That's if you can even get your hands on one. Every board in this machine costs hundreds to replace. Imagine slipping with a screwdriver and popping a cap off one of the boards. That was a pretty complicated upgrade, not to mention a little nerve-racking. It was then time to reassemble everything. I then applied some new paste to both sides. I installed the new chip and reconnected the retaining brackets. I removed the CPU retaining brackets and pulled the old chip. This is going to be a pretty complicated tear-down. I'm sure I have a few tubes lying around, but considering it's probably been a good 10 years since I built a PC from the ground-up, they're probably not any good. $300 used is a huge savings considering these still get listed on eBay for well over $500 bucks. The RAM is new, but the CPU is a used system pull. It's the most powerful CPU this machine supports. I picked up a 12-core 2.4GHz E5-2697 v2 Xeon. In order to push this machine a little further, I need to jack the RAM from the stock 12GB configuration and upgrade the stock 3.7Ghz 4-core Xeon. Whatever the case, I'm stuck with my Late-2013 Mac Pro for a few more years. Maybe I'll wait another 3 years and buy one used. I'm going to have to hold out for a few more years until Apple can come to their senses and either lower the price, or come out with something else in the $3000 range. That's still expensive, but with a little saving and selling off some old stuff on eBay, it was doable. There's no way I can justify $5000 on a base model. With the announcement of the new 2019 Mac Pro, Apple has effectively priced me out of the Pro market.
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