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I currently have a Mac Pro mid 2012. I use VM Fusion on this machine. Recently VMFusion upgrade states it does not support the mid-2012 3.2 GHz Quad Core Xenon processor. The new VMFusion is supported in 2010 Mac Pro "Six Core", "Eight Core" and "Twelve Core". So I would like to upgrade the processor in the 2012 machine. Is this possible? If so how and where?
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Of course it is possible. It’s a matter of how deep you pockets are.
It’s just a matter of exchanging the processor trays.
Here’s a listing of available upgrades:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4...
I would love to take mine to a :
12-Core 3.46GHz Xeon and 128GB RAM
just don’t currently have the $1590 to do it.
The Intel 3.46 GHz Six Core CPUs.
This is a straightforward procedure that will take very little time and the result will be a machine with multi-thread performance exceeding the 2017 6 core "trashcan" Mac Pro by an average 60%
UPDATE
What I am researching now is doing it myself and if this will work on my 2009 that has been flashed to 5,1 $289.95
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Apple Mac Pro "Quad Core" 3.2 (2012/Nehalem) Specs
Identifiers: Mid-2012 - MD770LL/A - MacPro5,1 - A1289 - 2629
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_p...
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Here is a full listing of your systems options: MacPro5,1
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