MP 1,1-5,1 New Mac Pro NEED HELP

[Appleneub]

Also is there a way to be able to run Catalina on it?

 

[KeesMacPro]

This ram should work?

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Yes ,affirmative .

Arctic silver 5 should be ok for thermal paste?

Yes ,I use it regularly.

these cpus?

Yes, perfect!

 

[KeesMacPro]

Also is there a way to be able to run Catalina on it?

Yes, there are different ways...
I'd recommend though to first upgrade to Mojave ,with RAM and CPU upgrade .
This will turn your MP into a powerful workstation.

It's necessary anyway to upgrade to Mojave to install Catalina, but you could consider Catalina at any time.
Anyway Catalina is not natively supported on the MP 5,1 , so it's not an easy/no workarounds install...
Mojave is known as very stable and is the last OS officially supported.

 

[Appleneub]

Yes, there are different ways...
I'd recommend though to first upgrade to Mojave ,with RAM and CPU upgrade .
This will turn your MP into a powerful workstation.

It's necessary anyway to upgrade to Mojave to install Catalina, but you could consider Catalina at any time.
Anyway Catalina is not natively supported on the MP 5,1 , so it's not an easy/no workarounds install...
Mojave is known as very stable and is the last OS officially supported.

Do you need a different graphics card other than the radeon 580 to run it?

 

[Appleneub]

So based off of what you said
I should do the graphics card first
Then the ram and CPU
Then worry about Catalina?

 

[KeesMacPro]

Do you need a different graphics card other than the radeon 580 to run it?

No the RX 580 will work fine for both OS.

So based off of what you said
I should do the graphics card first
Then the ram and CPU
Then worry about Catalina?

Yes, or first CPU and RAM, then Graphics(=Mojave) is possible too
Then consider Catalina if you want

 

[KeesMacPro]

To install Mojave read the first post thoroughly before install.
There are some things you have to know/be careful with.
Depending on the GPU installed at the moment, you may have to install High Sierra first,
then swap the GPUs.
Because the RX 580 is not compatible with OS previous to HighSierra (Sierra only with bad performance).

MP5,1: What you have to do to upgrade to Mojave (BootROM upgrade instructions thread)

Please fully read this first post, you will probably find that you have one or more problems described into the various notes below. Mojave will only install if you have upgraded your BootROM to the current release and your Mac Pro have a Metal capable GPU*. If you are trying to install Mojave...

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[Appleneub]

To install Mojave read the first post thoroughly before install.
There are some things you have to know/be careful with.
Depending on the GPU installed at the moment, you may have to install High Sierra first,
then swap the GPUs.
Because the RX 580 is not compatible with OS previous to HighSierra (Sierra only with bad performance).

MP5,1: What you have to do to upgrade to Mojave (BootROM upgrade instructions thread)

Please fully read this first post, you will probably find that you have one or more problems described into the various notes below. Mojave will only install if you have upgraded your BootROM to the current release and your Mac Pro have a Metal capable GPU*. If you are trying to install Mojave...

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I’m already running high Sierra so no worrying about that

 

[KeesMacPro]

One more thing:
I don't know what kind of storage is installed (HDD/SSD etc) at the moment.
In case of a spinning hard disk, I'd definitely recommend as minimal an SSD or much faster (for ~ the same cost) an NVMe blade:

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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[Appleneub]

One more thing:
I don't know what kind of storage is installed (HDD/SSD etc) at the moment.
In case of a spinning hard disk, I'd definitely recommend as minimal an SSD or much faster (for ~ the same cost) an NVMe blade:

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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Yeah will do. I just have a 7200 rpm 1tb hdd

 

[Appleneub]

Can I only use PCI-E storage?

 

[kohlson]

This thread is creating parallel content to the information created in the sticky threads and highlighted by the very first answer you got. Is there some reason this isn't continuing there?

 

[maflynn]

This may be of some help too:

cMP {classicMacPro}{4,1 & 5,1} - Upgrade Guide Sticky Discussion

Hey Folks, Lets start a discussion and collect everything relevant for cMP upgraders out there. Topics to consider: CPU Upgrades Compatibility chart CPU Delid / standoffs 4,1 to 5,1 firmware upgrade Memory Compatibility and Upgrades UDIMM Model Numbers RDIMM Model Numbers RAM...

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[MOD NOTE]
We have a whole sticky full of informative information. Please review that thread and ask your questions there.