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Done it! - Nehalem W5590 Octad 3,33 GHz

gugucom said:
As usual the Vista64 Cinebench ist the best. This is currently with the GT120, 6GB RAM and 1 SSD, no RAID0.

But it is over 30.000, :D

I'm using the system for Movies, Handbraking, Video, Office and general entertainment. Most of my storage and the RAID is still in the old Mac.

The ODD ports are still on legacy. Im going to set them on AHCI shortly.

Of course blimming Microsoft had to de register Vista the moment I went online after pulling it over with Winclone. Not only changed the CPU and chipset, also the SSD got twice the size on this one.

CPU-Z confirms the seller's word that this is a standard D0 stepping. So I guess there will not be a great potential for bad surprises.
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Es scheint, dass Sie das schnellste Xeon Mac jetzt haben. I still have the fastest PowerPC-based Macintosh on the face of the planet :) :apple:
Specs? Dual processor, dual core 2.5GHz G5 processors, 16GB of RAM, Nvidia Quadro FX4500, and two 500GB SSD 3.5" Hard Drives, and a T1 line at my dad's work ;)
P.S. Greetings from faraway Vienna, Austria..
 
Transporteur said:
Which SSDs are you using?
Could you say something about the performance?
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Stupid me..the SSDs I used were a pair of OCZ Colossus drives, the price..if you have to ask...
Bootup times are slashed in half, 24 seconds, give or take a few seconds.
Video encoding is a bit faster, but it is more of a CPU heavy application.
I'm sorry for giving just specs without anything to back it up :)
 
RAID10 requires at least 4 drives, but won't work with an uneven count of drives.

However, you do know that your Mac does only support two drives, which are furthermore SATA I, don't you?
 
Transporteur said:
RAID10 requires at least 4 drives, but won't work with an uneven count of drives.

However, you do know that your Mac does only support two drives, which are furthermore SATA I, don't you?
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I do know about the SATA I limitations, but..isn't there some sort of upgrade kit for G5s?
 
Well, since you say that you've already got two of those drives, what's the particular reason to go for a RAID10?
 
Transporteur said:
Well, since you say that you've already got two of those drives, what's the particular reason to go for a RAID10?
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You do have a point, but I have not decided that I even do need to have RAID, thus it does not matter what type, if I don't have it. I also have..the fastest PowerBook G4 12", it also has an SSD. :D
 
Hello,

Thanks for this tread, it has enlighten me a lot.
I hope my following question won't be too bold to ask.

Do you think it would be possible to put a pair of Xeon X5650 2.66 GHz CPUs in a 8-core Nahalem 2.26Ghz MacPro?

I've already read that 1066Mhz are compatible with the Westmere CPUs. But will the rest be ok (i.e power supply, motherboard, CPU socket)?

Looking forward to your response.
:)
 
Getting 5500 series processor

im building a Mac Pro 2009 from scratch by buying part and will eventually try to assembly the whole unit. Could anyone be helpful by providing me a link to where i manage to get 2 unit of X5570 ES or W5590 ES which would provide international delivery to Malaysia. I've try eBay but anything for Xeon X5500 series wont be cheat either.:(
 
feins,

Welcome to the forums. Good luck on finding an ebay place that will ship to MY...almost impossible. What I do for ebay is have it delivered to someone stateside and then have them ship (or sometimes hand carry if ther're coming) to me. A little more costly but sometimes the only way.

Locally GagetZone can order Xeons for you, but they won't be ES's. It's the only place I've found that can source them. Thier prices are good but not great.
 
hyram said:
feins,

Welcome to the forums. Good luck on finding an ebay place that will ship to MY...almost impossible. What I do for ebay is have it delivered to someone stateside and then have them ship (or sometimes hand carry if ther're coming) to me. A little more costly but sometimes the only way.

Locally GagetZone can order Xeons for you, but they won't be ES's. It's the only place I've found that can source them. Thier prices are good but not great.
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Hi hyram,

Tq for responding yes i manage to nearly get most of the part from German, UK and US to ship to Malaysia and some parts i manage to get a quite good deal. Below are the parts that i've got and some are still waiting for finalize invoice. I just got my deal for 2x W5590 for quite a good deal yesterday and its on its way.

Mac Pro 2009 Case with 980W PSU: £239.99 GBP ($381.90 USD)
Mac Pro 2009 Logic Board & UK Spec power core: £212.98 GBP ($338.88 USD)
Mac Pro 2009 Restoration DVD kit: €38.00 EUR ($27.97 USD)
24GB 6x4GB DDR3 1066 ECC Ram for Mac Pro: $570.00 USD
Xeon W5590 x2 OEM Processor: $1,850.00 USD
Mac Pro 2009 Technical and Installation document: $7.49 USD
2mm 100mm x 200mm Thermal Pad: $12.00 USD
Mac Pro 2009 Support Tray: $51.60 USD
Mac Pro 2009 8 core Processor Board: $369.53 USD
Mac Pro 2009 CPU-A heat sink: $159.35 USD
Mac Pro 2009 CPU-B heat sink: $285.10 USD
Ati 5870 for Mac: RM1,330.00 MYR

So far the amount i've spend on Parts so far are in total USD 4053.82

So mostly that's all for now hopefully i dont mess up the whole project :)
 
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Just wanted to chime in on this and get some feedback on the successful X5570 upgrade.

