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  1. revisionA, Mar 11, 2009

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    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?:)
     
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  2. Umbongo, Mar 11, 2009

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  3. jmphotography, Mar 11, 2009

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    Replace main drive with a 300g velociraptor 10K drive or SSD drive.
    Move existing drive to scratch disk or extra storage drive.
     
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  4. VirtualRain, Mar 11, 2009

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    I would buy a pair of SSD's and run them in RAID 0... probably the most impact you can have... Period!
     
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  5. rockinrocker, Mar 11, 2009

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

    Just keep on truckin'..... :cool:
     
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  6. mason.kramer, Mar 11, 2009

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    Ssd
     
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  7. revisionA, Mar 11, 2009

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  8. revisionA, Mar 11, 2009

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    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...
     
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  9. Tallest Skil, Mar 11, 2009

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    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.
     
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  10. cherry su, Mar 11, 2009

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