Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 09/03/18 11:09 AM Share Posted 09/03/18 11:09 AM Will only ever be worth a POS if you've got something offsite and the ability to restore - preferably with multiple redundancy Or is it not a backup system you're making, just a media delivery/home server system? If that's the case then the "tree fiddy" was above market value. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 10m 6d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 09/03/18 12:29 PM Share Posted 09/03/18 12:29 PM it will be a media delivery/home server system with built in back up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 09/03/18 12:35 PM Share Posted 09/03/18 12:35 PM Built in redundancy - not backup If 1 disc fails it won't be a be an issue. Can you recover if the NAS fails or goes missing or burns down? If not then it's not backup - it's convenience and mostly fine - not a backup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 10m 6d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 09/03/18 12:38 PM Share Posted 09/03/18 12:38 PM (edited) ok, my bad, built in redundancy it is Edited 09/03/18 12:39 PM by bloodycrashboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 09/03/18 12:44 PM Share Posted 09/03/18 12:44 PM Haven't got much better myself - got 3 copied backup drives on rotation that I swap out and keep 1 copy in the car. I figure - if it goes wrong then the house is gone, the business is gone, the car is gone, the data is gone - will retire on the insurance payout 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixy Angel Expert Donating Members 9,132 Member For: 19y 11m 11d Gender: Male Location: North Jamberoo, NSW Posted 13/03/18 09:36 AM Share Posted 13/03/18 09:36 AM Hi everyone. In the next few months or before computer dies Im starting to look for new computer. What are you recommendations? Need one that can handle sh*t loads of photo's and editing software. photo's and video's I've been told to look at Mac but never owned one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 16,101 Member For: 10y 8d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 13/03/18 12:06 PM Share Posted 13/03/18 12:06 PM I wouldn't buy a mac. The value for money and customization isn't there compared to building your own. I would build a pc and/or upgrade my current stuff. Have a good read of this link to wrap your head around it a bit better. You can customize your build to your needs and save a lot of money like that. You can always add more storage as you need it providing your motherboard has enough connectors. Here is a video clip that might help a bit. While it is not a perfect comparison by any means, there is some good info inside. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espoig Donating Members 249 Member For: 10y 5m 2d Gender: Male Location: Mundaring Posted 14/03/18 10:23 AM Share Posted 14/03/18 10:23 AM ^^^ Do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,434 Member For: 15y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 15/03/18 07:47 AM Share Posted 15/03/18 07:47 AM can a mac run crysis though? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 11y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 15/03/18 08:14 AM Share Posted 15/03/18 08:14 AM RAM, cores/threads and diskspace/speed is what you're looking for if serious. Current/new Mac Pro is legit on cost and performance for what you get now, but you're talking >$5k Software you're used to and use also needs to be worth a thought. As does the previous work you have on file/archived. Adobe suite (photoshop, lightroom, premier) would be ok'ish to switch from the PC to the Mac with etc, but other solutions may not be as easy Got the old man a top of the line iMac Pro a few years ago (his choice, not mine) - it's now a slug and frustrates him no end. A midpriced PC I built back then (that performed similar) I could update tomorrow pretty cheaply and easily and he'd be happy for the next few years. The Apple/Mac "solution" can and does work out fantastic if you switch to it for everything (phones, TV, computers, music, video, meals, religion etc) but doesn't play well with others in the real world - and it's a hell of a lot harder to switch back if you go a different direction later. Either make the jump 100% or go with what you're used to. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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