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2009 Mac Pro in hand - unboxing etc.
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Oops sorry I thought it was unethicals photos, I believe its yours raziel777.
Or if its both of your pictures I hope you both dont mind!
raziel777, what is the part number of your MAC? can i ask how much yours cost?
mine was MB535LL/A $3,299 version on the site.
mine was MB535LL/A $3,299 version on the site.
Why do you think it would be so different? Space?
raziel777, does yours have 1 or 2 sockets? i thought yours was the dual socket version.
i'm so stupid. i was under the impression you had the dual socket, higher version. i was surprised why apple would make so many different versions.
so i guess that explains the levers.
But why the lever only on a quad core and not octo? The quad isn't going to fly away
Just doesn't make sense.seems Intel really screwed up on part numbers.
So the Chipset is the 5500 and 5520 chipset. Just by coincidence, the CPU is also 5520 (actually E5520 for 2.26). whatever, doesn't matter.
Anyway, I highly doubt the dual socket versions have 2 types. maybe they do, but why would apple spend so much to make two versions.
but it's actually likely that there are two versions for the 8 core.
the 2.26, 2.4, and 2.53 GHz run at 1066 MHz memory
the 2.66, 2.8, and 2.93 GHz run at 1333 MHz memory
look at the large chart here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalem_(microarchitecture)
i'm pretty sure it wont work. the main chipset which controls the PCI slots are different, and the pci slots are on the separate board.
heatsink measured
- 63mm center to center longest
- 37mm center to center shortest
great group of people here
Thanks mate much appreciated and glad to hear you got everything back up and running ok
Only one way to find out. As soon as I get some extra cash I am going to go for it and post the results.
Maybe eventually someone will there hands on a W3570 3.2GHz Xeon to try in the Quad. It would be interesting to see if it is somewhere near 20% quicker and if the QPI speed goes up to 6.4GT/s - I'm not sure if this determined by the CPU itself or the board.
OK Everyone, good news. GREAT NEWS. The upgrade from 2.26 to 2.93 works like a charm. my last failure was due to my own carelessness and pin bending. i am going to upgrade the memory to 1333 mhz next and run some benchmarks. just need to get that strip of MOSFETs covered somehow.
anybody got some good benchmarks to try out?
Bravo! I'm glad it worked out for you and those that may follow in your footsteps... Thanks for taking one for the team!!!
yes it can be upgraded. if anyone here decides to upgrade cpu's, be really careful. the original cpu's are NOT clamped down and when you remove the heatsink, the CPUs hang on to the heatsink for a second, then drop down onto the board and in my case bent a pin or two. so be really careful.
at least we know that all the dual socket versions 2.26 and up are all the same machine.
also, if you go 2.66 or higher, you should switch to 1333MHz memory to take advantage of the speed.
here's a pic with 1 of my 2.93's installed. 2nd socket is empty. notice the QPI 6.4 GT/s (QPI stands for QuickPath Interconnect). the 2.26 GPI is 5.8 GT/s.
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Geez... Look at the size of the L3 and L2 cache... No wonder they beat the old procs clock for clock... wow!
What does GT stand for again?
And on covering those MOSFETs just place a strip of aluminum over them. Maybe used some aluminum weld (paste) to make it permanent on the heat sync?
How much were the 2.93's btw?
What does GT stand for again?
And on covering those MOSFETs just place a strip of aluminum over them. Maybe used some aluminum weld (paste) to make it permanent on the heat sync?
How much were the 2.93's btw?