Typically, you would be right, but as I said before in this case, the W3680 Comstock in the Mac Pro six core. So like I said, nothing new here and no modifications needed.
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:30 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
