First off, I want to say that I'm glad to be back here on the forums. Thank you to the admin who reactivated my account. It's been two years since I started my original CMP journey, documented here on the forums of course. I sold that computer shortly after my modifications because I was fed up with the ongoing gaming issues and decided to build a dedicated Windows gaming PC. But here I am, with the CMP itch once again.
I recently acquired 2 classic Apple Mac Pro computers, both 5,1 models. They were purchased from separate auctions online and unfortunately both of them sustained damage during shipping as they were not packaged properly.
Both of the computers arrived fully functional however, the damage was luckily only to the aluminum cases. The first of the two to arrive had significant damage to the aluminum structure of the case, where separation had occurred between the chassis and outer "skin" layer. I deemed this damage irreparable after some research online. The second CMP (pictured) only had damage to the left side rear upper and lower corners. A subtle bending and "shine" where the impact occurred was evident on the aluminum. The second CMP also was listed as not having its optical drive, but arrived missing the optical drive carrier caddy as well. I have pending claims for the damage on both computers with the sellers.
Moving on.
I took the best components and moved them into the better of the two cases. I moved the optical drive carrier caddy with the Apple SuperDrive, CPU tray with dual Xeon 6-Core processors, and 16 GB of RAM. I added an existing 256 GB SSD that I had for macOS and added two 10 TB 3.5” hard disk drives for storage in a RAID configuration.
Current Specifications:
- Dual Intel Xeon 6-Core 2.66 GHz Processors
- 64 GB DDR3 RAM
- ATI Radeon HD 5870 1 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
- TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 256 GB 2.5” SSD (macOS)
- 2 Seagate Barracuda Pro 10 TB 3.5" Hard Disk Drives (RAID 1)
- macOS High Sierra
My current plans are to utilize it as a home media server, local data backup, security camera media storage, and a personal Minecraft server. The second Mac Pro is essentially a parts unit at this point, at least until I find another intact case for it.
I recently acquired 2 classic Apple Mac Pro computers, both 5,1 models. They were purchased from separate auctions online and unfortunately both of them sustained damage during shipping as they were not packaged properly.
Both of the computers arrived fully functional however, the damage was luckily only to the aluminum cases. The first of the two to arrive had significant damage to the aluminum structure of the case, where separation had occurred between the chassis and outer "skin" layer. I deemed this damage irreparable after some research online. The second CMP (pictured) only had damage to the left side rear upper and lower corners. A subtle bending and "shine" where the impact occurred was evident on the aluminum. The second CMP also was listed as not having its optical drive, but arrived missing the optical drive carrier caddy as well. I have pending claims for the damage on both computers with the sellers.
Moving on.
I took the best components and moved them into the better of the two cases. I moved the optical drive carrier caddy with the Apple SuperDrive, CPU tray with dual Xeon 6-Core processors, and 16 GB of RAM. I added an existing 256 GB SSD that I had for macOS and added two 10 TB 3.5” hard disk drives for storage in a RAID configuration.
Current Specifications:
- Dual Intel Xeon 6-Core 2.66 GHz Processors
- 64 GB DDR3 RAM
- ATI Radeon HD 5870 1 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card
- TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 256 GB 2.5” SSD (macOS)
- 2 Seagate Barracuda Pro 10 TB 3.5" Hard Disk Drives (RAID 1)
- macOS High Sierra
My current plans are to utilize it as a home media server, local data backup, security camera media storage, and a personal Minecraft server. The second Mac Pro is essentially a parts unit at this point, at least until I find another intact case for it.
