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OMG mac pro mother board.. ?
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Jsun-king
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Apr 5, 2010, 11:34 PM
 
can anyone tell me what motherboard the NEW MacPro uses.

I'm trying to build one from scratch. Hackintosh.
     
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Apr 5, 2010, 11:53 PM
 
Apple isn't exactly known for using off-the-shelf parts, particularly when it comes to logic boards. If the Mac Pro were nothing more than a fancy case wrapped around an ASUS/Gigabyte/Whatever logic board, not even die-hard Mac users would be buying Apple desktops anymore.

That said, the dividing line is blurring...
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Apr 6, 2010, 04:35 AM
 
NEW Mac Pro's use an Apple logic board. Model: Mac Pro
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Apr 6, 2010, 05:12 AM
 
What about OLD Mac Pros? Hahaha.

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Apr 6, 2010, 06:15 AM
 
On the current Mac Pro Apple is using:
• an Intel X58 "Tylersburg" chipset (LGA 1366, "Socket B", QPI)
and either
• Xeon E/X55x0 series (dual CPU models) "Gainestown/Nehalem" CPUs
or
• a Xeon W35x0 series (single CPU models) "Gainestown/Nehalem" CPU

The CPUs and DDR3 DIMMs are installed on a custom daughterboard. They add wireless circuitry (Broadcom? Atheros?), one of several available GPUs, a SATA DVD±RW burner and a SATA HDD. It's all powered by a ~1500VA power supply.
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