Mac Pro Upgrades
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General updates on a cheesegrater
- pick 4,1 because dual CPU
- need to be upgraded to 5,1
- need to source the two CPUs
- need to source RAM
- nvme support needs firmware to be updated to 144, needs 2-step OS upgrade https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macpro5-1-what-you-have-to-do-to-upgrade-to-mojave-10-13-10-14-bootrom-upgrades-instructions-thread.2142418/
- PCIe 3.0 card that is compatible with PCIe 2.0 (that's what the Mac Pro supports) and can offer decent M.2 NVME support: Startech.com Dual M.2 PCIe SSD Adapter - x8 PCIe 3.0 (PEX8M2E2) There are several versions of this one, all based on ASMedia ASM2824 chip, more info at https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/pcie-ssds-nvme-ahci.2146725/