I probably would have picked some different parts, but nice job. I'm astounded that Apple is still using AMD's 5000 series. I thought they had at least upgraded to the 6000 series since then. This is why I don't understand people who buy Apple computers.
Thats the mobo i use lol. That aside, i love how you can even include win 7 ultimate and still be under. I cant believe some one would willingly spend that much on a mac with infereor specs by quite the margin. (please exuse my spelling)
I'd like to see an applefanboy even try to explain how the Mac would be more powerful. "Its got clean aluminum and a revolutionary design for the highest perfromance" Ya, and my PC would be done rendering the hundretdh video before your Mac is done one.
If you try to match the specs of the PC with the mac, it comes out to 4,800$ and thats with only using 2x 5870s...I cant imagine what they would charge for a 7970
The Mac Pro uses Workstation Class Parts. If I was gonna compare a Mac Pro to a non-mac, I would compare it to an Opteron Workstation. I can start at 8-Cores and upgrade all the way up to 64-cores.