peak brightness.

So I hope you have a tasty hat, because there is no way that the iMac Pro isn't coming with a near 1kW PSU.

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FireBeyond 3112 days ago
I have a 2017 loaded iMac, i7 (TDP 90W), Radeon 580 (TDP 150W). Fans etc, abound.

It's certainly not the same, but the built in screen definitely does not consume 200W, and though I can't determine the raw number, going from 'dimmest' to 'brightest' increases power draw 70W.

Guess what size PSU all of the above comes with? 310W.

We shall see. I actually really like the iMac Pro, and would enjoy having one, I don't want to see it fail, I'm just struggling to see how you're getting more than three times the heat dissipation load in what they say is the same 'body size'.

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oneeyedpigeon 3112 days ago
I know it's subjective, but those cases you linked are disgusting. In terms of value, I'd opt for the iMac 'case' for $250 over all of those.
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