[FS: General] 8-core Mac Pro

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jamesc

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Price: SOLD

For sale is an heavily upgraded 8-core 2007 Mac Pro. Although 8-core options weren't offered for the 2007 series MacPro's, I had two brand new quad-core E5320 Quad Core Xeon processors professionally installed. It has primarily been used as a video editing bay with Final Cut Studio system and the eight cores really speed up rendering times and will also see a huge boost when more apps take advantage of Grand Central.

It also comes with an upgraded ATI HD3870 graphics card (huge performance boost). The card has a Scythe cooler with fan control, which is just as silent as the original card stock fans. In order to install the Scythe and fully utilize the full 16x PCIe stot, I dremeled the memory cage a bit to make it fit.
Here are the specs:

  • 2x Quad-Core E5320 1.86Ghz Xeon Processors (8 physical cores)
  • 6GB RAM - 2x512MB Apple & 4x1GB OWC RAM (lifetime warranty)
  • 650GB - 250GB WD (stock hard drive) & 400GB Seagate 7200.8
  • ATI HD3870 with Scythe Musashi fan cooler
  • 16x Super Drive
  • Two FireWire 800 ports, two FireWire 400 ports, five USB 2.0 ports, and two USB 1.1 (on keyboard)
  • Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard
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How long did you have this machine "as is" cutting? Could you send me, or post a closer picture of the back card section? What are the three cards in the slots? Thanks.
 
I've been using this machine for a bit over 8 months now and it is an incredibly solid performer. The funny thing is that it will perform even faster once more apps utilize Grand Central.

The three cards in the back are:
- Blackmagic Intensity Pro (not included)
- Scythe Musashi fan controls (you can control the fan speed for the ATI graphics card)
- ATI HD3870 DVI-D (in the 16x slot)

The MacPro is going up on ebay soon.
 
Nice set up, james.

Question, where did you buy the processors? I've had a hell of a time finding decent ones for a decent price.
 
BrandonC said:
Nice set up, james.

Question, where did you buy the processors? I've had a hell of a time finding decent ones for a decent price.
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I bought them off Ebay awhile back from a seller who had a lot of 40 of them brand new and was selling them at the lowest price I found. If you don't mind your fans running a little louder and spending a little more, I also recommend the Xeon X5550. They are Engineering Samples, but I know of people who have installed them and report they work fine. I personally didn't want to take the risk :).
 
I don't think I'd need to go up that much more...what you have seems perfect!

I will look into the ones you bought. I'd love to upgrade...
 
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