Configure Your 2008 3,1 8-Core Mac Pro

Processor
The 64-bit Mac Pro includes two Intel Xeon “Harpertown” processors giving you 8 processor cores.
Dual 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Harpertown" [8-cores / 16-threads] $
Dual 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Harpertown" [8-cores / 16-threads] $
Dual 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Harpertown" [8-cores / 16-threads] $
Memory
This dual-processor Mac Pro supports up to 64GB of DDR2 667MHz memory in eight slots. Choose more memory to improve overall system performance.
None $
16GB (4x 4GB) of 667MHz DDR2 RAM $
32GB (8x 4GB) of 667MHz DDR2 RAM $
64GB (8x 8GB) of 667MHz DDR2 RAM $
Hard Drive / SSD - Bay 1 more info
Your Mac Pro includes four drive bays, allowing you to configure it with up to 16TB of storage using 7200-rpm SATA 3Gb/s drives, up to 2TB of storage using high-performance solid-state drives (SSD), or any combination of each type of drive. Configure each drive bay separately.
Upgrading your boot drive from a hard drive to a solid-state drive will generate up to 3x faster boot time, 5x faster import/open/saving of large files, and 5x faster application start-up.
All hard drives and solid-state drives are new.
None $
1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive $
2TB 7200RPM Hard Drive $
4TB 7200RPM Hard Drive $
250GB Solid-State Drive $
500GB Solid-State Drive $
1TB Solid-State Drive $
Hard Drive / SSD - Bay 2
This Mac Pro includes four drive bays, allowing you to configure it with up to 8 terabytes of storage using 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s drives, up to 2 terabytes of storage using high-performance solid-state drives, or any combination of each type of drive. Configure each drive bay separately.
None $
1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive $
2TB 7200RPM Hard Drive $
4TB 7200RPM Hard Drive $
250GB Solid-State Drive $
500GB Solid-State Drive $
1TB Solid-State Drive $
Hard Drive / SSD - Bay 3
This Mac Pro includes four drive bays, allowing you to configure it with up to 8 terabytes of storage using 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s drives, up to 2 terabytes of storage using high-performance solid-state drives, or any combination of each type of drive. Configure each drive bay separately.
None $
1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive $
2TB 7200RPM Hard Drive $
4TB 7200RPM Hard Drive $
Hard Drive / SSD - Bay 4
This Mac Pro includes four drive bays, allowing you to configure it with up to 8 terabytes of storage using 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s drives, up to 2 terabytes of storage using high-performance solid-state drives, or any combination of each type of drive. Configure each drive bay separately.
None $
1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive $
2TB 7200RPM Hard Drive $
4TB 7200RPM Hard Drive $
PCIe SSD / Flash Storage (Boot Drive)
Apple produced the Mac Pro with a SATA II (3GB/s) onboard drive bay controller. New SSDs are SATA III (6GB/s). Upgrading your SSD(s) from the onboard SATA II controller to a PCI-Express based SATA III controller will allow the SSD to perform at full speed; achieving up to double the speed.
SATA II SSD's (Drive Bay) offer a max theoretical transfer rate of: read 285Mbps, write 275Mbps.
SATA III SSD's (PCIe) offer a max theoretical transfer rate of: read 550Mbps, write 520Mbps.
The new 'cylinder' Mac Pros use the newest technology flash storage drives. Via a proprietary and revolutionary system, we install the super fast flash storage drives in the tower Mac Pro. These drives achieve 900MB/s as a single drive and 1000-2000MB/s in striped-RAID configuration.
Since these drives will be installed on a PCI-Express slot, the 4 drive bays will be free. Thus, allowing the SSD/flash boot drive plus 4x hard drives. Additional hard drives and SSDs can be installed in the optical bay upon request.
None $
250GB PCIe Solid-State Drive (~500MB/s) $
500GB PCIe Solid-State Drive (~500MB/s) $
1TB PCIe Solid-State Drive (~500MB/s) $
