Building a 32-Thread Xeon Monster for Less Than A Haswell-E Core i7

ChristTheGreat · Apr 12, 2016

good idea! didn't thought about it! that would be crazy replacing my 1231v3 for 2x E5-2670 v1 xD

xvi · Apr 14, 2016

Jizzler said:
In the same vein Tek Syndicate recently did a video about upgrading a pre-2013 Mac Pro. Couple jobs ago I had one as a workstation (bootcamped) and would have loved to drop in a couple cheap six-cores. Especially since it was one of the weaker configurations, 2 x 2-core IIRC.

Love me some Tek Syndicate. I've wanted to do a newer dual Xeon build and I've wanted to do a Mac build for a while, but all the fanangling necessary to get it working has put me off (as well as the generally increased cost). Those 2009 Mac Pros actually don't seem too bad as far as prices go. I'll have to keep those in mind as an option, although I'm not seeing much on eBay for dual socket Mac Pros.

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Building a 32-Thread Xeon Monster for Less Than A Haswell-E Core i7

ChristTheGreat

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