I overclocked my Quad Core Mac Pro over a year ago... Just get yourself some ES CPUs like the e5340 or e5350 for sale on ebay right now and do the BSEL Overclock found on http://www.o0o.it For $600 you can upgrade your system to an 8 core 3.0GHz.... then sell your old chips on ebay for $500.... Stock heatsinks work just fine!
Many years ago (4-5), it was a well kept secret on older MACs; there was couple of unlabeled jumpers that you could change the FSB and the CPU Multiplier.
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Darth Abe @ Jun 29th 2008 2:12PM
Huh. I wasn't aware it was so difficult to overclock macs.
OCTyme @ Jun 29th 2008 2:55PM
I overclocked my Quad Core Mac Pro over a year ago... Just get yourself some ES CPUs like the e5340 or e5350 for sale on ebay right now and do the BSEL Overclock found on http://www.o0o.it For $600 you can upgrade your system to an 8 core 3.0GHz.... then sell your old chips on ebay for $500.... Stock heatsinks work just fine!
Interpol @ Jun 29th 2008 7:43PM
Next up for the Mac: watercooling rigs and Tuniq Tower CPU heatsinks.
I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Jun 30th 2008 3:12AM
Many years ago (4-5), it was a well kept secret on older MACs; there was couple of unlabeled jumpers that you could change the FSB and the CPU Multiplier.