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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1575735" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Well, to start with the Xeon X5355 is a 4 core chip.</p><p>However, since you would need to buy two X5355s in order to replace "both" the CPUs in that '06 MP, you would end up with 8 cores.</p><p></p><p>The problem that I see, is that the X5355 does not support ECC memory which is what is used in the MP. Think you should be able to run non-ECC, but that's going to mean changing out the existing RAM in it also.</p><p></p><p>While I'm sure the MP would blow the C2D out of the water, it's still an 8 yr old computer and personally, I'd have a hard time putting $400-500 (or a more after replacing the RAM) in a computer of that age. Would be looking for a later model that has the capability of running the current version of OS X.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1575735, member: 24160"] Well, to start with the Xeon X5355 is a 4 core chip. However, since you would need to buy two X5355s in order to replace "both" the CPUs in that '06 MP, you would end up with 8 cores. The problem that I see, is that the X5355 does not support ECC memory which is what is used in the MP. Think you should be able to run non-ECC, but that's going to mean changing out the existing RAM in it also. While I'm sure the MP would blow the C2D out of the water, it's still an 8 yr old computer and personally, I'd have a hard time putting $400-500 (or a more after replacing the RAM) in a computer of that age. Would be looking for a later model that has the capability of running the current version of OS X. [/QUOTE]
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