Hey fellas. Wondering if you guys could help me with this one. Recently obtained an early 2009 Mac Pro. I wanted to beef it up with more 1066 memory. After noticing the 5.1 Firmware upgrade, I'm thinking I'd be down to step it up and get a better CPU and faster memory and breathe some more life in the machine. Do you guys have any suggestions as far as which cpu and memory to get should my budget around $600? In researching CPU's, could a 2009 X5570 support memory that's faster than 1066 or should I go for a 2010 generation Xeon? Here is my setup below. Thanks!
2 x 2.26 Ghz Guad-Core Xeon
5GB 1066 MHZ DDR3
Radeon HD 4870 512MB
1.5TB
OSX Lion 10.7
->I also have an ATI 6950 2GB just lying around..would really like to use this.
2 x 2.26 Ghz Guad-Core Xeon
5GB 1066 MHZ DDR3
Radeon HD 4870 512MB
1.5TB
OSX Lion 10.7
->I also have an ATI 6950 2GB just lying around..would really like to use this.