2TB PCIe Solid-State Drive (~500MB/s) $
256GB PCIe Flash Storage (~1350MB/s) $
512GB PCIe Flash Storage (~1350MB/s) $
Graphics
Configure your Mac Pro with PCI Express graphics cards. Configure your Mac Pro with two cards to power up to six displays simultaneously for visualization projects and large display walls or choose one high-performance card for video editing and rendering.
None $
ATI Radeon 2600XT 256MB $
2x DVI for 2x display support
NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT 512MB $
2x DVI for 2x display support
NVIDIA GeForce GT120 512MB $
1x DVIm 1x mini-Display Port for 2x display support
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1GB $
2x DVI for 2x display support
ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB $
1x DVI, 2x mini-Display Port for 3x display support
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB $
1x DVI, 2x mini-Display Port for 3x display support
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB $
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort supporting 4K RES more info
Optical Drive
Your Mac Pro comes standard with one 18x double-layer SuperDrive that burns and plays both CDs and DVDs.
None $
16x SuperDrive $
2x 16x SuperDrive $
USB 3.0 / USB-C / eSATA
The Mac Pro comes standard with five USB 2.0 ports, two Firewire 400 ports, two Firewire 800 ports, and two Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Enhance your Mac Pro with USB 3.0 (5GB/s), USB-C (10GB/s), and/or eSATA connections for external storage.
If you would like more than one of the options, please contact us for a cutsom quote.
None $
eSATA 2-Port PCIe Expansion Card (6GB/s max transfer rate) $ more info
USB 3.1 Type-C 2-Port PCIe Expansion Card (10GB/s max transfer rate) $ more info
USB 3.0 Type-A 4-Port PCIe Expansion Card (5GB/s max transfer rate) $ more info
USB 3.0 2-Port & eSATA 2-Port Combo PCIe Expansion Card (20GB/s max transfer rate) $ more info
Wireless
Configure your Mac Pro with an AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi card using 802.11n technology to connect to wireless networks.
None $
AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi Card with 802.11n $
Bluetooth
Bluetooth $
Operating System
Choose the operating system that best fits your software requirements.
None $
Snow Leopard 10.6.8 $
Lion 10.7 $
Mountain Lion 10.8 $
Mavericks 10.9 $
Yosemite 10.10 $
El Capitan 10.11 $
Keyboard
Apple ultrathin aluminum keyboard.
None $
Apple USB Keyboard with Numeric Keypad $
Apple Wireless Keyboard $
Mouse and Magic Trackpad
Apple mouse.
None $
Apple USB Mighty Mouse $
Apple Wireless Magic Mouse $
Apple Wireless Magic Trackpad $
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Model Identifier	3,1
Chassis Type	Tower
Chassis Model	A1186
Architecture	64-bit
Processor Class	Intel Xeon 'Harpertown'
Processor Socket	LGA771
Base Clock Speeds	2x Quad-Core 2.8GHz 2x Quad-Core 3.0GHz 2x Quad-Core 3.2GHz
Memory Slots	8
Memory Type	DDR2 667MHz/800MHz Fully Buffered
Maximum Memory	64GB
Drive Bays	4
Drive Controller	SATA 2 (3GB/S)
Optical Bays	2
Optical Controller	IDE / PATA
PCIe Expansion	Four PCIe 2.0
USB 2.0	2x Front 3x Rear
USB 3.0	Optional 4-port
Firewire 400	1x Front 1x Rear
Firewire 800	1x Front 1x Rear
Thunderbolt	Not Supported
Audio	One Speaker/Headphone - Front One Speaker/Headphone - Rear One Optical Audio Out - Rear One Optical Audio In - Rear
HDMI	Optional (Graphics Card Upgrade)
Network	Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	Optional
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 2.0
Power Supply	980W
Operating System	Snow Leopard 10.6 - El Capitan 10.11 No Sierra 10.12 Since Apple Discontinued Support in 2016

Configure Your 2008 3,1 8-Core Mac Pro

Processor

Memory

Hard Drive / SSD - Bay 1 more info

Hard Drive / SSD - Bay 2

Hard Drive / SSD - Bay 3

Hard Drive / SSD - Bay 4

PCIe SSD / Flash Storage (Boot Drive)

Graphics

Optical Drive

USB 3.0 / USB-C / eSATA

Wireless

Bluetooth

Operating System

Keyboard

Mouse and Magic Trackpad

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