MP 1,1-5,1 MacPro 2010 5,1 Design/Animation upgrade path.

[bsbeamer]

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PCIe SSDs - NVMe & AHCI

This is a general info thread for blade SSDs that can be used in the Mac Pro. This is a WikiPost so anyone with the proper credentials may edit it. NVMe SSDs can be used as a boot drive in the MP5,1 and MP6,1 with the latest firmware installed (beginning with version 140.0.0.0.0 for MP5,1 and...

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Syba IOCrest SI-PEX40129 vs ADWITS Quad

Hi, I've ordered the Syba card but am considering returning it for the ADWITS Quad. Has anyone run a comparison of these two cards' performance? I do like the ability to run 4 blades on one PCI slot. How do these cards work, anyway? Would more blades on a 16x PCI slot "steal" throughput from...

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MP5,1: BootROM thread | 144.0.0.0.0

i can confirmed it work with cMP 4,1/5,1 , i order one and it arrived today , tested it with my 4,1>5,1 , installed to the x16 lane slot , show running at x4 8GT/s , i only have SM951 to test, and even with only one SSD installed, the speed is faster then the x4 adapter i used before , tested...

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[handheldgames]

Does anyone have experience with this nvme PCIe card?

IO Crest IO-PCE2824-TM2 (aka Syba SI-PEX40129)

I am looking for a two-blade that is a bit more affordable. I really do not want to pay $400 on a Highpoint/Sonnet 4 blade cards. Thanks!

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[gugy]

Ok, I think I have my final upgrade list

RX 580 GPU $184
six 16gb RAM (96gb total) $230
Xeon 5680 pair $120
IO crest PCIe nvme card $200
500gb EVO nvme $89
1tb EVO nvme $170
Apricon SATA pcie card with two 250gb EVO SSDs (already own) for scratch disk.
8tb HD drive for Time Machine $100
USB 3 card $25

it brings my total update to around $1200 with tax included.
I think it’s a good compromise giving my MP 5,1 another couple years of solid performance.
it’s the cheapest route I have at this point. Thanks

 

[handheldgames]

Ok, I think i have my final upgrade list

RX 580 GPU $184
six 16gb RAM (96gb total) $230
Xeon 5680 pair $120
IO crest PCIe nvme card $200
500gb EVO nvme $89
1tb EVO nvme $170
Apricon SATA pcie card with two 250gb EVO SSDs (already own) for scratch disk.
8tb HD drive for Time Machine $100
USB 3 card $25

it brings my total update to aound $1200 with tax included.
I think it’s a good compromise giving my MP 5,1 another couple years of solid performance.
it’s the cheapest route I have at this point. Thanks

Have you looked at the 1TB adlink s70 nvme ssd on amazon for $113. It offers the best price/performance for a NVMe disk on the market today. Unless you are going to be writing more then 25GB at once, the drive keeps up with Samsung disks almost 2x the price.

 

[gugy]

Have you looked at the 1TB adlink s70 nvme ssd on amazon for $113. It offers the best price/performance for a NVMe disk on the market today. Unless you are going to be writing more then 25GB at once, the drive keeps up with Samsung disks almost 2x the price.

It looks like a good option. Thanks for the tip!

 

[flyingmanatee]

six 16gb RAM (96gb total) $230

I've paid about $170 for 6x16GB from aliexpress for 1333MHz dimms, free shipping and all worked. Only downside is waiting 3 weeks for them to arrive.

 

[gugy]

I have to say the latest MBP 16" is really enticing me. I might go that route and just sell my MP 5,1

A system like this would be very strong @$3.4k (edu discount)
2.3GHz 8‑core
64GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 8GB of GDDR6 memory
1TB SSD storage

 

[flyingmanatee]

I have to say the latest MBP 16" is really enticing me. I might go that route and just sell my MP 5,1

A system like this would be very strong @$3.4k (edu discount)
2.3GHz 8‑core
64GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 8GB of GDDR6 memory
1TB SSD storage

Toss in the eGPU and external storage, and there's really nothing that the MacBook couldn't do that a Mac Pro could.... except run 32 bit apps.