Apple Mac Pro (Early 2008) 1,1 Upgrades?

pigoo3 said:

They look exactly like the one's I put in my Mac Pro 1,1 a few years ago. WOW...they are super cheap now!

Remember you're going to need some really long allen wrenches (or the proper allen socket & extension bar) to remove the CPU heatsinks.

- Nick

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I have the T10 hex screwdriver required for removing the heatsinks

Will any of these be compatible also? They have 7 available and its closer to home (as appose to China).

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Xeo...616457?hash=item440250a809:g:bK8AAOSwTM5Y65sU

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Xe...175731?hash=item25e83e20f3:g:MZsAAOSwq4VaN75e

Anyone?

From what I can tell they should work. Check out this link. It is a CPU compatibility list for all Mac Pro's. Scroll down to the list that fits your mac. It shows the ones you have listed from eBay as being compatible.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-pro-cpu-compatibility-list.1954766/

Lisa

carvedeye said:

Will any of these be compatible also? They have 7 available and its closer to home (as appose to China).

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Xeo...616457?hash=item440250a809:g:bK8AAOSwTM5Y65sU

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Xe...175731?hash=item25e83e20f3:g:MZsAAOSwq4VaN75e

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carvedeye said:

Anyone?

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I don't know the status of the site lately, but it used to be THE place to go for Mac replacement/upgrade hardware etc. info and might be worth checking:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com




- Patrick
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They are the CPUs to use. When I did my Mac Pro 1.1 years ago the suggestion was to get matched pairs when they were taken from Dell, Mac Pros etc. and you do need a pair. Also a special tool with about a 10" shaft to remove Torx screws from the heat sinks. Super cheap is not the word as I paid about US$300 for a matched pair from the USA.

Until you do a Hack just upgrading the CPUs will not increase the machine's capacity to run beyond Lion OS X.7.5 natively. You will still have to follow the link to Mac Rumours to do the Hack.