New CPUs for Mac Pro (2006)

[sOwL]

Hello. I gathered some money and i want to buy some new cpus for my mac pro. I have the 2006 model, with 2 dualcore xeons in it. When i bought it, i remember that there was a choice for 2 quadcore xeons, not sure how many ghz though. Can anyone give me a link for that model, or they dont sell it anymore? Can the 2006 model use any of the 2008 model's quadcores? Thank you

 

[bearcatrp]

You can upgrade to an octo using clovertown processors only. Right now they are still expensive. I've been waiting for the price to come down myself as I want to upgrade my 2ghz mac pro to a 3ghz octo. Still around 1200 bucks from newegg. You can snag a refurb octo for around the same price.

 

[sOwL]

can you be more specific on that? which are those cpus you're talking about? any links?

 

[Umbongo]

can you be more specific on that? which are those cpus you're talking about? any links?

The processors you can use are listed here:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Mac_Pro...0GHz.2C_2.66GHz_.26_3.00GHz_four_core_systems

 

[sOwL]

ok thanx a lot. next time i should search fist :S

 

[sOwL]

the 2ghz octo have a reasonable price. i dont need an overkill, 2 x 2ghz quadcore would be also extreme

 

[Umbongo]

Just realise your current processors will be 33% faster if you aren't using those extra cores.

 

[TrapOx]

Thats false. An extra CPU will not impact the performance of other CPUs.