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Veltliner
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Aug 17, 2010, 02:23 AM
 
Originally Posted by P View Post
Bigger. An EATX board is 12*13", WATX 14"*16.75" and there are even bigger ones out there. High RAM ceilings is one of the few remaining reasons to get an MP, so yes the case should grow if required. The next gen Xeon CPUs (5700 series, probably) will support 4 channels of RAM per socket, for a total of 16 slots for a dual socket machine.
So we should see a new case with the next upgrade (going with a higher RAM ceiling).
     
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Aug 17, 2010, 11:20 AM
 
Originally Posted by Veltliner View Post
So we should see a new case with the next upgrade (going with a higher RAM ceiling).
No, I'd expect Apple to maintain the current limited number of memory slots.
     
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Aug 17, 2010, 12:37 PM
 
Not so sure. Apple is usually quite good about RAM ceilings in the MP - the first gen had lots of slots. I have some hope that they will rectify this in the redesign for Sandy Bridge-EP.
The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
     
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Aug 17, 2010, 01:41 PM
 
If memory serves, Intel did the primary motherboard design on all the first-gen x86 Macs. So the models would get out faster. That could explain more generous expansion in the first round.
     
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Aug 17, 2010, 01:52 PM
 
IIRC, that was only for the laptops and the iMac, but I may be wrong.
The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
     
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Aug 18, 2010, 04:18 PM
 
So 32 Gb is the limit? That's not future proof. Except if you can install the expensive 8 Gb modules.
     
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Aug 18, 2010, 04:46 PM
 
4GB modules were over $900 when they were new.
     
 
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