Some time ago we told you that the boys who OWC guys they had been ahead of the all powerful iFixit guys in dismantling one of the new Mac Pro.
From that moment on, this company announced that it had tested its RAM memory modules and that it had already prepared some compatible kits for sale for this new equipment.
The OWC guys have not stopped working until they have found the processors, not distributed by Apple that may be candidates to be able to use them on the board of this new Mac Pro.
As we have told you before, OWC revealed in its day that the processor of the Mac Pro, the Intel Xeon E5 It was not soldered to the plate and it was removable, in theory, which would allow future updates. The same standardized LGA 2011 socket was found to be used on the Mac Pro motherboard.
Now, OWC has confirmed that the Mac Pro's processor is indeed upgradeable as they have successfully replaced the processor. Intel E5 -1650 V2 6-core 3.50GHz with a processor Intel E5-2667 V2 8-core 3.30GHz with 25MB L3 cache, an option that is not offered by Apple This processor has increased performance by 30%, surpassing the 8-core option supplied by Apple with a Geekbench score of 27.004 compared to 24.429.
As the processor is already perfectly replaceable, users can buy other models at a more affordable price when updating in the future.
3.5GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5 with 12MB L3 Cache: + $ 500
3.0GHz 8-core Intel Xeon E5 with 25MB L3 cache: + $ 2000
2.7GHz 12-core Intel Xeon E5 with 30MB L3 cache: + $ 3.500
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