Anyone upgraded to 12-core 3.46 ghz X5690 Processor?

[Spudner]

Just bought it to replace my eight core. Wondering what to expect.

 

[bsbeamer]

Are you seriously asking this question?

 

[crjackson2134]

I thought about posting a thread asking if anyone has ever pressed the power button on their Mac

 

[Spudner]

Well, I know it's going to be a hell of a lot faster. But are there any issues with upgrading to these specs in a 5,1? I've never upgraded a CPU before. Just an enthusiast.

 

[crjackson2134]

There are DOZENS of threads about this. Look at the upgrade stickies.

Unless you break something, it shouldn't be a problem.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-pro-cpu-compatibility-list.1954766/

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-5-1-upgrade-guide-sticky-discussion.2099092/

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/faq/mac-pro-how-to-upgrade-processors.html

 

[bsbeamer]

This would be a better starting point:
https://forums.macrumors.com/search

And to answer your question, yes.

Mine reports as 3.47GHz via terminal:

And reports as 3.46GHz via About This Mac:

 

[kohlson]

In my experience, upgrading your CPU will improve CPU-intensive tasks. This includes certain aspects of a video editing and/or transcoding workflow - there are others.

It does not really seem to have any effect on tasks that are not CPU intensive, such as word processing, reading mail, or web browsing. I say this last part only partially in jest. You won't see any difference if this is what you use you MP for. As noted in several posts above, there are lots of threads about boosting your MP's performance, including the CPU.