[X4U] Quad core upgrade

[Zane H. Healy]

At 3:16 PM -0600 1/22/08, Doug LaBore wrote:
>I currently have a 3.0 GHz dual core Mac Pro.
>
>I'd like to upgrade it to quad core processors.
>
>I suspect simply swapping out the dual cores and replacing them with 
>quad core processors would do the trick.
>
>Anyone know of a source for Quad core Xeon processors or a company 
>that offers such a upgrade?

Look into the systems resale value, then look into what it would cost 
per CPU to attempt such an upgrade (3Ghz quad-cores look to cost 
about $1400 apiece).  Also note that I said attempt, as I do not know 
if it is even possible to perform such an upgrade.  There is a good 
chance that Apple has made it so that you can't do the upgrade.  In 
any case, I think selling your existing system, and buying a new one 
is likely to be cheaper than trying.

Zane


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