Don't give Apple your MONEY - Mac Pro Upgrade Adventure

A video on YouTube. In Tech, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

Linus Sebastian upgrades the CPU and memory on a base model Mac Pro tower, replacing the 8-core processor with a 28-core Xeon W-3275 and adding 1.5 TB of RAM using aftermarket components instead of Apple's high-priced factory options.

From the video

Answers: How do you upgrade the CPU and RAM on a Mac Pro tower yourself?

Mac Pro CPU upgrade
Mac Pro RAM upgrade
Xeon W-3275 installation
ECC registered DDR4 memory installation
PCIe lane allocation in macOS

What it concludes

Upgrading the Mac Pro RAM and CPU using aftermarket components significantly reduces upgrade costs compared to Apple's factory pricing.
Mac Pro requires ECC registered DDR4 memory or LR-DIMMs, and standard unbuffered memory is incompatible with its Xeon CPU.
Mac Pro allows manual assignment of PCIe slots to different pools to balance lane allocation without overdoing it.
Third-party PCIe cards like a Titan RTX function successfully in the Mac Pro when paired with proper auxiliary power cables.

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