10 Core Modification Price

[Macdude2010]

Hello,
I was looking at a nMP with an upgraded 10 core processor for $3,477.99

The Specs are:
INTEL XEON E5-2680 2.8GHz 10-CORE
16GB RAM
512GB SSD
AMD FirePro D500

It is used with only 606 hours on the machine, completely mint and still has AppleCare until November (apparently a processor upgrade does not impact warranty)

Is this a good price?

 

[flowrider]

There's two views on warranty status:

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/12/new-mac-pro-teardown-reveals-replaceable-xeon-cpu/

http://blog.macsales.com/22230-owcs-mac-pro-2013-processor-upgrade-compatibility-testing

Personally, I'm inclined to agree with the first view. I take most everything OWC says with a large grain of salt, and avoid their products and services due to past experiences.

Note: I have upgraded the CPUs on my 5,1 Mac Pro (twice) and IMO, the first time I did it, I killed my warranty. But, I have been using Macs since 1986, and for the most part have found them to be bullet proof, so the loss of warranty was of little concern to me.

Lou

 

[maplingstorie]

I upgraded mine to 12 core myself and the GPU died few months later. Was replaced by warranty no questions asked.