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Re:iMac Pro by kuon on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:33PM (#14491646)
My 7048A supermicro running double E5-2650 (2x 10 cores) with 1TB ram, quadro P4000 was around 5000$, without monitor.
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Re:iMac Pro by likeclockwork on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:44PM (#14491785)
What RAM do you have in there that you were able to get 1TB of within that price?
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Re:iMac Pro by kuon on Monday June 05, 2017 @08:38PM (#14493743)
I checked more thoroughly as I first commented "mildly seriously". I recently quit working with Apple and it wasn't on the best terms.

Still, here is the prices:

Also, I am a re-seller, and had good prices:

- 7048A-T system: 990$

- Intel CPU Xeon E5-2650 v3 2.3 GHz: 2x 950$

- PNY P4000: 650$

- The memory is unbranded. A customer of mine needed about 500 of them, and I bought 16 for me at 200$ each, which makes 3200$. I don't have formal confirmation, but I think it's 95Y4812 clone.

Total is around 5800$.

I checked the regular price of the 64Gb memory modules and realized it was nearly 10 times more expensive, so I guess it doesn't count in comparison with the iMac...

Also about the re-seller thing, I've been an Apple re-seller and evangelist for years, and never got more like 3% rebate on their products while I sold Mac by the dozen.

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