Apple SSD UPGRADE: Mac Pro 6,1 - A Good Idea in 2020? - Bonus Episode

[@johnh8268]

Thanks for this video! I took the plunge after your last video and replaced my drive as well. A couple of notes on my experience: 1 - 500GB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe drive for $87 from Amazon. 2 - NVMe adapter for $17 from Amazon. 3 - NVMe external enclosure for $37 from Amazon. 4 - NVMe heat sink $6 from Amazon I put the EVO in the enclosure and used Carbon Copy to transfer info from old drive to new. I moved the EVO drive into the Mac Pro. Done! I also bought an extra NVMe to put in the enclosure to have another external backup drive. I also took the plunge and upgraded from the 6 core to 12 core CPU with a used on from eBay. I also upgraded the RAM from 32GB to 64 GB. After all that, I don't even notice any difference in day to day use. LOL. Oh well. I feel better at least. I also think the resale value will recover all the cost if I ever sell it. Cheers!

[@ConstantGeekery]

😁 thanks for sharing.

[@2Pounek]

John H Hey John, I know what you’re talkin about :-)

[@johnh8268]

@@ConstantGeekery Thanks for the clear and in-depth content. Also, my before and after SSD speeds were almost exactly the same as yours. I think that's the max speed of the interface regardless of how great the new drive is.

[@ConstantGeekery]

Yep. PCI 2.0 x4 is as good as it gets.

[@PlayStefan_misc]

John H The SSD upgrade is the only thing which is still missing in my Mac Pro. I went from an „almost“ basic config to the „almost“ maxed out config. Starting from 3,7 GHz Quad (4), 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD and D300 2 GB to 2,4 GHz Dodeca (12), 64 GB RAM, still 256 GB (will be replaced with an EVO 970 1 TB) and D700 6 GB. It was a very interesting but also not so cheap project😅 Here are some of my benchmark tests I did while proceeding the upgrade: browser.geekbench.com/user/REDfaischt

[@turbooo7005]

I realize this is an old video, but the SSD metal backer is not a het sink, but a stiffer. I was part of the launch manufacturing team for this system, and we found that in drop tests the SSD would break in certain drop test scenarios. As such the hardware team added the SSD stiffer to aid with overall rigidity. The adhesive is double sided, and very strong (as you noted). You can remove it, if you heat up the SSD stiffer with heat gun. Cheers and love the videos.

[@ConstantGeekery]

Thanks for sharing - that’s an interesting insight. I am having a minor anxiety attack at the thought of dropping a Mac Pro though… 😬😱😂

[@SQUID_Road_Glide]

Boy would I love to pic your brain on my first Mac Pro purchase. Electronics Technician, USN, RET.

[@jimrogers7425]

I got a made for Mac Pro SSD from OWC so that I could replace the original 1TB as well as upgrade to Mac OS 12 (Monterey). It worked quite well and I can get a couple more years out of my Trash Can Mac without the added expense of getting a Mac Studio, at least for now.

[@philippendletonmusic]

I just did the exact same thing today!

[@denman2126]

I love my 12 core, 64mbs, 1TB drive for daily use. It's quiet, cool and performs well in photoshop.

[@barrycraig]

I've been following along with this as I try and squeeze the most performance possible out of my own 2013 Mac Pro. As well as the SSD, CPU and RAM upgrades I've also recently gone down the eGPU route. My original D300's are absolutely useless, I've "replaced" them with a Vega64 in a Razer Core X. The performance increase is incredible for my uses (Photo and some video editing). The hardware cost a little under £500 and is by far the most noticeable improvement so far.

[@larryzhou]

hi, Barry. Do you need to install any special driver to get the eGPU working? have you also tried them in Bootcamp yet?

[@AppleiOSGenius]

I wonder about this also how did this work

[@lwa.dev74]

Thanks for the very extensive overview of upgrade ssd options…your a legend pal :-)

[@WWPTV]

I took the plunge. Yes I am now iOEverything. For me I studied what others are doing for video editing and specifically 1080. I have no desire to go back to 4k anytime soon. I am the leader in my genre so why when no one else is? This was about what can I buy for right at $2000 and I am way less than that before upgrades. But my system is coming with 512GB from the start. So I will need to go from 4 core to 12 and maybe upgrade the D300s down the road or go eGPU in the mean time. I priced the M1 Mac Mini and eGPU at $3800. And that was way more than I wanted at present. And there was no way I was spending $6k plus how much more on a 7,1. Thank you for you very matter of fact videos. Everything else is very snarky about this system. But it is a classy system I have always admired. And it has to be better than my 2018 Dell XPS with 1TB SSD and 32GB RAM and all the ridiculous file IO errors and lost connections to internet. And I still have $1000 for upgrades or Mac Book Pro for taking my channel on the road. That is why I am building my system with and MVE 2TB SSD for actual files and projects. I am looking at 20TB+ of combining 8 years of 2TB into a NAS that is super reliable. It you have any thoughts or videos please link them to me.

