Mac pro, Possible to upgrade

[Foray]

Hey, So i have a 2010 Mac pro , So i wonder if its possible to upgrade to the sandy bridge processor when it comes out to mac, or is it hard ?

 

[Hellhammer]

Sandy Bridge uses different socket so not gonna work.

 

[Foray]

Aaah okey, So what will the diffrent speed be on the 2011 one vs the 2010 one?

 

[goMac]

Aaah okey, So what will the diffrent speed be on the 2011 one vs the 2010 one?

Not a huge amount. I wouldn't worry.

 

[Hellhammer]

Aaah okey, So what will the diffrent speed be on the 2011 one vs the 2010 one?

The chips aren't out yet so we don't know for sure.

 

[mdgm]

Hey, So i have a 2010 Mac pro , So i wonder if its possible to upgrade to the sandy bridge processor when it comes out to mac, or is it hard ?

Whilst you can't upgrade to a Sandy Bridge processor there are still plenty of options for Westmere CPU upgrades that you can do to improve the performance of your machine.

Do you have a single CPU in your Mac Pro or two?

 

[Foray]

I have One 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” That costed 400 dollar to add, so its a quadcore. and the computer costed all about 3k dollar to buy

 

[mdgm]

I have One 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” That costed 400 dollar to add, so its a quadcore. and the computer costed all about 3k dollar to buy

I guess you may not wish to upgrade now, but so long as it's a 2010 machine you should be able to put in e.g. a Westmere Hexacore 3.33Ghz down the track. The model number is mentioned in multiple threads on the forum.

There's a faster hexacore coming soon as well.

 

[Foray]

Ah okey Cool , Thanks for the help 🙂