Upgrade Clarification

[villagemusicman]

Right guyz am about to bite the bullet and get 2 x Intel Xeon Quad Core X5365 but want to check the specs one more time.

So is the following ok for a Mac Pro 1,1 Dual Core 2.66

sSpec Number: SLAED
CPU Speed: 3Ghz
Bus Speed: 1333 MHz
Bus/Core Ratio: 9
L2 Cache Size: 8mb
L2 Cache Speed: 3 GHz
Package Type: LGA 771
Manuf Tech: 65 nm
Core Stepping: G0
CPUID String:06FBh
Thermal Design Power: 120 W
Thermal Spec: 63C
VID Voltage Range: 1.35V

If this is ok, the next thing is will i need to get Thermal paste and if so which one is best recommended ?

Thanks for taking the time to read ;-)

VMM

 

[bozz2006]

that is perfect. Arctic Silver is basically the gold-standard for thermal pastes. There are quite a few other good options out there too.

 

[GoCubsGo]

It looks good but how come you're thinking of reapplying the thermal paste?

 

[Transporteur]

It looks good but how come you're thinking of reapplying the thermal paste?

Thermal paste dries out after a certain time, which reduces the efficiency of the heat transfer.
Hence it makes totally sense to replace the paste from time to time.

 

[beaker7]

It looks good but how come you're thinking of reapplying the thermal paste?

Any time you pull a heatsink off you must replace the paste.

Arctic Silver 5.

 

[bozz2006]

Any time you pull a heatsink off you must replace the paste.

Arctic Silver 5.

this

 

[Spacedust]

I've used Arctic Silver 5 about 5 years ago.

Guys, there are better options today.

I use IC Diamond 7 Carat: http://www.innovationcooling.com/article1.htm