The biggest con is if you genuinely need thunderbolt. (Going to a Mini after that would feel like a big downgrade I would think.) And certainly not cheap! You have all the drive bays and power supply with that Mac Pro. You could absolutely put together a faster machine with some of the new chipsets. You already have the max 128GB ram in the thing. (There may be a pair of 4.2GHz 6 core CPUs available but I can't find info for that right now or I'm wrong.) That machine supports upgrading up to 2x Xeon X5690 3.46GHz 6 core CPUs for a total of 12 cores. Last question: Should I just stay on Mac and buy a new Mac mini for about 3k? I have strong reservations about investing in another Mac at this point, but I figured I should ask. Second question: How difficult/arduous is the process of optimizing the PC exclusively for Reaper usage, and are there some good resources around on how to do so? I should be able to cannibalize some parts from my other systems, such as GPU/PSU/SSDs.įirst question: Would I experience a big Reaper performance increase on the i9-9900k 3.6 GHz compared to my current mac pro (3.33 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon)? I've been messing around with a new PC build that would likely include an i9-9900k, z390 mobo, 128 GB DDR 4000 RAM, stuff like that. Logic used to be my main DAW but I've been 100% using Reaper for the past couple years now (and I love it!). I use a mid 2012 mac pro as my main system and have two slaved systems (one PC, one hackintosh, built them both). Little backstory: I compose music for a living (video games/TV/film/etc).

I'm contemplating finally taking the plunge and fully switching over to a PC for my main rig and I have a few questions about the transition process.

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