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Old 03-01-2007, 02:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Mac Specs: Powerbook G4 1.67ghz, Macbook Intel Core Duo 1.86ghz
Various Upgrades to a Mac Pro

Hello All!

I know theres a few threads similar to this, but ive got a few questions.

I wanna get a mac pro (when the 8 core comes out) but i dont wanna upgrade it from the apple store because its too expensive! So ive been looking for memory and the non-apple heatsink memory is a lot cheaper. Would non-heatsinked memory be ok with the mac pro? I know the power is apparently throttled down when the memory overheats but i was wandering if this memory would:

http://www.it247.com/Product/32-KVR5...IMM_DDR_II.htm

Theres also the issue of quad channel on the Mac Pro. Seeing as the above parts are not matched, do you think there'd be a problem there? I hope to buy four of them.

Also, after browsing through the forum, there seems to be conflicting opinions on the Mac Pro's support of 3rd party IDE drives. I was hoping to get a pioneer DVD-RW drive as its 1/3 of the price of apple's Superdrive, does anyone know if this will work?

thanks for your time guys!
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