Penryn to work in current Mac Pro?

netdognetdog
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Will a pair of Penryn Harpertowns work in a current Mac Pro? Any information on the even smaller chips coming after Harpertowns?

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    mdriftmeyermdriftmeyer Posts: 7,503member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by netdog View Post


    Will a pair of Penryn Harpertowns work in a current Mac Pro? Any information on the even smaller chips coming after Harpertowns?



    Review from Tom's Hardware:

    http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/...ing/page5.html



    Excerpt:



    Quote:

    Nothing has changed on the back. Same number of pins, same pin-out.



    Since I don't own the current Mac Pro I can't tell whether or not the CPU socket set up is standard any PC clone allowing you to upgrade it directly or not but from the looks of it:



    http://www.powerpage.org/2006/08/mac...ken_apart.html



  • Reply 2 of 3
    samnuvasamnuva Posts: 225member
    I really hope it is.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    futurepastnowfuturepastnow Posts: 1,772member
    Penryn Xeons with a 1333MHz FSB should work. Xeons with a 1600MHz FSB will not.
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