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Mac Pro 2008 upgrades

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SlickShoes

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Hi,

I have a friend who has acquired this:

http://support.apple.com/kb/sp11

a 2008 mac pro. He has upgraded it to 4gb of RAM and will be putting 8gb in it soon.

I was wondering what his options are for upgrading the graphics card? Are there only certain types that will go in it or can any PCI-e card go in this machine?

Thanks.
 
I would go with an Apple 5870 for a GPU. Once that's done, he'll be in pretty good shape.
 
There's no reason for a 6 GB/sec SSD as the 2008 Mac Pro supports only SATA II. Suggest you consider something less expensive. There are lots of choices.
 
Intel 320 SSD is a good choice. It hasn't got the quickest read/write speeds but it's very stable and quite frankly, you won't notice the speed-difference except when benchmarking.
 
tamvly said:
There's no reason for a 6 GB/sec SSD as the 2008 Mac Pro supports only SATA II. Suggest you consider something less expensive. There are lots of choices.
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Maybe they want something they can use for a number of years through a number of Mac's and as they move up they will get even faster speeds? All for a couple dollars more. Seriously, some people are cheap skates. The 6G has better 4K and 256K writing and reading anyway. It is faster on 3Gb than the 3Gb one. The 6G has a 5-year warranty instead of the 3-year on the SATAII version.
 
derbothaus said:
Maybe they want something they can use for a number of years through a number of Mac's and as they move up they will get even faster speeds? All for a couple dollars more. Seriously, some people are cheap skates. The 6G has better 4K and 256K writing and reading anyway. It is faster on 3Gb than the 3Gb one. The 6G has a 5-year warranty instead of the 3-year on the SATAII version.
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Of course. Just thought that more info is better than less info. And your post added more.
 
derbothaus said:
Maybe they want something they can use for a number of years through a number of Mac's and as they move up they will get even faster speeds? All for a couple dollars more. Seriously, some people are cheap skates. The 6G has better 4K and 256K writing and reading anyway. It is faster on 3Gb than the 3Gb one. The 6G has a 5-year warranty instead of the 3-year on the SATAII version.
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+1 thats why I'm going to purchase SATA III SSDs for my 2008 MP. 1. to future proof it and 2. transfer it to newer machines where SATA III advantages can be utilised :D
 
sparkie7 said:
+1 thats why I'm going to purchase SATA III SSDs for my 2008 MP. 1. to future proof it and 2. transfer it to newer machines where SATA III advantages can be utilised :D
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Well, by then there will be SATA 5 or something and you'll think your 6gbs drive is a piece of crap. I agree with the poster above that putting a SATA 3 drive in is a complete waste of money. I guess if you have money to burn, then go ahead.
 
Intel is just getting around to X79 SATAIII support so I doubt a faster link will be available anytime soon. Even if SATAIV does come out, you'll get a fatter pipe that will give the (backwards compatible to SATAIII) SSD more speed than you have now with SATAII. It is only now because of the great speed enhancements SSD's have been enjoying that we even would get to saturate the newest connect WHILE it is being deployed en masse. SATAI is just getting saturated by the newest HDD's. That's been out for at least 5+ years. Also the 4K, 256K and pumped up iops don't need to have SATAIII to be a step up.
 
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