mac rumors xeon graphics card in macbook pro

Personally, the only new mac that would interest me, is the macmini, but the new PC processors are more powerful, albeit not tthat energy efficient as apple silicon. There have been reports of the mac studio being somewhat noisy, but i think this is always an individual perception. Still you can try one of those newer macs, even buy a 'refurbished from apple', and still you can decide to send it back if it doesnt suit your needs (think it is a 14 day time window) If i were you, would keep the PC, as it is versatile lpowerhouse, and certainly you can find ways to make it less noisy, am sure. With the new cpu (ryzen 8000) on the horizon doubt you would get 1300 pound for the computer, even if the gpU is powerful as it is. Power consumption is a consideration as well as i suspect my current machine is robbing me of 100s kWhs every year.Īny specific experience on Plex, HandBrake and MakeMKV? Do you think i am crazy on even considering switching the above machine for AS? The MAc Mini or Mac Studio will run all day to allow for Server duties, maybe Home Assistant etc - though i can run the latter on my Synology DS920+ - what do you all think? Happy to wait till later in the year for perhaps an M3 version of AS.ĭont have a monitor just now (other than the current old (10+ years) Acer 1080p one) so i can either do a dual HDMI with my 4K BenQ work monitor or consider purchasing a dedicated monitor down the line. My needs are simply as above, no heavy workloads etc. I used to run iMacs and Macbooks for many years but about 4 years ago we switched everything out as we needed to shift some of the gear and because i knew of the pending move to AS, i was reluctant to buy last gen Intel or first gen AS, so decided to wait a bit. The main thing i am using it for is Plex Media Server and 1-2 times a week for Handbrake 4K encodes (hardware not software as i am not terribly bothered on the quality, plus the AMD CPU runs hot - too hot!) It does get very noisy however even when idle. The PC is 2 years old and cost me about £2,600 at the time. The Tower case has slots for a myriad other upgrades. AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16 Core CPU (3.5GHz-4.7GHz/73MB CACHE/AM4)ĪSUS® PRIME B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!ģ2GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)ġTB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)ġTB SEAGATE BARRACUDA 120 2.5' SSD, (up to 560MB/sR | 540MB/sW)ġ6x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW & SOFTWAREĬORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Mac rumors xeon graphics card in macbook pro