2009 Mac Pro in hand - unboxing etc.

WonderSausage · Mar 9, 2009, 04:43 PM

• Processor 065-8315 Two 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xe
• Memory 065-8333 6GB (6X1GB)
• Graphics Card 065-8316 ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
• RAID 065-7901 None
• Hard Drive Bay1 065-8537 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/
• Hard Drive Bay2 065-7908 None
• Hard Drive Bay3 065-7913 None
• Hard Drive Bay4 065-7918 None
• Optical Drive 065-7923 One 18x SuperDrive
• Wireless Option 065-7925 None
• Mini Display Port Adapter 065-8677 NONE
• Mini Display Port Adapter2 065-8679 NONE
• Fibre Chl Card 065-7929 None
• MAC OS X SERVER 065-7932 None
• Apple Software App- iWork 065-7672 None
• Apple Software Final Cut Exp 065-7674 None
• Apple Software App-Aperture 065-7673 None
• Apple Software App-Logic Exp 065-7675 None
• SW APP-FILEMAKER 065-8307 NONE
• SW-MSO 065-8198 NONE
• Mouse from AOS 065-7938 Apple Mighty Mouse
• KEYBD + USER'S GUIDE FOR AOS 065-7943 APPLE KEYBD/USERS GUIDE
• Country Kit 065-7963 Country Kit Mac Pro

Stand by for more

sidewinder · Mar 9, 2009, 04:46 PM

Cool....

S-

Tallest Skil · Mar 9, 2009, 04:46 PM

Congratulations. May you have many years of productivity.

tobyg · Mar 9, 2009, 04:50 PM

fake fake fake.... Video of the Mac Pro spinning or it didn't happen!

Just kidding. Congrats! I only wish I could afford this...

More · Mar 9, 2009, 04:52 PM

And there's a reason if you've ever needed one that Apple should have stuck with the black box for the Mac Pro!

iBeard · Mar 9, 2009, 04:53 PM

benchmarks or it didn't happen

Bob70011 · Mar 9, 2009, 04:54 PM

Very nice. Perhaps some benchmarks soon?

WonderSausage · Mar 9, 2009, 04:58 PM

More pics as my eye-fi uploads them to flickr. In the meantime...

QUESTIONS ANSWERED:

- The optical drives are SATA
- Stock optical drive is an "H-L Data Storage GH41N"
- The optical drive connectors are single-piece SAS-style with power & signal
- The backplane for the 4 hot-swap bays is the MAINBOARD. There is no separate backplane. There is no cable between the mainboard and the backplane because the mainboard IS the backplane. The drive connectors are directly on the mainboard.
- There are only 2 SATA ports remaining and they lead to the optical drive bay. if you use only one optical drive, you could connect the second port to an eSATA adapter but the port is at the very front of the case so you'll need at least an 18" cable.

cenomans · Mar 9, 2009, 04:58 PM

yours could be the first real benchmarks published for early2009 macpro

the world's waiting for you

More · Mar 9, 2009, 04:58 PM

Standing by with my 8 core 3.2Ghz 2008 Mac Pro if you want to do some benchmarking.

Jouhne · Mar 9, 2009, 05:00 PM

a geekbench pleaaaaase

And CONGRATS !

Tesselator · Mar 9, 2009, 05:06 PM

Yeeeeeah! Buddy!!! That's the candy shot right there:

Thank gawd those heat syncs are accessible!
Dust Bunnies Be Gone!
Bad Dust Bunnies!
Bad! Bad!

indiochano · Mar 9, 2009, 05:07 PM

benchmarks and youll probably be on the front page of every single tech blog out there

do some photoshop tests plzzz!!!

apfhex · Mar 9, 2009, 05:07 PM

Nice!

Boy, ATI really makes monster sized video cards don't they? Would have been neat if there was a Apple cooler on it like the OEM 3870, it looked cool (in both senses, heh).

Quote:

Originally Posted by More

And there's a reason if you've ever needed one that Apple should have stuck with the black box for the Mac Pro!

