Ah! Ok. Because faster processors generally mean more heat and sometimes a new heat sink is needed to dissipate that heat. I'm studying for my A+ certification so, I'm a newby to this and I'm soaking it all in.
Thanks. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:26 AM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > I was googling around and the upgrade process sounded non-trivial with > acetone used to clean the heat paste off the old heat sinks to re-attach them > to the new processors. Dunno if I would attempt that. > > CB > > On 4/18/12 12:23 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I was thinking the same thing. In more cases than not, upgrading your >> processor is more trouble than what its worth. Won't upgrading the >> processor also mean a new heat sync and fan as well? The easiest way to >> improve performance is to always upgrade RAM >> >> IMO. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rica...@appletothecore.info >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Apr 17, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Chris Blouch<cblo...@aol.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm curious about your upgrade. In the past CPU upgrades were kind of >>> diminishing returns since you then just hit bottlenecks in other parts of >>> the system, such as RAM, system bus, drive IO and video IO. Are you doing >>> something that is compute intensive but low bandwidth? Just hoping you >>> aren't setting expectations too high after your upgrade. >>> >>> I would also note that a brand new 1TB drive in the box with warranty etc. >>> is only about $85 with free shipping. So you might find selling your old >>> drive probably isn't worth it. Maybe just leave it in there as some scratch >>> space. You have four bays afterall. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 4/16/12 7:08 PM, Cody wrote: >>>> Good evening all, >>>> >>>> I'm upgrading the processor in my mid 2010 mac pro from a Xeon W3530 >>>> quad-core chip to a w3680 6 core chip. The W3530 runs at 2.8 GHZ. Nothing >>>> at all wrong with the processor, just want to upgrade and get 2 more cores >>>> for productivity. I'm asking $250 for the processor, and $10 shipping. If >>>> interested, please hit me back. >>>> >>>> One x 1 tb internal sata3 drive, will be whiped before selling, asking $50. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
