Yup. I'll be curious to know how it goes. My last attempt at upgrading a
CPU was back in the Sonnet Systems and NewerTechnologies days
(pre-Intel). Today my fleet of Macs is a Mini which I can't upgrade, a
MacBook which I can't upgrade and my old G4 tower, which isn't worth
upgrading. So I hadn't really looked into it much. Used Mac Pro towers
are still pretty expensive which I guess is a testament to how well they
hold up over time and maybe because they are so upgradable. Good luck
with the project!
CB
On 4/18/12 3:33 AM, Lewis Alexander wrote:
depending on the CPU installation, the same heat sink and fan can be used, that
is depending on how far the processor upgrade goes. it's an easy job to do as
long as you're careful. I've done this on various macs in my time including
major overhauls, turning a G3 blue and white into a monster system, etc. as
long as you know the firmware limitations and hardware reliances, you're fine.
the key thing is confidence in your ability to do the job and a knowledge of
test and diagnostics.
lew
On 18 Apr 2012, at 08:30, Cody Hurst wrote:
Processor upgrades are fairly simple. You just have to do reading beforehand.
In this case, all parts will fit together properly with no extra modification
needed. Just today, I installed and SSD hard drive and added 16 gigs of ram my
computer. So I'm used to all of this.
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:26 AM, Chris Blouch<cblo...@aol.com> wrote:
I was googling around and the upgrade process sounded non-trivial with acetone
used to clean the heat paste off the old heat sinks to re-attach them to the
new processors. Dunno if I would attempt that.
CB
On 4/18/12 12:23 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
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.
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