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2009 Mac Pro in hand - unboxing etc.

Tesselator said:
HEY!!!

I just noticed... Where are the heat spreaders on the DIMMs???

No Heat Spreaders??? :eek:
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Unbuffered DDR3 runs A LOT cooler than FB-DIMM DDR2. No need for them anymore.



OP: Are there two fans in that middle section by the graphics card, or just one? If there's one, why is that frame so thick?
 
WonderSausage said:
Below: The CPU/RAM tray has these two cool little flip-out levers that are like miniature versions of the case-side release lever:
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I'm guessing that the other 4 RAM slots are on the opposite side of the other ginormous processor heatsink/box, making a sort of symmetrical design between the two? It's an interesting departure from the previous design.
 
apfhex said:
I'm guessing that the other 4 RAM slots are on the opposite side of the other ginormous processor heatsink/box, making a sort of symmetrical design between the two? It's an interesting departure from the previous design.
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only 4 ram slots are usable for the single quad i think though
 
Below: Stock RAM

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Below: CPU/RAM tray removed, from above:

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Below: Connector edge of CPU/RAM tray, that's some connector!

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Below: Inside of the chassis where the CPU/RAM tray resides:

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J the Ninja said:
OP: Are there two fans in that middle section by the graphics card, or just one? If there's one, why is that frame so thick?
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There is a 120mm fan at either end of the CPU/RAM tray section. The power supply appears to ventilate the center section.
 
this is the most beautiful pron hardware of the year ^^
btw can you tell us if the radeon is noisy ? in 2d and 3d (like WoW)
 
Morriss said:
Before anyone else asks, "How noisy are the fans"?
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Very noisy on startup for about 15 seconds before the startup sound, but then very quiet.

My Jan08 quad 2.8 was almost inaudible, at idle the new one is slightly noisier but still VERY quiet. Bear in mind I have a hushbox in the same room containing a rather noisy Core i7 overclocked to 3.82 with GeForce 295 and 15K SAS drives so I am not operating in a dead-quiet environment to start with.

I don't think anyone will be disappointed with the noise level.
 
WonderSausage said:
Very noisy on startup for about 15 seconds before the startup sound, but then very quiet.

My Jan08 quad 2.8 was almost inaudible, at idle the new one is slightly noisier but still VERY quiet. Bear in mind I have a hushbox in the same room containing a rather noisy Core i7 overclocked to 3.82 with GeForce 295 and 15K SAS drives so I am not operating in a dead-quiet environment to start with.

I don't think anyone will be disappointed with the noise level.
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That finally sounds like an intelligent Apple move. Give users a relative noise level so they don't sit there with a stethoscope either bragging how quiet their systems are or complaining and making Apple run the systems too hot.

Excellent!
 
I thought the Mac Pros with the 4870 cards were not going to be released until 3-4 weeks?
 
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