Hey folks, Just got my new Mac Pro (finally) and I am loading it up with Western Digital TB drives ($169 each- had to get 4) I was amazed at how easy it was to load 3 of the drives and when I tried to mount one in the second optical bay, I noticed that it takes some rigging or maybe a cage.. Not as straight forward as the old G4.... easier to get to, but not as obvious to mount the drive....
So is there a cage or a secret mounting technique somebody has discovered that they could share...
I am thinking about making a cage out of old PC parts,,, but there must be a simple route to this, after all it is a Mac...
Thanks, 16-8-4gb of ram? by Nate Stephens on Jul 2, 2008 at 10:02:47 am
Thanks David,
I knew it was out there somewhere. That is what I like about the COW.... Somebody always remembers the "inventory" better than you... So just "COW IT" and go to bed..... Why stay up for another 4 hours...
I was planning on buying the memory from Transintl also... I just needed to check the accounts before I over spend the bank.. Didn't know they had the "sled".... thanks for the tip
So what is the value to 16 over 8 over 4 gigs of ram on the 3.2 Octo core?
Wally B. always suggest 4 gigs.. But he did say he was getting a new 3.2 so I wonder if he stayed at 4 or splurged on 8gb of ram...
I am moving from a 4 year old G4 Dual gig..... so I am trying to find the value point on souping up this 3.2 power monster...
Re: Thanks, 16-8-4gb of ram? by walter biscardi on Jul 2, 2008 at 12:16:08 pm
[Nate Stephens]"Wally B. always suggest 4 gigs.. But he did say he was getting a new 3.2 so I wonder if he stayed at 4 or splurged on 8gb of ram..."
4GB would be a minimum for an older machine. With the Octo Core you want 8GB as the minimum. 1GB per core as noted by Gary Adcock on a thread recently.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.
Re: Thanks, 16-8-4gb of ram? by Nate Stephens on Jul 3, 2008 at 9:12:48 am
Thanks Walter,
but did you say in that thread that you are running 10gb of ram... What combination did you use? 2-four gig modules and the stock 2-one gig modules? I thought I had read where you need to keep all the ram the same size in matched pairs.... filling a minimum of the first two slots on both ram cards...
Re: Thanks, 16-8-4gb of ram? by walter biscardi on Jul 3, 2008 at 11:38:25 am
[Nate Stephens]"but did you say in that thread that you are running 10gb of ram... What combination did you use? 2-four gig modules and the stock 2-one gig modules? I thought I had read where you need to keep all the ram the same size in matched pairs.... filling a minimum of the first two slots on both ram cards..."
Yep, that's what you're supposed to do. I ordered an 8GB Upgrade kit (2 4GB modules) and decided to just leave the original 2GB in there and see how it works out. So far it's working so I left it all in there. If I have any RAM issues in the future, I'll pull the original 2GB out.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.