I dunno, my '06 MP box arrived in similar condition, the scuff marks were almost as bad. Though the black box was nicer looking and fitting with the whole "Pro" thing.

turtlebud · Mar 9, 2009, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by More

And there's a reason if you've ever needed one that Apple should have stuck with the black box for the Mac Pro!

agreed. it's a beautiful machine, but the box just looks dirty - they should have stuck with the black box.

"The new Mac Pro, dirty on the outside, beauty on the inside"

congratulations - I'm (and I'm sure many are) jealous

iBeard · Mar 9, 2009, 05:11 PM

Yeah, lets see some Real-World benchmarks.

Geekbench is neat and all, but...

fabriciom · Mar 9, 2009, 05:13 PM

4 or 5 pcie? Cause I see 5 slots on the back...

indiochano · Mar 9, 2009, 05:14 PM

cant wait for the benchmark scores omg im about to get an orgasm

J the Ninja · Mar 9, 2009, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fabriciom

4 or 5 pcie? Cause I see 5 slots on the back...

The 2nd one from the bottom is an empty hole for GPU coolers.

Morriss · Mar 9, 2009, 05:15 PM

Niiiice!

Tesselator · Mar 9, 2009, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iBeard

Yeah, lets see some Real-World benchmarks.

Geekbench is neat and all, but...

Tru-dat! It's very inaccurate!

What's better?

Junk DNA · Mar 9, 2009, 05:15 PM

damn, I wish I had one of those...

Jouhne · Mar 9, 2009, 05:16 PM

well at least GB is easy to launch and fast to have some data + you can see brute force on the processor and memory

(fyi i don't care about the big number on top, I care about all the information below... and it is accurate for that)

WonderSausage · Mar 9, 2009, 05:16 PM

Below: The two SATA ports that connect to the optical drive bay (right behind the front bezel). You can also see the hot-swap connector for Drive 1 at the top of this photo:

Below: Sorry for the blur on this one, I'd have to wait to upload if I reshoot. these are the 2 PCI-e 6-pin power connectors for the Radeon:

Below: PCI-e slots. Note the hot-swap drive connectors directly on the motherboard at the top of this area.

Below: The two optical drive SATA+power connectors (optical bay removed)

Below: Optical drive

Below: The CPU/RAM tray has these two cool little flip-out levers that are like miniature versions of the case-side release lever:

Nik · Mar 9, 2009, 05:17 PM

There is his Flickr Stream by the way: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32610697@N08/

Mar 9, 2009, 04:43 PM	#1
WonderSausage macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008	2009 Mac Pro in hand - unboxing etc. • Processor 065-8315 Two 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xe • Memory 065-8333 6GB (6X1GB) • Graphics Card 065-8316 ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB • RAID 065-7901 None • Hard Drive Bay1 065-8537 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/ • Hard Drive Bay2 065-7908 None • Hard Drive Bay3 065-7913 None • Hard Drive Bay4 065-7918 None • Optical Drive 065-7923 One 18x SuperDrive • Wireless Option 065-7925 None • Mini Display Port Adapter 065-8677 NONE • Mini Display Port Adapter2 065-8679 NONE • Fibre Chl Card 065-7929 None • MAC OS X SERVER 065-7932 None • Apple Software App- iWork 065-7672 None • Apple Software Final Cut Exp 065-7674 None • Apple Software App-Aperture 065-7673 None • Apple Software App-Logic Exp 065-7675 None • SW APP-FILEMAKER 065-8307 NONE • SW-MSO 065-8198 NONE • Mouse from AOS 065-7938 Apple Mighty Mouse • KEYBD + USER'S GUIDE FOR AOS 065-7943 APPLE KEYBD/USERS GUIDE • Country Kit 065-7963 Country Kit Mac Pro Stand by for more

Mar 9, 2009, 04:46 PM	#2
sidewinder macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern California	Cool.... S- __________________ Mac Pro: 8-core 2.8 GHz, 10GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.6.1; iPhone 3G S⃣ 32GB

