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2008 Mac Pro 3.2Ghz for $500 - Good Deal?

MacPoulet

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I'm not too familiar with the 2008 Mac Pros, but I think the 3.2 was the high end. There's one in the uni surplus going for $500. Specs as follows:

3.2Ghz
8GB of ram
500GB hard drive
8800 GT video card

The machine is in excellent shape and was housed in a department that likes its tech toys, so it's been babied.

If this was a 2009 model, I'd be throwing money at them, but a 2008, not sure. I already have a 1,1 that I upgraded to two quad 2.6.

Any thoughts? Should I get this one and sell the 1,1?
 
MyMac1976

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MacPoulet said:
I'm not too familiar with the 2008 Mac Pros, but I think the 3.2 was the high end. There's one in the uni surplus going for $500. Specs as follows:

3.2Ghz
8GB of ram
500GB hard drive
8800 GT video card

The machine is in excellent shape and was housed in a department that likes its tech toys, so it's been babied.

If this was a 2009 model, I'd be throwing money at them, but a 2008, not sure. I already have a 1,1 that I upgraded to two quad 2.6.

Any thoughts? Should I get this one and sell the 1,1?
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Yes
 
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spoonie1972

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if you're ok with the 8gb ram, jump on it.

buying more is pretty spendy on the 3,1 (and 1,1 for that matter).
 
MyMac1976

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spoonie1972 said:
if you're ok with the 8gb ram, jump on it.

buying more is pretty spendy on the 3,1 (and 1,1 for that matter).
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This has been discussed ad nauseum, if you are willing to buy dual rank non-apple ram it's reasonably cheap.
 
MacPoulet

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Well, my 1,1 only has 5GB, so it would be a bit of an upgrade. It has half the ram slots used up, so there's some room to grow.

And I would definitely buy used ram from server pulls like I did with my 1,1.
 
Tesselator

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MacPoulet said:
I'm not too familiar with the 2008 Mac Pros, but I think the 3.2 was the high end. There's one in the uni surplus going for $500. Specs as follows:

3.2Ghz
8GB of ram
500GB hard drive
8800 GT video card

The machine is in excellent shape and was housed in a department that likes its tech toys, so it's been babied.

If this was a 2009 model, I'd be throwing money at them, but a 2008, not sure. I already have a 1,1 that I upgraded to two quad 2.6.

Any thoughts? Should I get this one and sell the 1,1?
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No! It's a terrible deal! Please don't buy this! Just give me the URL (for investigation purposes of course) and pass on it. :D
 
MacPoulet

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Tesselator said:
No! It's a terrible deal! Please don't buy this! Just give me the URL (for investigation purposes of course) and pass on it. :D
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Ha ha. Unfortunately there's no URL until the sale starts on Friday. They wouldn't let me buy it today. Planning to be at the sale first thing in the morning. Too bad a friend shot-gunned the 23" ACD for $50.00.

Seveej: 8GB should be okay for now. I'm shooting my web series this summer and want to cut it on the Mac Pro, which is why I got the 1,1 and upgraded it. By September, I'd probably double the memory or more.
 
Macsonic

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MacPoulet said:
If this was a 2009 model, I'd be throwing money at them, but a 2008, not sure. I already have a 1,1 that I upgraded to two quad 2.6.

Any thoughts? Should I get this one and sell the 1,1?
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It's a great deal specially if it's Mint. This 2008 3.2ghz sells for around $1300 to $1400 in the current market. 8g of ram is adequate if you're not into heavy 3D work or video editing.
 
MacPoulet

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Well, someone beat me to it. Showed up first thing in the morning but by the time I got in, someone was already there, cradling it. Oh well.

On the bright side, I didn't spend $500 that I don't really have and can put that toward my web series and adding ram to my 1,1 for the edit.
 
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