MP 1,1-5,1 Good price for a MacPro(5,1) 2009 that's upgraded and functional?

[woodenbrain]

Hello…

Not trying to sell here, because I understand there's a marketplace I can't use (yet), but I don't know a better place to ask for thoughts about a fair market price. After all, I learned how to upgrade this beauty right here.

What would be a good price for a MacPro5,1 with these specs?

MacPro 2009 (MacPro5,1) with 6-Core Intel Xeon 3.46Ghz, 32GB RAM (4x 8GB DDR3 EEC), AMD Radeon HD 7970 graphics card. 512GB SSD boot drive, 3 other internal HDDs (1TB, ~2TB, 3TB). USB 3.0 (3 ports, PCI), upgraded Bluetooth 4.0 & WiFI 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC (Broadcom Bcm94360cd). Plus original DVD drive, firewire, optical audio, USB 2.0, etc. Running Mojave (10.14.6). Everything described is functional. Including “headless” monitor 1080p “21.5” dongle (no physical monitor).

eBay is of no help because the conditions vary so widely, and mostly they're selling ones that have never been upgraded, stripped down, etc. This one I was using for production purposes until just a few months ago, well taken care of.

 

[Macschrauber]

Prices in Europe vary a lot with prices in Australia and the US.

In Germany a fair price for such a setup would be something around 250 Euros without shipping.

Shipping only in original box. Even in vacuum foam I got bent handles.

 

[Mac3Duser]

According to me, you have to keep the HDDs, et after that, only 100 euros (dollars). I know this is few, but this hardware is totally obsolete. It's difficult to sell, maybe to people who are collectors. It's quite the same thing with PowerPC and old computers like Performa, Macintosh SE, Imac G3 ...

 

[woodenbrain]

Thx. Pitty then. It makes a great dedicated server, tho I expect few would appreciate that. Except for the fact that it's taking up space, I'd prefer to just keep it.

 

[avro707]

Too hard to sell them - they are massive and heavy. I have a pristine genuine 5,1 I’d like to sell with original box but I’m probably stuck with it.

The other problem is having to downgrade it to last MacOS that doesn’t need opencore.

I think that was 11.2.3 if I’m not mistaken.

If something goes wrong with opencore then you have to support it as the seller.

 

[woodenbrain]

The other problem is having to downgrade it to last MacOS that doesn’t need opencore.

Can you explain what you mean here? It has a working Mojave install. I was thinking I could wipe it and reinstall Mojave without a problem, but haven't researched that yet. If that seemed like that wasn't going to work, I planned just to remove the users and secure erase the data.

 

[StuAff]

Mojave is the last supported OS version on a 5,1.

 

[avro707]

Can you explain what you mean here? It has a working Mojave install. I was thinking I could wipe it and reinstall Mojave without a problem, but haven't researched that yet. If that seemed like that wasn't going to work, I planned just to remove the users and secure erase the data.

Mine have Monterey so you are lucky, you just need to wipe everything and clean install.

I’d have to do a lot work to prepare mine for sale. From memory Big Sur (earlier versions) also worked well.

 

[eyoungren]

I'd pay up to $300, solely based on the CPU. I paid $250 for my current 5,1 (upgraded 4,) in May 2020. And that was a 2.66Ghz Quad.

 

[eyoungren]

According to me, you have to keep the HDDs, et after that, only 100 euros (dollars). I know this is few, but this hardware is totally obsolete. It's difficult to sell, maybe to people who are collectors. It's quite the same thing with PowerPC and old computers like Performa, Macintosh SE, Imac G3 ...

It may be obsolete, but this non-collector owner of a 2009 MacPro 5,1 (upgraded from 4,1) is typing this message in on said Mac. I have 29TB of storage from four drives (two SSDs) and 56GB ram with a 2.93Ghz CPU. Running Sonoma 14.6.1 and the latest version of the Vivaldi web browser.

 

[Mac3Duser]

Of course, you can use it ! I love old hardwares (and I am not collector too).
Last week, I bought an optiplex SFF for 20 dollars. And Windows 11 runs perfectly on it.
The problem was "what would be a good price ?"