The Mac Pro Early 2009
This is a little page to document the modifications I have done to my new favourite machine, the MacPro4,1
- 1x Xeon X5690 - PowerColor AMD RX580 - 16GB DDR3 1333Mhz (to be upgraded) - 2x DVD-RW Drives (hopefully 1x to be replaced with a bluray drive)
Helpful Documentation + video guides
- The definitive Mac Pro Upgrade Guide
- EnableGOP BootROM flashing guide (video)
- EnableGOP GPU flashing guide (text)
- MacRumours post on EnableGOP
Why I made the choices I did
- The Xeon X5690 is the best CPU you can put in a Mac Pro and can be found for around 20 GBP on AliExpress: source
- I already owned an RX580 from my previous main PC
- The Mac Pro came with a drive and I stole the second from my previous main
- This Mac Pro came with 16GB of RAM from the seller I purchased it from and for now this is suitable
Why did I buy a Mac Pro in 2024?
Ever since around 2017 I've been looking into getting one of these cMP's to use as a main machine but they have been ludicrously costly, I found this one listed for a pretty low price of 70 GBP including postage
