Hi, I was thinking the same thing. In more cases than not, upgrading your processor is more trouble than what its worth. Won't upgrading the processor also mean a new heat sync and fan as well? The easiest way to improve performance is to always upgrade RAM
IMO. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 17, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > I'm curious about your upgrade. In the past CPU upgrades were kind of > diminishing returns since you then just hit bottlenecks in other parts of the > system, such as RAM, system bus, drive IO and video IO. Are you doing > something that is compute intensive but low bandwidth? Just hoping you aren't > setting expectations too high after your upgrade. > > I would also note that a brand new 1TB drive in the box with warranty etc. is > only about $85 with free shipping. So you might find selling your old drive > probably isn't worth it. Maybe just leave it in there as some scratch space. > You have four bays afterall. > > CB > > On 4/16/12 7:08 PM, Cody wrote: >> Good evening all, >> >> I'm upgrading the processor in my mid 2010 mac pro from a Xeon W3530 >> quad-core chip to a w3680 6 core chip. The W3530 runs at 2.8 GHZ. Nothing at >> all wrong with the processor, just want to upgrade and get 2 more cores for >> productivity. I'm asking $250 for the processor, and $10 shipping. If >> interested, please hit me back. >> >> One x 1 tb internal sata3 drive, will be whiped before selling, asking $50. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