[@rolandgerard6064]

You go deep on your subjects, i like that.

[@guyonamotorcycle1]

Just purchased an adapter and an evo 970 1Tb. I was a bit disappointed that I needed to upgrade to 10.13 as I am very happy and everything works fine with 10.11. Thanks for the vids.

[@ConstantGeekery]

10.13 and 10.14 both work well with the 6,1. Consider doing a fresh install if you can. I'm sure the EVO 970 will prove to be a very nice upgrade!

[@stevec7551]

10.15.7 EVO 970 1T will works fine with Sintech NGFF M.2 nVME SSD Adapter Card? (2013 Mac pro6.1)

[@ralflukovic8760]

As I commented on your Mac Pro upgrade video with my 10 cores CPU... I even updated my drive. Aura Pro X2 480GB was my choice. I bought a new one.I have similar result as you 1250 write and 1400 read in average. I even successfully installed Boot Camp for few applications which doesn't work any more in Catalina. It wasn't easy to get all components to work properly in the beginning and I succeeded in the third attempt. If you like to play a games Windows use both GPU with excellent performance.Almost double FPS than on Mac.

[@WarriorsPhoto]

Now that you’ve done all these updates I am more excited for Episode 4. This machine should fly especially in FCPX. Congratulations.

[@ConstantGeekery]

Thanks. I’ve written the script... just need to film it. Will be up soon! Thanks for watching. 😊

[@WarriorsPhoto]

Constant Geekery You’re welcome. Script??? WoW, not many KZbin personalities do. Congratulations on being ahead of the game. ;)

[@2Chickaboom2]

Great vid. I will be checking out your other material as well. Recently, needing to upgrade from my current 7 year old iMac graphics workstation,I took advantage of a seller with a base model 6,1 on eBay that bidding closed out on Christmas morning. No one else was paying attention at the time and I got a fair deal on a newer machine. I upgraded the SSD to Adata 1tb, removed the mismatched 12gb DDR4 and installed a matching set for 64gb as well as the 12-Core CPU kit. After getting everything sorted out and into a (mostly) trouble-free graphics machine, I would have waited out for a D500 or D700 GPU version to pop up. Chatting with others with similar upgrades, apparently the sweet spot for graphics is an 8-core and not the 12. Al told, I am happily under $2k for the whole machine with its misc. add-ons.

[@ConstantGeekery]

That’s excellent! Thanks for watching 😊

[@ofromdamo]

Yep, I’m inclined to believe that the sweet spot is the 8 core version... so I went with the 2667 v2 processor and couldn’t be happier with it! Nifty little performer in such a sweet design form factor! Love it

[@gregsonberlin3782]

So - thanks for your inspiration. Job done. Internal SSD capacity doubled, performance more than doubled. Easy job: Samsung EVO 1 TB, adapter and heatsink, with CCC to Samsung T5 cloned, swaped and restored. Finish. Now I have an 0,5 TB internal apple SSD here - but the external case from OWC has a real heavy price tag :( Anyway thanks.

[@ConstantGeekery]

That’s great! I’m glad the vid was useful. Well done with the upgrade 👍🏻

[@hanswurst7131]

Not defending the 256Gb base option but: many don‘t want or need more because: PCIe Card for nvmes (cheap and user replaceable) Network Storage with 10GBit fast enough to even edit off of

[@peregrineclarke]

Thanks for this, I've got a 6, 1 MacPro - 12 core Xeon, 64Gb RAM and D700 cards. I love it! It's not the fastest by any means, but it's got plenty of grunt. It's mainly used for LRC and Photoshop with a bit of 4K video editing. I do need to upgrade the SSD though, probably a 1Tb or something along those lines and your video is exactly what I was looking for. Great work!

