2008 Mac Pro - Pimp My Mac

[revisionA]

Now that the numbers are in and a semi-nanimous shout of 'I'm keeping my early 2008 2.8 octo' has been spoken... what are some of the ways to invest a little capital into our 2008 MPs to get the most bang for our buck.

As for mine, I am going to add a second drive and bootcamp a version of windows. Also, 16gb of ram is looking to be a relatively cheap upgrade.

What are going to do to help future-proof your mac pro investment?

 

[Umbongo]

http://macperformanceguide.com/index.html

Have a read of that.

 

[jmphotography]

Replace main drive with a 300g velociraptor 10K drive or SSD drive.
Move existing drive to scratch disk or extra storage drive.

 

[VirtualRain]

I would buy a pair of SSD's and run them in RAID 0... probably the most impact you can have... Period!

 

[rockinrocker]

I don't think I'm going to do anything to mine.

Just keep on truckin'.....

 

[mason.kramer]

Ssd

 

[revisionA]

http://macperformanceguide.com/index.html

Have a read of that.

I would give you Reddit Karma if MR had equivalent. Awesome resource!

 

[revisionA]

One Last Thing...

Is it feasible to replace a pair of 2.8 xeons with a pair of 3.2 xeons? I can't even find where to buy them...

 

[Tallest Skil]

Is it feasible to replace a pair of 2.8 xeons with a pair of 3.2 xeons? I can't even find where to buy them...

From reading a hardware document (It was leaked and was not supposed to be available), the 3.2GHz has different thermal requirements than the rest of the line.

What the differences are, I don't remember, but there is a difference.

 

[cherry su]

I would buy 12 pairs of SSD's and run them in RAID 0... probably the most impact you can have... Period!

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/09/24-samsung-ssds-get-strung-together-for-supercomputer-fun/

now that's a fast computer