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OWC now shipping PCIe to Thunderbolt chassis
We now have another choice for these, even more affordable, from a very reliable company. OWC has now released their PCIe to Thunderbolt chassis. It's one slot, half-length, so it will be fine for HD Native or UAD cards. It's only $379. Looks cool, too.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thund...ercury_Helios/ |
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Re: OWC now shipping PCIe to Thunderbolt chassis
At that price, it does make some options more feasible than with a Magma or even a Sonnet box. Dig it!
I wonder if there's any word on their Thunderbolt HDD enclosure.
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Re: OWC now shipping PCIe to Thunderbolt chassis
Good to see this thunderbolt stuff is finally hitting the market. $379 combined with the27" imac makes a pretty attractive alternative for HD Native sytems.
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Re: OWC now shipping PCIe to Thunderbolt chassis
So, long shot here... do you think I could use this box to go from Thunderbolt to PCI-e to my PCI-x Magma box with and old HD3 Accel rig?
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Re: OWC now shipping PCIe to Thunderbolt chassis
Ok then...well tell me if this would equal, or even bypass my current system.
Current: Mac Pro 1,1 2 x 2.66 dual core 12 gigs 667 MHz DDR2 ram PT HD 2 System video card for dual monitors Blackmagic Intensity Pro PCIe card for video playback Internal drives for system, audio playback, video playback and sound effects storage. Firewire 800 for drives for backup and other storage New system: Mac Mini 2.6 quad core i7 with Fusion drive 16 gigs 1600MHz DDR3 ram PT Native through Thunderbolt PCIe Expansion Chassis PCIe dual monitor video card through Thunderbolt expansion Chassis Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt for video playback Thunderbolt drives for audio playback and video playback External USB3 drives for sound effects and other various storage Firewire 800 for drives for backup and other storage Maxed out Mac Mini, a dual monitor vid card, Intensity Shuttle and 2 OWC expansion chassis' all priced at around $2700.00. This would be for an audio post set up where an HD 2 system is giving me plenty of power. Granted...a New Mac Pro would be about the same price...but can the current MP's offer the power of the 2.6 quad core i7? And I know (possible) new MP's out next year. Just talking this through my mind. It's sure looking like more power is going to come in smaller packages. |
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Re: OWC now shipping PCIe to Thunderbolt chassis
heh..let us know if you feel brave enough to give it a go
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