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1. Best ssd for 2010 mac pro install#
2. Best ssd for 2010 mac pro upgrade#
3. Best ssd for 2010 mac pro pro#
4. Best ssd for 2010 mac pro mods#

In 2009+ Mac Pros, installing a SSD is a breeze.

Best ssd for 2010 mac pro pro#

Most SSDs are 2.5 inch, the Mac Pro drive bases are 5.25 inch for optical and 3.5 inch for HDDs. Installing an SSD might not be as straight forward as you think. Most modern SSDs are as reliable as HDDs (initially they weren’t).

Best ssd for 2010 mac pro upgrade#

Upgrade #3 Make your own Fusion drive by installing an SSDĬost: $100-$700 (SSDs prices are vary greatly based on make/size). There’s others on the market, I recommend Macrumor’s forums. Note: Sonnet (Long time Mac hardware/upgrade manufacturer) also sells USB 3.0, more spendy but they carry the trust that comes with the Sonnet name. 2010 Mac Pro owners will need to get a SATA Power to Molex Power Adapter With the 2006/2008 Mac Pros, you can easily feed off the Molex power cable in the optical drive.

It’ll take some hackage, as you’ll need to provide Molex power to the PCI chamber. Sadly, there is not and will not be any Thunderbolt card for the Mac Pro as the Alpine Ridge thunderbolt cards are motherboard specific.įor as little as $18, you can add USB 3.0 to any Mac Pro (running 10.8.3). Sonnet's Allegro USB-C PCIe is a safe choice for USB 3.1 seekers. USB 3.0 is nearly the speed of eSATA and USB 3.1c is much faster. USB 3.0 isn’t the newest kid on the block, but you’ll never be able to add Thunderbolt via upgrades. USB 3.1 is more "optional" as the plethora of devices still aren't USB 3.1c

Best ssd for 2010 mac pro install#

Mac Pro 2008 Mac Pros can install macOS High Sierra using macOS High Sierra Patcher Tool for Unsupported Macs tool.Ĭost: $20-40 for USB 3.0, $50-60 for USB 3.1cĪt the top of the list comes USB 3.0 as its cheap and effective. Mavericks even on an old Mac Pro breathes new life into 2006 Mac Pros thanks to much better memory management and Grand Central. This is a “Well duh” upgrade, except for 2006 - 2008 Mac Pro owners, which are officially unsupported, but when has official really been a barrier? You can install 10.8+ on unsupported Macs (2006 Macs are capped lower than 2008 Mac Pros). Apple has yet to make a laptop support greater than 16 GB of RAM and only very recently have the iMacs been able to support up to 32 GB of RAM. Notably RAM isn’t getting cheaper and if you’re not running 16 GB+ of RAM, you’re missing out on one of the best features of the Mac Pros, the ability to have more than 16 GB of ram. You’d be surprised at the performance a 2008 Mac Pro has in GTA V. You can always upgrade the RAM and the HDDs, but there’s plenty more interesting upgrades you can do, and most on the cheap. Thanks to the wonders of upgrades and hacks, any Mac Pro is still a viable box, some more so than others. The 2013 Mac Pro doesn’t leave much for upgrades.

So you have a Mac Pro and perhaps the latest Mac Pro isn’t exactly what you’re hoping for… It wasn’t for me. Image Source: Danish tech blog,, lampooning the new Mac Pro Please, contact me if there’s anything I’m missing. Whether you may have economical reasons or a disdain for the new less upgradable/hackable Mac Pro, this guide seeks to illustrate upgrades that are feasible upgrades beyond your typical RAM and Hard drive upgrades. While Apple overthinks its new Mac Pro, we're stuck in limbo. That said, the fact 10+ years later my Mac Pro remains a viable computer is a testament both how well engineered the Mac Pro was, and to the benefits modular computer design. My opinion of the redesigned Mac Pro still remains negative as used a heavily upgraded 2008 Mac Pro 10 years only to upgrade to a Westmere Mac Pro in 2018, waiting for the mythical return to modular computing. Like my Mac Pro, I’ve continually updated this page and will continue to do so until my Mac Pro retires. I originally wrote this in August of 2013 and it still remains one of the most read items on my blog (I've finally as of mid-April started the signifcant task of actually editing down this post with out of date information and cleaning it up).

Best ssd for 2010 mac pro mods#

I highly recommend reading it, as many upgrades (like NVMe storage, Audio over HDMI, PowerSupply mods etc) simply not discussed here.įor posterity, below you'll find the original guide that was maintained until roughly 04/17. IMPORTANT: Rather than re-edit this page, I've created a new guide, called "The Definitive Classic Mac Pro Upgrade Guide" which is a larger, more in-depth, easier to read, organized list of Mac Pro upgrades, aiming to encompass all the potential upgrades for the classic Mac Pros.