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Upgraded 2009 2.66 Mac Pro With W3580!

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wispy007

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Jul 1, 2010
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Melbourne, Australia
Hi,

I completed the upgrade earlier this week, however the system profiler shows the cpu as 3.32Ghz.

Does anyone know how to correct this?

All the other programs that use the system info show it correctly at 3.33Ghz.

It's not really important but kind of annoying :rolleyes:

By the way, aperture now updates pictures almost instantly :)
 
Not important. It just isn't rounding up. 3.329 is most likely it's operating freq. When discussed it is rounded up.
 
The upgrade was easy, it took about half an hour. I followed this thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1122551/

I bought the chip from here http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI...24263&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_1476wt_1141

I did not apply thermal paste all over the cpu as he did, i just applied a line down the centre as per the artic silver web site. When the cpu is under constant load (750% +) the fans do kick in and it the temps get close to 95-97C.

Wonderspark - do you see the same temps/fan activity in your machine?
 
Was it worth it?

Hey Wispy, do you find a dramatic performance increase going from the 2.66 to 3.33 processor? I also have a 2009 2.66 and would like it to be a little snappier. I primarily run Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3. What apps do you run?

Thanks,
John
 
Hi John,

I use Aperture 3 and iPhoto mainly. Aperture performance increase was very good, iPhoto also improved. On the OS side everything feels a lot snappier but I would find it hard to quantify. I picked mine up as a new OEM for $480 but you can get the W3565 (3.2 quad) for around $300. You should get a similar performance upgrade, It's a nice upgrade for very little effort.

If you want me to perform any tests then I'd be happy to help.
 
wispy007 said:
Hi,

I completed the upgrade earlier this week, however the system profiler shows the cpu as 3.32Ghz.

Does anyone know how to correct this?

All the other programs that use the system info show it correctly at 3.33Ghz.

It's not really important but kind of annoying :rolleyes:

By the way, aperture now updates pictures almost instantly :)
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If you follow this thread and install the 2010 Mac Pro firmware on your 2009 Mac Pro (identical hardware), your Mac will report the frequency of your W3580 correctly as 3.33 GHz, not 3.32 GHz. I've had the same chip in my Mac Pro since March 2009, and until I swapped the firmware it also reported as 3.32 GHz.

By applying the 2010 firmware, you will also be able to upgrade to any of the Xeon chips used in the 2010 Mac Pro models. Just make sure you get the correct series chip depending on if you have a DP or SP system. I'm eager to get my hands on a 6-core W3690 @ 3.42 GHz, which should work. Apple doesn't even offer this configuration, just like they didn't offer the W3580 when I installed one into my machine. This is so awesome... for $1,000 I can buy a W3690@ 3.42 GHz and I have a 2009 Mac Pro (single processor) system that can beat the pants off of any single-CPU Mac Pro offered by Apple in its store TODAY.
 
philipma1957 said:
OR FOR 600 you can put the hex 3.2 in and use the other 400 for 24gb ram 3 sticks of 8gb from superbiiz

here is the ram:

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php...-DDR3-1333-8GB-ECC-REG-Original-Server-Memory


cpu is below:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Intel-Xeon-...EN_Servers&hash=item230e914a2e#ht_2969wt_1189



either way w3670 or w3690 it is a huge upgrade . I went the 3.2 cpu 32gb ram route.
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Did the price of that RAM fall last night? Yesterday the cheapest I could find was closer to $180. I thought I got a screaming deal at around $115 / stick, but it was used. That looks like a great deal!

Edit: Is there any difference between:

http://www.google.com/products/cata...sAPi9uDMCw&ved=0CEoQ_QgwBg&biw=1869&bih=1084#

AND

http://www.google.com/products/cata...w&ved=0CEgQ8wIwAw&biw=1869&bih=1084#scoring=p

I bought the latter. Hope it works in my MP.
 
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