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  1. SolidCake

    Delidding a Xeon X5690 with only a Vice (video)

    Hey guys, I made a video about delidding a Xeon X5690 using only a vice! The results where perfect! After cleaning up and successfully testing the first one I went on to the second. Both turned out great and my Mac Pro 4,1 is quite and blazingly fast. The reason why I chose this method is...
  2. Mark Holmes

    Apple Made Me Buy a Windows HP Workstation

    So, yep, that is exactly what happened. I wanted to buy a Mac Pro for my 4k editing needs. I nursed my 2009 Mac Pro 4,1 for 7 years, upgrading the RAM, the video card, constantly changing out hard drives as my needs dictated, loving the configurability and reliability of that machine. But it was...
  3. K

    MP 5,1 W3680 to ?

    I have a MP 5,1 with stock 3.33ghz 6-core W3680, 6gb ram, and an Sandisk SATA SSD. Still running Snow Leopard (!) so will be upgrading to El Cap soon. I'm trying to figure out which upgrades would make an actual difference in daily usage (used for Parallels Virtual Machine, Quark and InDesign...
  4. ifraaank

    Beefiest Mac Pro 5,1 Processor

    Hi guys. Since I soon can't wait for Apple to release a nnMP any longer, I am looking for alternatives. So here's some questions since the search engine on my favourite "buy-used" site isn't properly functional. · What is the most powerful processor for the 5,1? And 4,1? · What is the...