![]() The cost of that storage space on an HDD is under $6! Two 2TB HDDs add all the storage you will reasonably need. Rather than spend on a backup SSD, a 120GB partition is created on one of the pair of 2TB data HDDs to clone the boot SSD.A boot SSD, containing OS X and your applications, is essential.6 x 4GB sticks maximize cost efficiency and complement the triple channel addressing of memory in the two Xeon CPUs, meaning three sticks for each CPU. You can pay up for ‘Apple Certified’ RAM (40% more) or buy Corsair, as good a brand as there is.Most 2009 Mac Pros come without Airport, so a used Airport wi-fi card is procured.Shockingly, while they were busy making cell phones, Apple forgot to add USB3 to the Mac Pro, so we install a powered PCIe card to do just that.Longer monitor cables move the large Mac Pro case from under the desk into the open.The Kingston reads all types of cards in addition to the CF ones used by my Nikons. A deep slot Kingston USB3 card reader is used, the deep slot preventing the pin-bending behavior common with CF cards in cheaper readers.While the stock GT120 graphics card is retained if you ever need to see the splash screen at cold start, the excellent mid-range nVidia GTX660 is used, the Zotac model being exceptionally quiet.The 20 are discounted, being far too expensive. The 2009 used Mac Pro represents the sweet spot in pricing using stock RAM (unlike the 2008 which uses expensive FB DIMMs) and with full 64-bit functiionality unlike the pre-2008 models.This build will drive four displays (2 x DVI, 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI). The specifications here are very complete, and only displays are excluded. ![]() ![]() Here I look at the all in cost of a fully loaded machine: ![]() This was relevant to my case as I was moving from a Hack and reusing many of the components. In Part IX I looked at the upgrade costs of a 2009 Mac Pro compared with a like specification Hackintosh. For an index of all my Mac Pro articles, click here. ![]()
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