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<blockquote data-quote="brickford5" data-source="post: 1255392" data-attributes="member: 205340"><p>So I am not very savvy when it comes to hardware and what configurations to get the best performance out of my machine. I was hoping that you could give me some suggestions on what best to upgrade. I was thinking maybe an SSD upgrade?</p><p></p><p>Id love to hear your thoughts!</p><p></p><p> Model Name: Mac Pro early 2008</p><p> Model Identifier: MacPro3,1</p><p> Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon</p><p> Processor Speed: 3 GHz</p><p> Number Of Processors: 2</p><p> Total Number Of Cores: 8</p><p> L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB</p><p> Memory: 12 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM</p><p> Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz</p><p> Video Card ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT</p><p> Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GT 120</p><p> HD 500GB (110GB Used)</p><p></p><p>I use the machine to run the adobe suite, no gaming, but I do have quite a few programs running at a time. </p><p></p><p>Any other info you need just ask!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brickford5, post: 1255392, member: 205340"] So I am not very savvy when it comes to hardware and what configurations to get the best performance out of my machine. I was hoping that you could give me some suggestions on what best to upgrade. I was thinking maybe an SSD upgrade? Id love to hear your thoughts! Model Name: Mac Pro early 2008 Model Identifier: MacPro3,1 Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor Speed: 3 GHz Number Of Processors: 2 Total Number Of Cores: 8 L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB Memory: 12 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz Video Card ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 HD 500GB (110GB Used) I use the machine to run the adobe suite, no gaming, but I do have quite a few programs running at a time. Any other info you need just ask! [/QUOTE]
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