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MP 1,1-5,1 Delidded CPUs on a 5,1 Mac Pro (2010) experiment!
Has anyone ever tried to upgrade CPUs on a 2010-2012 5,1 Mac Pro using delidded CPUs? Reasons could be either thermal performance, recycling a pair of CPUs coming from an older 4,1 Mac Pro (the dual cpu tray needed delidded CPUs), or just for science! I tried this experiment, upgrading a 2010... -
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MP 1,1-5,1 CPU Temperature under load
Hi All, I know that this is something that is generally addressed but I wanted to ask about my situation specifically. I have recently upgraded the CPU's in a dual processor Mac Pro 4,1 flashed to 5,1 to the X5690's. I have used delidded processors for this. It is only my second go at...- Jackdown_101
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MP 1,1-5,1 HELP NEEDED: Upgrading MacPro 4,1 (2009) to 5,1
Hi all, I have recently been watching a few videos on Youtube where people upgrade 4,1 or 5,1 MacPro. I want to give it a go myself even though I am absolutely rubbish in IT. I am a Video Editor/ Motion Designer using Adobe softwares and in need of more power from my machine but can't spend £7k...