MP 1,1-5,1 2010 Mac Pro—what am I getting into?

[tsialex]

See te table on the first post:

Mac Pro CPU Compatibility List

Bokkow and I have created a Mac Pro CPU compatibility list. The intent is to cover all relevant and compatible CPU upgrades for all Mac Pros. These are asked about over and over and over again, so I thought it would be nice to have it all in one place. Constructive criticism, corrections to...

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[eicca]

See te table on the first post:

Mac Pro CPU Compatibility List

Bokkow and I have created a Mac Pro CPU compatibility list. The intent is to cover all relevant and compatible CPU upgrades for all Mac Pros. These are asked about over and over and over again, so I thought it would be nice to have it all in one place. Constructive criticism, corrections to...

forums.macrumors.com

I did see that. My worry is that Apple used proprietary versions or something. I’m guessing that’s not the case.

 

[tommy chen]

the X5680 (3.33GHz) CPU still has the best price/performance ratio

 

[AndreeOnline]

A relatively-cheap 5690 upgrade would put it at over 2k single and 22k multi, never mind the Sapphire Radeon 580 it's got. The thing's a beast.

I see you're quoting Geekbench 4 scores here.

Yes, my X5690 has got Single: 2986 and Multi: 26642.

But scores mentioned previously (at least by me) were Geekbench 5. Here my scores for the Mac Pro are:

Single: 676 and Multi: 6922

 

[ScreenSavers]

Will any old x5675 from eBay be compatible? This price seems like the best bang for buck as far as upgrades go. Benchmarks don't put the 5675 far below the 5690.

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That’s exactly what I put in mine. Great middle of the road upgrade without buying what everyone else is going for,making to expensive. BTW, I “upgraded” to my 2010 single processor 5,1 from a 2015 5K iMac. I missed the customization and upgradeability.

 

[eicca]

Well I bought the $500 one. My iPad will do everything the single core can, and the multi core in this thing obliterates everything else that would have cost three times as much. Logic Pro X, here I come.
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That’s exactly what I put in mine. Great middle of the road upgrade without buying what everyone else is going for,making to expensive. BTW, I “upgraded” to my 2010 single processor 5,1 from a 2015 5K iMac. I missed the customization and upgradeability.

I ALMOST got a 2015 5k. Sounds like I made the right choice!

 

[ScreenSavers]

I ALMOST got a 2015 5k. Sounds like I made the right choice!

To me, you did.

 

[eicca]

Well I don’t know why I was concerned about processor performance or getting a modern iMac. Even with HDDs this thing is much snappier than my MacBook. And just to test it I ran a horribly inefficient Logic project, a 4K YouTube video, a JavaScript benchmark, a podcast and Modern Warfare on max graphics ALL AT THE SAME TIME and it didn’t hiccup at all. And it’s only got 12GB of RAM. My MacBook would’ve caught fire at the thought.

 

[minifridge1138]

I don't think anyone said the cMP was a bad machine or a slow one. Just that future upgradability is limited. As long as you know and are comfortable with those limitations, go for it.

The only reason I'm even thinking of buying a replacement is unpatched security vulnerabilities. Although these days it sounds like every Intel chip is a security vulnerability (just kidding. i wish).