CPU upgrade on early Mac Pro 2009

Hi,

This is my first post here!

I've got an 8 core dual 2.66 Mac Pro and I was thinking of giving it a little more power.

Would I be able to use a matched pair of these CPUs?

SLBV7 (Intel Xeon X5670)

It says they're compatible with the socket type 1366 and DDR 1333Mz memory. Is there anything I'm not seeing?

Many thanks,

Damon

Review this:
How to Upgrade Mac Pro Processor (Early 2009/MacPro4,1) @ EveryMac.com

gsahli said:

Review this:
How to Upgrade Mac Pro Processor (Early 2009/MacPro4,1) @ EveryMac.com

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Thanks for this. I've seen this before and it's very useful and there are some great YouTube videos showing CPU upgrades.

What I need to know though is if I can use the processors shown in the link. As I've been told (possibly incorrectly) that these can only be used in servers.

Does anyone know the answer to this?

Many thanks in advance!!

I've just bought an X5690 tray with 32Gb memory. It seemed a good upgrade from the 2.66GHz tray that came with the machine.

There's a dual tray on eBay UK with damage to the CPU B socket (about $150 equivalent). Is it worth buying to try and repair, and if not, for the parts with a view to changing the processor board at a later date? The heatsinks and metal tray aren't cheap to buy, and I've found a new board for about $500. Obviously there'd be CPU's to add at some point, and the Mac Pro 4,1 would need delidded CPU's too. On paper, this could be cheaper that hunting down a dual 3.46GHz tray.

Worth doing as a upcoming project?