Mar 9, 2009, 04:54 PM	#7
Bob70011 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2009	Very nice. Perhaps some benchmarks soon? __________________ iPhone 3GS 16GB, White Macbook 2.0GHz, 8-Core 2.26GHz Nehalem Mac Pro

Mar 9, 2009, 05:00 PM	#11
Jouhne macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2009	a geekbench pleaaaaase And CONGRATS ! __________________ Mac Pro '09 Quad 2,93 - 8GB RAM - 80GB SSD X25M - 4870 HD MacBook Pro '08 2,40 - 4GB RAM - 200GB HD - 8600M GT iMac 27" Core i5 - 8GB RAM - 1TB HD - 4850 HD

Mar 9, 2009, 05:15 PM	#22
Junk DNA macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: London	damn, I wish I had one of those... __________________ MBP 2.4GHz, 4GB Ram, 250GB HD \| TC 500GB \| 32GB 3GS iPhone Junk DNA

Mar 9, 2009, 04:46 PM	#3
Tallest Skil Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 1 Geostationary Tower Plaza	Congratulations. May you have many years of productivity.

Mar 9, 2009, 04:50 PM	#4
tobyg macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2004	fake fake fake.... Video of the Mac Pro spinning or it didn't happen! Just kidding. Congrats! I only wish I could afford this...

Mar 9, 2009, 04:52 PM	#5
More macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2008	And there's a reason if you've ever needed one that Apple should have stuck with the black box for the Mac Pro!

Mar 9, 2009, 04:53 PM	#6
iBeard macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2005	benchmarks or it didn't happen

Mar 9, 2009, 04:58 PM	#8
WonderSausage Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008	More pics as my eye-fi uploads them to flickr. In the meantime... QUESTIONS ANSWERED: - The optical drives are SATA - Stock optical drive is an "H-L Data Storage GH41N" - The optical drive connectors are single-piece SAS-style with power & signal - The backplane for the 4 hot-swap bays is the MAINBOARD. There is no separate backplane. There is no cable between the mainboard and the backplane because the mainboard IS the backplane. The drive connectors are directly on the mainboard. - There are only 2 SATA ports remaining and they lead to the optical drive bay. if you use only one optical drive, you could connect the second port to an eSATA adapter but the port is at the very front of the case so you'll need at least an 18" cable.

Mar 9, 2009, 04:58 PM	#9
cenomans macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2009	yours could be the first real benchmarks published for early2009 macpro the world's waiting for you

Mar 9, 2009, 05:06 PM	#12
Tesselator macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jan 2008	Yeeeeeah! Buddy!!! That's the candy shot right there: Thank gawd those heat syncs are accessible! Dust Bunnies Be Gone! Bad Dust Bunnies! Bad! Bad!

Mar 9, 2009, 05:07 PM	#13
indiochano macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2008	benchmarks and youll probably be on the front page of every single tech blog out there do some photoshop tests plzzz!!!

Mar 9, 2009, 05:11 PM	#16
iBeard macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2005	Yeah, lets see some Real-World benchmarks. Geekbench is neat and all, but...

Mar 9, 2009, 05:13 PM	#17
fabriciom macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Madrid	4 or 5 pcie? Cause I see 5 slots on the back...

Mar 9, 2009, 05:14 PM	#18
indiochano macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2008	cant wait for the benchmark scores omg im about to get an orgasm

Mar 9, 2009, 05:15 PM	#20
Morriss macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2008	Niiiice!

Mar 9, 2009, 05:16 PM	#23
Jouhne macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2009	well at least GB is easy to launch and fast to have some data + you can see brute force on the processor and memory (fyi i don't care about the big number on top, I care about all the information below... and it is accurate for that) __________________ Mac Pro '09 Quad 2,93 - 8GB RAM - 80GB SSD X25M - 4870 HD MacBook Pro '08 2,40 - 4GB RAM - 200GB HD - 8600M GT iMac 27" Core i5 - 8GB RAM - 1TB HD - 4850 HD

Mar 9, 2009, 05:17 PM	#25
Nik macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Germany	There is his Flickr Stream by the way: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32610697@N08/

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