Currently I have two Mac Pro towers (3,1 and 5,1) with the following configurations and I am planning some upgrades (described below). I just want to double check if everything sounds right and reasonable.
Thanks in advance for any comments and advice. Much appreciated!
Mac Pro 3,1
- Xeon E5462 Quad 2.8GHz
- 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR2 800MHz FB memory
- 320GB HDD
- NVIDIA 8800 GT
Upgrades
- an extra E5462 on eBay with apple heatsink, thermal paste and then put it onto the empty CPU slot 2.
- 16 (8 x 2GB) FB memory. I'm planning to purchase the crucial memory but when I compare it with the original apple OEM RAM (visually) the ram by Crucial does not have heatsinks. Would it cause the RAM to fail prematurely?
- get an Samsung 850 EVO SSD
- upgrade graphics to GTX 570
Mac Pro 5,1
- 2 x Xeon X5670 Six-core 2.93GHz
- 52GB (6 x 8GB, 2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333MHz ECC
- 840 EVO SSD
- NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti
Upgrades
- The CPU should be fine, I lost of reference guide for memory slotting but I put my memory in the following configuration and wondering if it's correct:
{{8,8,8,8},{8,8,2,2}}
where{Riser card A{Slot 1,2,3,4},B{1,2,3,4}}
- I'm thinking about upgrading to a GTX 970 (after watching a youtube video, which shows it's somehow possible to put that in) but I don't know if I have enough power supply. Currently I have dedicated both power cables to power this 750 Ti (8pin-6pin, 6pin-6pin) and I'm not sure about 970.