the x5365 has a 150W TDP, and that is a compatible CPU. Also, the x5355 (which I have in my MP) works too.
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the x5365 has a 150W TDP, and that is a compatible CPU. Also, the x5355 (which I have in my MP) works too.
So even though the current processors in my computer have a max TDP of 80W a piece, I can install 2 new processors that have a max TDP of 150W a piece?
If you are using the latest revision you should be fine. With earlier revisions or if you intend to load the CPU massively 24/7 you probably would have to adjust the fan behavior using e.g. smcFanControl.
The important thing is the upgrade CPU (does not really matter where you come from in this regard). If you get the latest G0 revision (e.g. "SLAEG" - see my link regarding revisions) the TDP is "only" 120W, which runs absolutely fine in the 1,1. Many have done it w/o problems. As I said, you only would need to adjust fan behavior if you got an older revision of the upgrade chip (running fine as well with fan adjustment for quite some people) or if you have it processing (e.g. Video transcoding) all of the time...
So then I would be able to run 2 of this processor in place of the two current ones running 80W a piece, with nothing other than fan adjustments using smc?
http://ark.intel.com/products/36893/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5492-(12M-Cache-3_40-GHz-1600-MHz-FSB)
No - the maximum you can put into a MP 1,1 or 2,1 is the x5365 @ 3GHz (or its cheaper brother x5355 @ 2,66 GHz), thus the only advantage in your case would be 8 cores instead of 4 - and it would depend on your applications whether you would actually notice any improvements (for e.g. video crunching they could be significant).
There have been discussions that socket and chipset should - in theory - support slightly newer processors as well, but afaik noone has managed to get them running in the old machines. For significantly newer CPU's you would need a newer MP.
So I'm restricted to processors with a 1333 Mhz frontside bus? Meaning that that processor, and others with 1600 Mhz FSB or faster will not work?
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So, in reality, as long as the processors have the LGA771 socket and a 1333 Mhz FSB, the max TDP doesn't matter?
How about an old pic showing the system report page of FrankMacWinTosh (aka FrankHacWinTosh) [and now known as WolfPack1] while it was running (all at the same time - low scores to prove it) (1) CPUTest, (2) Maya [rendering an HD animation], (3) Cinebench, (4) Geekbench and (5) mCoreTest64 and the results thereof. Note that Frankie was underclocked, but turbo biased [DDDDEE or 13,13,13,13,14,14] to run at 2.2 GHz base at that time. Don't try this at home. You can't get any more non-standard than this and, in the Cinema4d window, note the name of the system at that time [close to the topic or not?].
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DAMN! thats some serious machine!!!!!!!!
The quickest possible if im not mistaken?
I wouldn't mind having that for my rendering work
If you count the Hackintoshes, then no. You can still build a much faster Hack than what I built.
For what it's worth, I have replaced the OEM ATI and nVidia Quadro 4000 video cards in it with a Mac-ready GTX570. So it's even quicker with certain apps.
jas
If you count the Hackintoshes, then no. You can still build a much faster Hack than what I built.
For what it's worth, I have replaced the OEM ATI and nVidia Quadro 4000 video cards in it with a Mac-ready GTX570. So it's even quicker with certain apps.
jas
But there aren't any quicker Xeons available are there? excluding the new E3, E5 etc.
Very nice. I read a lot about that the quadro drivers are very poor and lots of people had video issues with the Quadro 4000 and FX 4800, like stuttering and so on. Have you any complaints about the 4000, apart from price
There aren't, no. But in a Hack, you can effectively down-clock the Xeons to make more room for Turbo Mode (which the chip runs in constantly), thereby getting Turbo Mode speeds in the 4+GHz ranges. We really have no way (yet) of doing that same sort of trick in a Mac Pro.
None, but I've only used it in Lion. I have no idea how good/bad the Apple drivers are in Snow Leopard or earlier. In Lion: it just works.
jas
Thinking about upgrading to 2x Xeon 5645s...
I was thinking about upgrading to two 2.4ghz six core xeons...Has anyone done this and had luck selling the original processors for a reasonable amount to offset the cost of the upgrade?
Also wondering if anyone knew how to make the system profiler recognize my graphics card as a 6870 2GB, rather than a 6800 series?
Thanks!
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I was thinking about upgrading to two 2.4ghz six core xeons...Has anyone done this and had luck selling the original processors for a reasonable amount to offset the cost of the upgrade?
Also wondering if anyone knew how to make the system profiler recognize my graphics card as a 6870 2GB, rather than a 6800 series?
Thanks!
Storage...
120GB SSD (Mounted via PCI)
4 1TB 7200RPM DRIVES RAID 0
4TB BACKUP (MAIN)
3TB SECONDARY BACKUP
2x 3TB Drives in optical bay (RAID 1)
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