@1John2v27 Indeed. Most workstation level machines tend to be fairly custom when it comes to layout and so on. I believe these boards are based on the BTX standard too which never really took off, where it made better use of the space and improved airflow and spacing between components due to the much more powerful and heat producing components that are so common these days. The current ATX standard is stuck in the 80's when parts were tiny with all passive heat sinks lol.
You can upgrade your cpus if you know what you are doing and know your mac pro well enough to know what is compatable. Two quad cores (E5430 80W each) and a little good thermal compound can make that mac feel like new again ;)
Sad thing is that there was a rumor on the fud that apple is considering killing off the mac pro line. :(
@1John2v27 Indeed. Most workstation level machines tend to be fairly custom when it comes to layout and so on. I believe these boards are based on the BTX standard too which never really took off, where it made better use of the space and improved airflow and spacing between components due to the much more powerful and heat producing components that are so common these days. The current ATX standard is stuck in the 80's when parts were tiny with all passive heat sinks lol.
TalesOfWar 2 months ago
You can upgrade your cpus if you know what you are doing and know your mac pro well enough to know what is compatable. Two quad cores (E5430 80W each) and a little good thermal compound can make that mac feel like new again ;)
Sad thing is that there was a rumor on the fud that apple is considering killing off the mac pro line. :(
1John2v27 3 months ago
@electrotech555
FB DDR2 modules while the risers are custom. This is more common than people think in the regular pc world well more like high end servers.
1John2v27 3 months ago
looks cool
strickmans 3 months ago
So the "shelfs" basically connect to the front bus via the custom apple slots?
electrotech555 3 months ago
Nice video!
Nielsapplefreak 3 months ago