Looking at buying the Mac Pro with a single 2.8 Quad-Core because of price and not yet needed performance. However in time I may see the need for more performance as software becomes available to take advantage of multiple cores. Could I add a 2ed Quad-Core to the Mac Pro (is there an open socket) and if so must it be the same speed (2.8MHz)?
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Upgrade a Mac Pro 1 Quad-Core to 2 Quad-Cores later?
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This has been discussed many times. Try doing a search. I don't remember what the actual consensus was.
I did search before posting but nothing was found? Will try advanced search to see.
To simplify without you having to go around the forums, yes, it is possible, however due to the special heat sink Apple uses in the Mac Pro, it is difficult to do due to the rarity of said item. I have found them for sale here, however I cannot be confident in the trustworthiness of said website.
Just remember that most of mac pros have different heat sinks.
I'm about to order mine and test it out.
If it works then I'm perfectly sure that I will be able to drop 2x3.0 quads next year or two and will cost me 50-60% of what I would have to pay today.
And let's face it. For what I do 2.8 quad is awesome. 2x3.0 will be heaven but I'm not rushing as I'm perfectly happy with the quad for now.
This one will work with the single quad. 2.8/3.0 Heatsink
I chatted with an employee from Apple.
They said I could upgrade later.
One would think if they are telling me yes and you can't you could sue them later.
They said I could upgrade later.
One would think if they are telling me yes and you can't you could sue them later.
Truth is you could, but in reality you might not like the price of the parts from Apple.
In reality, the local Apple store might not sell you the parts due to Apple policy, and sourcing the specific Apple parts might not always be possible.
To make it true, all Apple has to do is charge someone $1000 or $1500 when they come into an Apple Store and say an Apple employee told me I could when I made my purchase.
In the past, they have gotten in trouble with saying something was upgradeable, but the lawsuits never said anything about making the actual "from Apple" upgrades affordable either.
Read carefully, not saying you can not but are saying it is not worth the effort. Either be happy with the quad or save and get the dual quad. Doing it yourself would not be profitable for quite some time... by then 12 cores will be the rage.
ps... why is everyone so sue happy.
LOL. I don't think you will see a non-binary number of cores in a personal computer anytime soon.
Personally I have no problem with 11, however 33 is my favorite.
33 may require a 4000 Watt power supply!
Then explain AMDs three core Phenom CPUs...
And of course the next-generation Intel Xeons destined for future Mac Pros have 6 cores resulting in a 12 core machine...
AMD is desperate for sales so they're selling defective quads as tris...
Dunnington is designed for blade servers/HPCs (and is also based on Tigerton, not Harpertown) so it won't be coming to the Mac Pro.