[@NullStaticVoid]

As far as buying faster Apple drives based on their speed. Those amazing speeds are on PCIE 3 X4 connections like teh 2015 and later Macbook Pro. The drive will mount and work, but will top out around 1800Mbps. As yours did. You'll never cross over 2gbps mark. No not even with 3 drives. The interface is saturated. Strange you don't address the OWC/Macsales SSDs. I've been using them for 10 years and they are a solid company that stands behind their products. They are also often faster than what Apple sells. As far as whether the 2013 Mac Pro is still viable? Well I just realized today my Mac is 7 years old. It still edits video and mixes music just fine. The key is to max out the ram to 64GB, and have a good external storage solution, like a raid array. Also, don't beat up teh USB too hard, it's not very robust. Stick to Thunderbolt and keep in mind there are really only 3 Thunderbolt ports mated to 6 jacks. This will last me at least until the M1 arch becomes dominant.

[@SQUID_Road_Glide]

U R Da Man! I’ve been searching for an SSD Heat Sink…”for peace of mind.” I started watching before getting my 2018 “Open Box”. I thought I was purchasing a Space Gray CTO, 12 core, 2T SSD, 124 Ram. But did my initial cleaning and inspection…following your instructions…to find a heat sinkless SSD. 😢 still a great deal though. Subscribed. (SS/SW/MTS) USN, Ret.

[@Technocrat.]

If your a heavy data transfer user, like photo and video editing and transferring, then best to get Enterprise M.2 SSD, much faster, longer life cycle and heavily protected.

[@iMurasev]

Great series of videos - very detailed and good explained! Thanks a lot!

[@VoltVandal]

Just a remark, i bought one of those nvme adapters and put a samsung 970 in it, but initially it worked just x2, so no speed increase, but after some googling, i had to tape one side of the contacts with a kapton tape, and YES it's working x4. Great content, thanks Update: You want to cover the soldered header pins on the adapter socket, not the pins itself, to prevent a short to the metal cover of the original socket.

[@johnh8268]

Ooh, this is interesting! I do recall hearing something about this. I will look into it. Thanks!

[@johnh8268]

Update, I just checked and I'm running at x4 already. I'm using the Sintech NGFF adapter and some people say it's already set up for x4.

[@VoltVandal]

@@johnh8268 it was a already two years ago, i remembered it wrong, i had not to tape the pins itself, but the contacts of the adapter, because they would short to original socket. see the comments of that post, that one with the images: www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/411888/NVME+M.2+SSD+with+adapter But it might help someone and is important to know.

[@ofromdamo]

What type of speeds are you getting from your taped adapter? I’m currently running with an original 4x 1tb apple SSD, but I’ve used a sabrent rocket nvme on my machine for a couple of months and didn’t tape the adapter and I was getting roughly 1350mbps read/write speeds... I wonder if it gets any better if I tape it.... in theory the sabrent drive should go 2000/3000mbps speeds. Thanks

[@VoltVandal]

@@ofromdamo yes, i'm getting around 1300mbps, more is not possible in our mac pros. If ur at this speed, so you do not need to tape anything, ur good to go, only if u get the half of the speed, this means, that the adapter has a short to the metal cover of the original socket.

[@NeilParfittMusic]

Thanks for the plug! :) Yes, the Amfeltec is not for everyone, but it definitely simplifies outside peripherals and has its own PCIe lane vs sharing the 3 x TB busess across 6 external ports - becomes problematic sharing bandwidth if you have multiple 4k monitors and audio interfacing. I also found when I was travelling around with it, you could throw the machine in a bag and not worry about forgetting work drives. Using those little M.2 adapters - did that interfere with the mount screw position of the SSD? Lookslike it would shift the drive mount position ever so slightly.

[@ConstantGeekery]

Good shout on the Thunderbolt bandwidth - I should have considered that. If I could just find one at a more reasonable price... I haven't personally used one of the adapters, but I believe the Apple SSD is longer. I guess the adapter is based on using a 2280 M.2 (the size code is width by length - e.g. 2280 = 22mm x 80mm). Pretty sure the Apple SSD is longer than 80mm, though I haven't measured it.

[@jakethebasher]

How much did it cost?

[@jakethebasher]

@@ConstantGeekery What prices are you seeing?

[@ConstantGeekery]

@@jakethebasher Currently £510 in the UK.

[@DIGGY_DUBAI]

I like the part where you said "I don't know what planet they think they're on". You are spot on 256 is a terrible number at least ship with 1tb for price you are paying sad!!!!

