So the chips came from Ebay, or do you have any other source for them?
$1200 for a pair of 5570s is just insane, I'd take two of them immediately for that price.
I'm constantly looking on Ebay for a pair of 5570s or 5580s but even if there is a pair, it's always on ebay.com.
I came across a buyer on ebay who only sells chips based from Hong Kong. He had listed the X5570s from a low starting bid, and they sold quickly for $800 each. After a good week of negotiating, I managed to get it down to about $1,200.
You need to be careful when ordering from countries like china and such. There are a lot of clones of chips and other electronics floating around. Remember, it's usually a gamble when prices seem too good to be true. Make sure they only use paypal, and any kind of warranty is good as well.
My buddy and I decided to risk it and go for the chips, and they turned out to work just fine.
**Always order the chips LAST. Even if you find a bargain price. There's no point letting $1000 chips laying around if you can't test them!**
Erm, if you hadn't somehow gotten a deal on those processors, it would be way more expensive than buying one new. Those CPU's are $1300 each.
No... Even if I got them at retail, they would be significantly less than what Apple offers. Look at it like this... even if I was building the same configuration but with the lowest 8 core chips (2.26 ghz), I could build that for about $2600. I realize that for another $600 you can get the actual model direct from Apple, but without the ssd, extra 10gb ram, 1tb hdd, and a Blu-ray drive? You still save quite a bit.
I'd like to know where you get those for 600$ each as their retail price is 1386$ each.
Check my response to Transporteur ^^^
Hi,
I am sure you are the right person to ask about. I am going to do the same thing as you did. However, before I place my order can I put ONE CPU (X5570) on the TWO CPU board. Will there be any switch to make the single cpu working, OR no way, that I need to put two? Since putting 1 cpu save lots money for me. I am sure this would be the same question like to pull one of cpu from dual cpu mac pro and get it working. Can any one share with me about this as well?
Thanks.
Thanks.
I'm not 100% sure but I don't think that would work. I have never heard a Logic Board running with an empty socket. The beauty about the Mac Pro is that the logic board is completely separate. So you could just buy the single chip board and when you're ready, upgrade to the dual quad board. Obviously you would be missing the extra 4 ram slots.
thanks and congrats! a question about the cage: pre-wired really means no cables need for optical drive, hdd, bluetooth/airport, etc.? did you find it on eBay?
That's correct. I found the seller on
Ebay. Here is the item number:
320574425359
