Have 3,1 now, do I upgrade to 4,1?

[adam9c1]

Hi.

I have a 3,1 dual quad 3.0 running ML.
24GB RAM FB Dimm 800 mhz speed
120 GB SSD
2TB WD Black
2TB WD Black
nvidia 8800 512GB

Here is what I use the computer for:
itunes library
iphoto library
general web surf
fusion: running few Windows machines to poke around; I'd like to run Win 2012 as well as OS X in a VM.

Machine is rock solid, I power down every few months or so when iPhoto does not see my phone or when I rerun cables or so. I think at some point uptime was 87 days.

I think I'm not using much CPU but I think I would gain from faster RAM.
Is that correct? Yesterday I was watching some education videos from Lenovo and they show how much faster and more bandwidth DDR3 is vs DDR2...
I already have 32GB of DDR3 (4 sticks of 8), as with my funds purchased it for a tower computer at my old job and took the memory out when left.

Gazelle can give me $400 for the tower with 4GB RAM and a single 2TB HD and the rest I' put on fleebay.
I do have the original box.

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I think I can buy a bare no hd no ram 2.66 4,1 for about 800

 

[OS6-OSX]

No

 

[adam9c1]

Hmm. No one else?

Perhaps I could sell now, fall back on my white MacBook and pickup 4,1 come Dec, Jan?

 

[Celedral]

Do as you feel. If you need an upgrade then go for it, but those simple task require very little power. You already have an SSD for general speed so it won't be much of a difference if you upgraded to a 4,1.

Oh the other hand, the 4,1 will offer more options when you do decide to tinker with it. Flash it to 5,1 and you can have even more options.

 

[adam9c1]

How much can I expect for my 3,1 if I keep the SSD and 1 WD black?

I have the original box?

 

[Macsonic]

How much can I expect for my 3,1 if I keep the SSD and 1 WD black?

I have the original box?

As far as I have observed in sale ads, the 3.1 Mac Pro goes for around $800 to $950 on the average including the original box.