I am about to buy a few X5570 ES and put them in my 2.26Ghz 8 Core 2009 MP.

So firstly has this config been stable since setup?

Has anyone tried to remove the IHS, are they soldered?

Thanks
 
formal said:
Has anyone tried to remove the IHS, are they soldered?
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Heat-spreaders are glued to the PCB and I wouldn't recommend trying to remove them. Many people destroyed their CPU's trying to remove the HS with razor blades.

A little safer approach is to sand the HS till you reach the DIE, but again, you have to be VERY careful because if you sand too much... well I don't have to explain it, do I?
 
wondering why there are so many people putting so much efforts
in outdated technology in some kind of Jobs distorsion field..

if they can build a custom mac in one day that will cost about 1000 $
with better case , better airflow, better temps, 6 GB sata , esata, usb 3 , better RAM ,better graphics , better performance
with native OSX 10.6.4 and Win 7 in a double boot system
with a geekbench in the 15000 range (i 7 950)

or if you want..mhhh 19000 (i 7 Q 980x) ...(that will be my new project)

and yes... sorry..I am on a mission .... , cause after 20 years Mac i stopped right now to be treated like a complete idiot by Jobs and his shareholders.


https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/11198876/
 
sch8mid said:
wondering why there are so many people putting so much efforts
in outdated technology in some kind of Jobs distorsion field..

if they can build a custom mac in one day that...
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Your not building a custom Mac, you're building a PC. Period.

And the reason why so many people by and maintain their Mac Pro's is fairly simple, because maybe they don't want a PC, regardless of the performance (which is quite impressive for what you've build for less than 1000 bucks, I have to admit).
 
Transporteur said:
Your not building a custom Mac, you're building a PC. Period.

And the reason why so many people by and maintain their Mac Pro's is fairly simple, because maybe they don't want a PC, regardless of the performance (which is quite impressive for what you've build for less than 1000 bucks, I have to admit).
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Interesting interpretation - can you tell me the difference ?
if I look in my system profiler there is no evidence of a PC .
The only difference I see is that theres a faster Mac with all the features Apple couldn´t deliver , with BLURAy, faster RAM (1600) 3 PCI e HiSpeed slots, 6 GB Sata, USB 3 and a 3d Gen ATI HD 5770 at a fraction of the price with superiour performance and able to boot 2 OS natively.
,... isn`t it :)
and if I look at my 64 bit 10.6.4 boottime I see a spinning wheel for 8 seconds..

EDIT: 6 seconds :)

Isn´t it nice.

If you mean the design experience and haptic of an Apple case designed 7 years ago , oh... i am a happy camper with
my Lian-Li aluminium case ( design-wise) ..simple..clean ..perfect air flow...manufactured to highest standards.

Period.
 

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sch8mid said:
Interesting interpretation - can you tell me the difference ?
if I look in my system profiler there is no evidence of a PC .
The only difference I see is that theres a faster Mac with all the features Apple couldn´t deliver , with BLURAy, faster RAM (1600) 3 PCI e HiSpeed slots, 6 GB Sata, USB 3 and a 3d Gen ATI HD 5770 at a fraction of the price with superiour performance and able to boot 2 OS natively.
,... isn`t it :)
and if I look at my 64 bit 10.6.4 boottime I see a spinning wheel for 8 seconds..

EDIT: 6 seconds :)

Isn´t it nice.

If you mean the design experience and haptic of an Apple case designed 7 years ago , oh... i am a happy camper with
my Lian-Li aluminium case ( design-wise) ..simple..clean ..perfect air flow...manufactured to highest standards.

Period.
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Previously i build my PC with the so call top notch parts 2 years ago with the respected price listed below.

Silverstone Case TJ10 USD330
Gigabyte Odin GT 800W true power PSU USD190
5 Silverstone heavy duty fan with control for fan speed USD145
5PCs Silverstone high quality Sata Cable USD40
Asus Rampage Formula mobo USD330
8GB 1066 DDR2 high performance rams USD240
Creative Platinum Xfi Fatal1ty Champion sound card with front console USD160
Nvidia GTX 280 Display which is the highest can get during the time USD770
5Pcs SATA 2 320GB HDD for Raid5 performance USD300
Intel Q9550 2.83 Processor OC to 3.2 USD330
Swiftech Radiator USD50
Thermal Take Bigwater Water cooling system USD110

Come out to a price tag of USD2665

Running windows7 no issue but will eventually reformat the system due to thing getting slow after few month of usage and viruses and Trojans are an issue as well.

Running Mac i cant import video into iMovie i don't know why so it turns out running Mac is just to show off that i can run Mac on a PC so no big deal at all.

So if compare it doesn't come cheap if u r going to some quality parts.
 
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