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Sep 21, 2015
Mac Pro 3,1 Great Value
2 of 2 found this helpful I almost don't want to leave this review because I don't want the value of these to increase. I know a little bit about computers but I am no expert by any means. I did a bit of research on used Mac Pros and found that they are generically great units and easy to upgrade. I found one on craigslist and upgraded the ram, replaced the hard drive with SSDs in a RAID striped configuration, and cloned it onto an external hard drive.
One day, it died. I had no idea why, but I found an identical one on eBay for a great price. All I had to do was swap out my RAM trays (that I had upgraded) and my hard drive sleds (also upgraded), and fired it up. Back up and running and I didn't even need to restore from a backup.
I run 2 displays. One died. I swapped them out and found that the second monitor plug wasn't working so I bought an upgraded GPU on eBay. Back up to 2 displays. I also took that opportunity to add a USB 3.0 card.
Just for fun, I decided to see if the old unit had a bad GPU. BINGO. I put the old card in it and now I have 2 Mac Pros. One WAY faster than thee other, but even the slower (single screen) unit is better than most PCs you can buy off the shelf sub $1000. I needed a computer for the kids anyway.
All computers fail. This one is a great value because the market was flooded from designers and ad firms upgrading to newer equipment. Most parts are easily swappable and some are even cheap. RAM is still on the high side, but SSDs are lowering in price. USB 3.0 is cheap and easy to install.
If any part of this machine fails, I am ready for it. It is a big beast, but that makes it easy to access. Again, I am no expert and I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn last night. If I can do this stuff anyone can.