2008 mac pro dual socket? or single? how to tell?

[VanneDC]

Hi, iam looking at a 2008 (late) mac pro, single 2.8ghz cpu and iam just wondering how to tell if it has 2 sockets, so i can upgrade to 8 cores lateron. I dont have access to the machine.

Are all 2008 mac pros dual socket capable?

 

[goMac]

Judging from previous threads on here, the answer is yes, but you might need to buy the heat sink.

 

[nanofrog]

Are all 2008 mac pros dual socket capable?

Yes. 🙂

 

[VanneDC]

sweet 🙂

 

[kellen]

Here is the heatsink. As said the 2008's have the dual processor motherboard on the quads.

http://macpalace.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=2737