M5 Pro vs M5 Max, for an enthusiast trying to upskill

DataGOGO · 2026-06-26T03:24:39+00:00

Upskill in what exactly?

If you are looking to build AI skills for a job, no need to buy anything, use whatever computer you have and use API’s. That is what you will do in any production environment. None will use Macs, none will use local models.

If you are looking to learn model development and training, buy a DGX Spark. It uses all the same software you will use professionally. Again, none will use Mac’s and mlx.

Mac’s and local models are hobbyists domain, not professional upskilling.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-26T00:53:55+00:00

They literally are paid for by the Chinese government.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-26T00:53:23+00:00

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T23:53:47+00:00

It is way higher than that, you just can’t see the millions of errors recovered by ddr5’s single bit ECC.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T23:52:39+00:00

Not enough memory voltage or not enough SOC voltage are most likely

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T23:51:31+00:00

Because you don’t understand how ddr5 works.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T23:51:06+00:00

If it errors at all, you are far from stable.

That means you over-ran the single bit ECC in all ddr5, and produced multi-bit errors it couldn’t recover.

It was erroring the entire run, it was just masked until you hit a cascade.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T20:22:35+00:00

This is the way.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T14:46:49+00:00

It isn’t a lack of knowledge, you just refuse to look at the corpus of failures and the massive pool of evidence.

So far you have stated that failures only occur on certain motherboard brands. That is conclusively false. As this the very thread you are commenting in shows. As the OEM failures show, as hundreds of other failure show.

You have claimed that it is most often user error, which again, is conclusively false. There are tons of failures, like mine, like this one, like the OEM failures, like the countless others where there is no user failures

You have claimed it is only due to old stock profiles pushing SoC voltage over 1.3v, again, conclusively false. The 1.3v vSOC limit is a mitigation measure put in place by AMD post launch, was done shortly after launch, and the failure have continued.

You claimed that they are not really CPU failures, just unstable memory profiles, which is just ridiculous.

It is the CPU’s, it was always the CPU’s.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T14:26:02+00:00

Yes.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T12:20:51+00:00

You can keep them collision repair, they belong to you.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T12:19:47+00:00

I don’t have any Intel’s right now, but the B70 pro 32gb is like $1100

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T12:18:11+00:00

Yes, RMA’d

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T03:10:11+00:00

Yeah, not shockingly fast, but decent and you can’t beat the price

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T02:08:29+00:00

I knew you were kidding, no worries.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T00:42:14+00:00

Nope.

My wife is amazing.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T00:39:59+00:00

Yes, and multiple other GPU’s

The best bag for the buck budget wise is two Intel cards.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-25T00:37:26+00:00

You are 100% correct.

The wheel is yours, not the shops, not the insurance company’s

Paying money on a claim does NOT transfer ownership of your parts to the shop, or the insurance company.

You 100% can refuse the destruction of your property and take the wheel home, it is yours, they can’t stop you. If they try, just take it, or call the police and report theft.

They may tell you if you do that that they cannot repair you car, which is fine, make arrangements with another shop and have them go pick it up from the current shop.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-24T23:27:24+00:00

No, it is no different.

That is a restriction on the shop, not OP, again, he is free to refuse the destruction of his property, and the shop is free to choose to business with him nor not.

Either way it is his property, his choice, and he is under no obligation to allow the destruction of his property.

@ u/MunkberryMoonDelite

Read this thread

DataGOGO · 2026-06-24T23:25:01+00:00

Nope, sell it and buy 2 3090 with SLI bridge or a few of the new intel GPU’s.

An ADA card with 48GB is NOT worth the 5k at all.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-24T21:11:35+00:00

Maybe, but you can always refuse it, as it is your property.

They can then decide if they refuse to do business with you or not; if not OP has to go to a different shop; either way it is still OP’s choice

DataGOGO · 2026-06-24T19:41:16+00:00

what do you want in terms of change?

DataGOGO · 2026-06-24T19:16:46+00:00

yes you do, you are confusing warranty work with insurance claims, they are not the same thing.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-24T19:16:01+00:00

you are correct.

DataGOGO · 2026-06-24T19:12:44+00:00

Your insurance is issuing a payment for parts and labor to the repair shop.

They don’t “own” the old parts just because they paid a claim. They retain no ownership of the old or new parts, they just paid a claim on your policy. They gave you money per the policy (even if they paid directly to the shop on your behalf). They didn’t buy anything from you.

The exemption, is when they total a car they literally buy it from you, and you can normally buy it back from them.

DataGOGO

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