Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges.
UCC machine history
Acquired in ~2020 by Stuart Duncan, resurrected and updated in 2023 by [BRD]
Current machine tasks
Clubroom Mac machine
Current software configuration
OpenCore Legacy Patched MacOS Monterey 12.6.3 (21G419)
Current hardware configuration
Motherboard |
MacPro5,1 Stock |
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CPU |
2.8GHz Intel Quad Core Xeon W3530 |
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RAM |
24 GB 1066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM |
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Graphics Card |
ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB |
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Disk Drive |
It actually has one! MacPro5,1 Stock |
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Power Supply |
MacPro5,1 Stock |
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HDD |
3x 1TB WD Black, RAID5 (?) |
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Future plans for the machine
- Upgrade GPU to flashed GTX680 for Metal support.
- Obtain new CPU (perhaps something like X5675) and 1333MHz RAM - should be pretty cheap on disposals.
- Keep an eye out for newer Radeon GPU - e.g. 7950, 7970, R9 280X
- Purchase a SATA SSD as a new main disk - TLC with DRAM - e.g. MX500 is often pretty cheap ~$80/1TB
Thanks to:
- [???] (Stuart Duncan), who donated the machine (see Committee Meeting Minutes 2020-01-27)
- [BRD] , who set it up in UCC.
- [TRS] , who donated a GTX680.
