Building a MacPro, Yes, a MacPro not a Hackintosh Options

[Hally_57]

Does anyone know what you have to do with the wires labelled 1, 2, 3 etc which come with the case. These are the really thin black wires.

Need asap reply

Many Thanks Hally

[Listed1st.com]

Airport Extreme, BT is Bluetooth


Oh, and who wants sthe 3,1 EFI Firmware?
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/fir...rationcd15.html

2,1 Firmware is also available with V 1.4, I'll have to see if I can screw up upgrading my firmware so it'll allow me to use the upgrade CD...

Or better yet, anyone here have any idea how to upload the firmware, do a forced flash or whatever? It looks like if we screw it up, we can restore it with these CD's....

[Hally_57]

Thanks Listed1st.com, so do you plug them into the bluetooth and airport boards? Also what Heat sinks shall i get as i am shortly goping to buy 2 INTEL XEON 5150 2.66GHz CPU chips and am i correct by saying they do not come with heatsinks?

Also what is a power processor module? Do i need one?

Many Thanks Hally

[Listed1st.com]

Yes, they are for the AP and BT modules.

They most likely will not come with heatsinks, buy the ones listed earlier in this thread (can't remember which model) But you'll need to make the temp sensors out of the transistors (simple) unless you buy apple heatsinks.

Don't buy the 5150's! You're just throwing your money away! If you wanted a low powered mac, you could do what I did and get a MP 2.66GHz quad core for $1600 with 2GB ram and 250GB HDD. If you're going to make one, make an 8-core!

Get these CPUs: http://cgi.ebay.com/Pair-Intel-Xeon-E5345-...1QQcmdZViewItem

That or heck, I've got a pair of 2.66GHz 8-core's that I'd part with for a good price...

And finally, a power processor module is most likely a part needed in systems like blade servers and such, Mac's don't use those....

:-D

[Hally_57]

Thanks Listed1st.com for your help.

How much would you sell the pair of 2.66GHz 8-core's for?

Regards Hally

[Hally_57]

Also here are the latest pictures of my build. I need to order the memory cage with rear fan in order to hold my 2 riser cards. And last night i bought 1gb of DDR2 crucial ram for £3 on ebay LOL i know.

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[Harloe]

Looking good so far Hally, I'm really jealous.. Lol! How much did the prototype board cost ya?

[Hally_57]

i got the board and 2 riser cards for £150 inc shipping from ebay.com. However i had to pay £40 for Vat and custom charges

[Harloe]

Wow so overall the only thing that is REALLY gonna cost a pretty penny is the Processors?

[Hally_57]

Yep, the hard drive bay carriers came along with the front logic board.

Can anyone tell me what the black plate is for which comes with the front logic board?

Need ASAP response!

Thanks Alot

[Listed1st.com]

Wow so overall the only thing that is REALLY gonna cost a pretty penny is the Processors?

Nah, $650USD will get a sweet set of 2.66GHz Quad Core (for an 8-core system) Can't beat that!

[Harloe]

Nah, $650USD will get a sweet set of 2.66GHz Quad Core (for an 8-core system) Can't beat that!

Where from Listed? I was looking at Dual Cores to make a Quad Core machine and the price came close to £450, around $900 (US)

[Listed1st.com]

From me!

Or ebay, there's a ton available on there:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pair-Intel-Xeon-E5345-...1QQcmdZViewItem

He's got more than that as well....

Where from Listed? I was looking at Dual Cores to make a Quad Core machine and the price came close to £450, around $900 (US)

[Hally_57]

Latest picture of Mac Pro build! Includes the Hard Drive carriers and front board installation.

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[Hally_57]

IN ORDER TO CARRY ON WITH THE BUILD I NEED TO SELL MY LAPTOP! IT IS A SONY VAIO PCG-Z1XSP PAYED £1800 FOR IT.

HERES A LINK FOR THE SPEC:

http://www.laptopshop.co.uk/Sony-VAIO_PCG_...aptop-3-nd2.htm

OPEN TO SENSIBLE OFFERS!

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[Harloe]

Anyone know where I can pick up a non-proto logic board?

[Hally_57]

I saw a brand new one on ebay.com about a week ago which sold for £180 ex delivery and custom charges to the UK. So proberly would of cost around £250 inc postage.

Just keep searching the newely listed Mac Pro items both on ebay.com and ebay.co.uk

One should come up shortly

[Harloe]

I saw a brand new one on ebay.com about a week ago which sold for £180 ex delivery and custom charges to the UK. So proberly would of cost around £250 inc postage.

Just keep searching the newely listed Mac Pro items both on ebay.com and ebay.co.uk

One should come up shortly

Well that's not too bad! What exactly did you search for on eBay? I usually have no luck with my searches lol

I think a Hackintosh might work out cheaper until I can get some more money.. hmm..

[Hally_57]

I just searched on a daily bases the words Mac Pro and Macpro. Then clicked on the newely listed tab to see the newest listings

[Listed1st.com]

I've got a prototype board with memory crad risers, 1GB of Ram, Power supply and all the cables to hook to power supply up, as well as the hard drive power and data cables and the cd drive power and data cables I'd let go for a good price, Cause GBP are huge compared to USD$$$! I can even throw in some home made (thanks nagal!) thermal sensors and some 2U size heatsinks (Work fine, but the fans are LOUD cuase they need a ton of airflow)....