Building A Mac Pro

[shaanky98]

I am thinking of building a Mac Pro not a Hackintosh,
I have already got the Mac Pro Case and the Logic Board (661-3919)
A question to everyone here: Which processor should I buy?
Im a thinking of build a top spec.
Help me if you can.

[HackJoe]

I noticed over at Overclockers UK they are selling some XEON CPUs pretty cheap... i dont know much about XEONs but take a look.

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-204-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1074&name=Intel%20Xeon%20E5405%20%22LGA771%20Harpertown%22%202.00GHz%20(1333fsb)%2012mb-cache%20Processor%20-%20Retail

not to bad... its when you get to ftting it out with RAM it with break the bank... but good luck.. would love to see how it works out.. I've always wanted to know if you could put a PC graphics card in a real MacPro and then use GFX strings to have it working under real OSX??


J.

[shaanky98]

Thanks macbookjoe for the link but I really don't know which processor the board takes, I know its LGA771 and thats all I know for now. If that CPU at overclokers is the right one I think I will be buying from them.

[HackJoe]

I believe the above CPUs would work.. also WEFIXMAC ebay store is back! they have Mac Pro cases plus all internal requirements including PSUs..

J.

[vailance]

anyone know that the mac pro logic board ver.2 for octo core will work with the mac pro psu 1st gen(661-40001)?
for now where can i get a logic board that can ship international?

[racerblur]

I remember cnet changing the procs of the first generation mac pro dual core to quad cores using Intel® Xeon® Processor X5355 processor...

Here's the link reviews.cnet.com/4531-10921_7-6663792.html