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Look for a used or refurbished '08 Octad with the highest clock you can get. 
That would give you 8 cores, no hyperthreading issues, and the faster clocks will help with single threaded applications. Upgrades are cheap enough, and can be added as you locate funding.
That would give you 8 cores, no hyperthreading issues, and the faster clocks will help with single threaded applications. Upgrades are cheap enough, and can be added as you locate funding.
Thanks to all the advice. I ended up catching a break and I can keep my Mac Pro. I just parted some stuff out. Kinda starting over but it got me out of a hole.
Thanks to all the advice. I ended up catching a break and I can keep my Mac Pro. I just parted some stuff out. Kinda starting over but it got me out of a hole.
Glad you found a solution without having to sacrifice one machine for the other.
Thank-you Nanofrog. Should have everything back to normal by Christmas. By then I will "hopefully" have 12GB of RAM, 2 Intel SSD Raid 0, Intel SSD bootcamp and Drobo.
Hmm... Maybe drop a few hints for gift ideas?Thank-you Nanofrog. Should have everything back to normal by Christmas. By then I will "hopefully" have 12GB of RAM, 2 Intel SSD Raid 0, Intel SSD bootcamp and Drobo.