[@MacSociety]

Also, I see at the end you chat about external eGPU video down the road. I love the looks of the Blackmagic eGPUs. One would look sweet next to a Mac Pro 2013. I wonder if using a Thunderbolt 2 to 3 connector would allow these newer models to work on older Mac Pro 2013 and how much the newer graphics cards in them could help with video work.

[@ConstantGeekery]

Well, I have an eGPU and I got it working with the Mac Pro. Without wishing to give a spoiler for the episode I have planned, I wouldn’t recommend it at the moment for Final Cut Pro... but I need to do some more testing. Watch this space!

[@MacSociety]

Great stuff. I continue to watch this series... as believe it or not, I am still considering buying a 2013 Mac Pro, even if quite outdated. I have Mac Book Pro 2014 now... and this should be a good improvement for my simple iMovies I make for my KZbin channel. I can't see spending $6K on the new Mac Pro. I could do a top of the line Mac Mini... but something about the looks of the neat Mac Pro 2013 still draws me in. Maybe soon I will get one. Hopefully you make some real use videos about how you use the Mac Pro 2013 today for us to enjoy.

[@ConstantGeekery]

Thanks TJ. Part 4 will be more of a real-world usage. Filmed some more of that today, so hopefully should be up next week.

[@DankSwampRebellion]

I hate to say it but Apple ( for the most part) builds their machines to last some are easy to upgrade then others and I was shocked to see the price of the m.2 SATA adapter to use 3 instead of one. Anyway great video I’ll be sure to check out part 4

[@stanlee24]

straight to the point... extremely useful ....

[@tablatom]

PERFECT, thanks mate.

[@infinaneek]

I didn’t realise gen4 will run faster on a mac pro

[@elroycharlie]

great video as always

[@luisvargas3829]

thanks a lot for your solutions!

[@AndrewMusicStudie]

Hi. Have a 6,1 and looking to upgrade the SSD and want to use a modern like yourself. Is it possible to copy my existing hard drive to a new one as in like a clone so I don’t have to re install all my software and plugging, plus I have a duel boot so I can use older music software.

[@LonesomeDogStudios]

Ive been digging thru the depths of the internet trying to find and answer, with no luck. Maybe you can be a beacon of light. I updated mac os on my mac pro 6.1 a week ago, it was fine for several days. One day I did some video editing, rendered off a video and later in the night shut down as normal. When I booted back up the next day, no signal from HDMI on my monitor. Tried diff cables and even plugged in an old mac LED monitor via mini display port, with nothing. So either its a software/driver issue, but how am I supposed to even reformat a mac without seeing the screen? or the GPU has incidentally failed. If you have any words of wisdom on what to try or do, I would be eternally grateful. Cheers Lonesome Dog

[@thedeltabull]

I bought used Mac Pro 2013 from eBay which had Mojave installed. It used to take 5-10 mins to boot. So I tried upgrading it to Monterey, but I couldn’t as it was failing to download upgrade. Then I tried big sur. It upgraded, but in the end restarting process failed. Of course it also took too much time. When I restarted manually, it gets stuck on “estimated remaining time less than a minute”. I’m not being able to understand what’s happening. Is SSD problematic? Could you please guide me?

[@oldfinnishfarmer]

SuperDuper! Is a great copy tool for hdd as well. It was very cheap as well. I did this with Trancient 955 1TB hdd. Where do you get the heatsink from? Great video as all your videos. I’ve done the same upgrade to my mac pro 6,1 two years ago with CPU and Ram :)

[@ConstantGeekery]

I think I bought the heat sink from Overclockers - it wasn’t expensive.

¿Is the internal solid-state drive Crucial CT1000P3SSD8 1TB compatible?

[@Сашаразное]

What screw passanger i need to upgrade ssd in Mac OPro 2013? T9 or T8 or wat?

[@williamharrah3265]

I have an opportunity to buy a used 2013 Mac Pro maxed out with 12 core processor, 2TB SSD and dual D700s for less than $3k. Just been researching to see if that’s the best route to go between $$$ and specs as opposed to a newer model iMac or iMac Pro.

[@officialsimonharris]

Thanks for the video, I have a 2013 Mac Pro which came with 1TB from Apple (with the heat sink) - have you seen the Samsung Evo Plus? They are 489 quid on Amazon for 2TB, they claim speeds up to 3,500 I am getting about 700 at the moment) - do you think one of these would work OK with that adaptor in the Mac Pro? It could be a very interesting upgrade and double the capacity to 2TB - thanks!

