MP 1,1-5,1 2009 Mac Pro 5,1 is it time to replace?

[covrc]

Hi All, I’ll try to keep this brief. 3 years ago I upgraded my 2009 and am thinking of getting 2019 iMac.
2.66 processor quad core to a 3.46 Intel Xeon Hexacore.
High Sierra
48 RAM(3x16)
Nvidia GeForce GTX980 Video card
NewerTech MAXPower USB/eSATA 2x2 Host Adapter. Add two USB 3.0 ports
Boot Drive 480GB OWC Mercury Accelsior_E2 PCI Express SSD ( which failed last week and will replaced)
4 bays have 4/4/6/6 hard drives
and a NEC 27” wide gamut monitor.

I do mostly Lightroom and Photoshop.
I am getting an Increasing number of kernel panic and shutdowns.
I wonder if it is time to go
2019 iMac 27”
1TB SSD 580x or Vega 48 and 8RAM(I‘ll add My own)

thoughts and suggestions welcome. Thanks.

 

[kohlson]

It's given you good service. Likely there is still some runway - shouldn't be anything unreliable. Mine works well. Certainly the failing SSD could be the root cause.

 

[Snow Tiger]

Hi All, I’ll try to keep this brief. 3 years ago I upgraded my 2009 and am thinking of getting 2019 iMac.
2.66 processor quad core to a 3.46 Intel Xeon Hexacore.
High Sierra
48 RAM(3x16)
Nvidia GeForce GTX980 Video card
NewerTech MAXPower USB/eSATA 2x2 Host Adapter. Add two USB 3.0 ports
Boot Drive 480GB OWC Mercury Accelsior_E2 PCI Express SSD ( which failed last week and will replaced)
4 bays have 4/4/6/6 hard drives
and a NEC 27” wide gamut monitor.

I do mostly Lightroom and Photoshop.
I am getting an Increasing number of kernel panic and shutdowns.
I wonder if it is time to go
2019 iMac 27”
1TB SSD 580x or Vega 48 and 8RAM(I‘ll add My own)

thoughts and suggestions welcome. Thanks.

Learn to rebuild your CPU Tray , as it sounds like your Mac has overheating components . You need to completely tear down the Tray , remove the old dry thermal paste from the Northbridge Controller Chip ( it has the small heatsink on the Tray ) and remove the old dry thermal paste from your Quad 3.46er . Recommended replacement paste is Arctic MX4 . The old dry paste can be removed with high purity Isopropyl alcohol and some gentle rubbing .

Blow dust out of your PSU with a real compressor and let dry for 12 to 24 hours . Blast both sides twice 60 PSI at 6 inches .

Your Mac can officially run Mojave with a modern metal GPU from AMD . We no longer use nVidia .
Recommended GPU is RX 580 , RX 560 from Apple's official list or a RX 480 8GB blower type fan GPU .

With the boot ROM version 144.0.0.0.0 you can boot your Mac with a NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD and Mojave or High Sierra . Recommended drives are HP EX 920 or 950 and Intel 660p . Any ordinary PCIe adapter will work fine for single drives . Get one with a heatsink and thermal gap material .

Upgrade your USB card with the Gigabyte USB 3.1 Gen 2 10 Gbps card with one type A and one Type C port . Drivers have been updated with Mojave so we can get around 800 MB/s bandwidth if your connected drive can handle it . You'll need an USB NVMe SSD to get those kinds of speeds .

Nothing improves photoshop . So don't buy a MP7,1 for PS .