A PCIe SSD would be a good investment as well as more RAM. I do a lot of 3d rendering though and no music production. I put an Nvidia GTX 1080 FE in mine, but that probably won't benefit you as much as it did me. There are other things that can be installed to speed up performance. The CPU swap out in the 5,1 is VERY easy to do. I found a 5,1 on eBay for $650, then upgraded the CPU's to two X5690's for a little over $200. You have to de-lid them if you get a 4,1. This is because if you want to upgrade the CPU's from stock to better ones, you don't have to de-lid the CPU's. If you do choose to get one, the 5,1 dual cpu is the best to get. If the software you use can use multi-core, it can still be a good contender. The main things to compare in your situation are single core vs multi-core performance. Apple may be cutting these cMP off at Mojave though. ![]() It's probably different for music production, but it's still pretty good as far as graphics (2d & 3d).
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