
Some used CPUs for sale on Ebay and elsewhere are Intel Engineering Samples.Macs Fan Control is a popular way to control your Mac's fan and it is available for both OS X and Windows, unlike most Mac fan software. Upgrading to a higher TDP (wattage) processor may increase temperatures and/or fan speed at max load.This is important because in some cases the CPU choice makes a difference. Memory speed is included in these charts.There are probably many unverified CPUs that work, but these are not listed. This includes anything offered by Apple (BTO/CTO), third party upgrade guides and commercial services (such as Barefeats, OWC, or xlr8yourmac), or simply individuals claiming personal success in a forum somewhere (such as MacRumors and Netkas).Any and all information here may be incorrect.My intent is, after the content matures, to turn this first post into a wiki so that anyone can maintain it going forward from there.

These are asked about over and over and over again, so I thought it would be nice to have it all in one place.Ĭonstructive criticism, corrections to errors, pointing out omissions, etc. The intent is to cover all relevant and compatible CPU upgrades for all Mac Pros. Bokkow and I have created a Mac Pro CPU compatibility list.
