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<blockquote data-quote="lclev" data-source="post: 1695582" data-attributes="member: 307555">Any drive - hdd or ssd - will work with a Mac Pro.&nbsp; They must be formatted OS X Extended Journaled or Fat32 (not recommended) or extFAT (also not the best either).&nbsp; The other option for shared external drives is to install <a href="https://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/" target="_blank">Paragon for NTFS </a>(and if you run windows you might need to.)As for video cards - yes you can run just about any Nvidia card.&nbsp; Here is a <a href="http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/frequently-asked-questions-about-nvidia-pc-non-efi-graphics-cards.1440150/" target="_blank">link</a> to a rather long thread on MacRumors that discusses using Nvidia cards in Mac Pros.&nbsp; I know it starts in 2012 but I suggest you take the time to read it as there are things to consider when picking a video card.&nbsp; Also you will discover a guy who custom modifies video cards for the mac pro and he has a website.&nbsp; I choose the Nvidia GTX 780 with 3GB because Apple supplies the drivers and I have an original Apple Nvidia GT 120 in it which is not used but available if I need to see the boot screen.&nbsp; &nbsp; I also did not have to add an extra power supply source which will happen when you start putting in some of the higher end cards.Lisa</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lclev, post: 1695582, member: 307555"] Any drive - hdd or ssd - will work with a Mac Pro. They must be formatted OS X Extended Journaled or Fat32 (not recommended) or extFAT (also not the best either). The other option for shared external drives is to install [URL="https://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/"]Paragon for NTFS [/URL](and if you run windows you might need to.) As for video cards - yes you can run just about any Nvidia card. Here is a [URL="http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/frequently-asked-questions-about-nvidia-pc-non-efi-graphics-cards.1440150/"]link[/URL] to a rather long thread on MacRumors that discusses using Nvidia cards in Mac Pros. I know it starts in 2012 but I suggest you take the time to read it as there are things to consider when picking a video card. Also you will discover a guy who custom modifies video cards for the mac pro and he has a website. I choose the Nvidia GTX 780 with 3GB because Apple supplies the drivers and I have an original Apple Nvidia GT 120 in it which is not used but available if I need to see the boot screen. I also did not have to add an extra power supply source which will happen when you start putting in some of the higher end cards. Lisa [/QUOTE]

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