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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

CPU

2.8GHz Intel Quad Core Xeon W3530

RAM

24 GB 1066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM

Graphics Card

ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB

Disk Drive

It actually has one! MacPro5,1 Stock

Power Supply

MacPro5,1 Stock

HDD

3x 1TB WD Black, RAID5 (?)

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.


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