That cheap-ass cooler isn't that bad. It's pretty middle of the road. Personally I'd have the Hyper 212 Evo for $39 because it's not that much more expensive, but that plus a ~$60 case and a ~$20 keyboard and mouse still isn't $400.
The main difference between the plain keyboard and your average "gamer" keyboard is what, RGB LEDs? You can pay the money for that if you like, but there are no RGB LEDs on the Mac.
I fail to find that anywhere in the specs. It says 8 SATA3 slots and 2 PCIe 4 slots. It is not clear if you can boot/configure them from the BIOS.
> That cheap-ass cooler isn't that bad. It's pretty middle of the road. Personally I'd have the Hyper 212 Evo for $39 because it's not that much more expensive
The cooler is critical if you are doing CPU intensive work. A hot CPU will get throttled; so you'd better get a very good one if you are already paying a lot for your CPU.
> The main difference between the plain keyboard and your average "gamer" keyboard is what, RGB LEDs? You can pay the money for that if you like, but there are no RGB LEDs on the Mac.
No. The grip and precision are night and day. Even more so for mouses that I can't move back to normal ones (I had the G900 and now have the razer viper ultimate; this thing made the carpal tunnel syndrome a thing of the past and I use the mouse for 10+ hours per day).
> I fail to find that anywhere in the specs. It says 8 SATA3 slots and 2 PCIe 4 slots. It is not clear if you can boot/configure them from the BIOS.
1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4 x4 (64Gb/s) (with Matisse) or Gen3 x4 (32Gb/s) (with Pinnacle Ridge and Picasso)*
1 x Hyper M.2 Socket (M2_3), supports M Key type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4 x4 (64Gb/s) (with Matisse) or Gen3 x4 (32Gb/s) (with Pinnacle Ridge and Picasso)*
* Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
Look under the Specs tab. You can also see them in the pictures.
> No. The grip and precision are night and day. Even more so for mouses that I can't move back to normal ones (I had the G900 and now have the razer viper ultimate; this thing made the carpal tunnel syndrome a thing of the past and I use the mouse for 10+ hours per day).
So that's completely reasonable, but now you're adding whatever that costs to the price of the Mac too.
That cheap-ass cooler isn't that bad. It's pretty middle of the road. Personally I'd have the Hyper 212 Evo for $39 because it's not that much more expensive, but that plus a ~$60 case and a ~$20 keyboard and mouse still isn't $400.
The main difference between the plain keyboard and your average "gamer" keyboard is what, RGB LEDs? You can pay the money for that if you like, but there are no RGB LEDs on the Mac.