[@ConstantGeekery]

I seem to recall early versions of the EVO Plus needed a firmware update to work properly in the 2013 Mac Pro - that may not be the case now. There’s also the standard 970 EVO which is compatible. Whatever you put in, you won’t be getting those speeds because you are limited by PCIe 2.0 x4 bandwidth, which is 2000 MB/sec. Once you factor in the overhead, in the real-world you should still be just over double the speed of your existing Apple SSD.

[@aabc84]

Can you recommend the best ssd card to use for the trash can today

[@oows]

Do you know why 2015 mac series has two times faster reading and writing than 2013 mac pro 6,1? Is there unleash both speed for mac pro 6,1 ?

[@ConstantGeekery]

The generation 3 SSD in the 2013 Mac Pro is PCIe 2.0 x2. The gen 4 SSD that came after is PCIe 2.0 x4. Good news is that you can put a gen 4 drive in the Mac Pro and double the speed. It’s cheaper to an NVMe drive and an NGFF M.2 adapter. Or OWC make compatible SSDs.

[@oows]

@@ConstantGeekery I did put owc aura pro 2x 2T in the mac pro 6,1. the speed is the same as yours in the video. 2015 mac is 2 times faster than ours. Thank you for your reply~!

[@grahamhales9305]

Is there an enclosure available to use the replaced Apple 500GB SSD that doesn't cost the earth, for a late 2013 drive?

[@ConstantGeekery]

There’s not much choice: OWC sell one. Not the cheapest, but it does work.

[@albertbouwer]

I was thinking of doing the same thing. It might be cheaper and easier to just buy a 1TB SSD or what ever size your original ssd drive is and then clone the drive. Objective being able to boot up from an older OS system.

[@zoo-octan]

Hi there. I know this is an older video. Just hoping that there is an answer from the community. In trying to purchase and install a NVME SSD with socket for the 6,1 - I wonder - is that an upper ceiling for the capacity? Could I install a 4tb SSD for example? I've only seen mentions of 1tb and even OWC doesn't go higher than 2tb. While this may seem silly, it's just a thought for having one drive neatly storing all the data...instead of an external...which is sort of the point of having a nice compact trashcan

[@ConstantGeekery]

OWC did make a 4TB SSD. It was wider than a normal SSD so that they could put a heatsink on and get clearance with the case. I suspect physical dimensions and thermals may be the limiting factors, but I don’t see why the Mac Pro wouldn’t support 4TB. I haven’t personally tried it. I’d suggest buying from a supplier with a no-nonsense return policy if you plan to try it. Here’s the OWC version for comparison: www.memoryc.co.uk/20680-4tb-owc-aura-ssd-for-mac-pro-internal-solid-state-drive-upgrade.html

[@leandrohblara]

Cool! Thanks

[@PJ-ee5mc]

I am trying to find the best way to access external drives, both SATA SSDs and 3.5 inch mechanical drives for the late 2013 Mac Pro. I assume that an external enclosure holding several drives and will connect to one of the Thunderbolt 2 ports but I cannot find anything online for Thunderbolt 2. Only USB 3 or Thunderbolt 3. It would seem that the Thunderbolt 2 speeds from the Mac Pro would be more than enough for these slower drives but USB 3 seems a bit too slow. Any recommendations or clarification on this idea?

[@ConstantGeekery]

If the external Thunderbolt 3 enclosure has its own power source, you could use Apple’s Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter.

[@PJ-ee5mc]

​@@ConstantGeekery: I appreciate your reply and want you to know that you inspired me to seek out and buy this computer after having big, beautiful cheese graters for over 20 years! I am waiting for it to arrive in the days to come. I have gained so much valuable information from your videos. For me good information is this the most valuable asset so I am grateful to you. I was finally able to find a drive enclosure with the Thunderbolt 2 ports from Mac Sales. I did not know that they might be backwards compatible so I had not considered an adapter from TB3 to TB2. Good advice. This is the unit I just ordered: It appears to be fast and has good reviews: OWC ThunderBay 4 Four-Bay External Drive Enclosure with Dual Thunderbolt 2 Ports. Approx. $500 US. This is my new Mac: Mac Pro Late 2013 3.0GHZ 8 core Intel Xeon Dual FirePro D500 64GB 1TB SSD. I am told that it is a factory build, not a personal upgrade. It looks like everything I wanted for just under $1,000 US. I wonder how the disk speed will be when comparing the internal 1TB drive to an external 1TB SSD in my new enclosure via TB2 connection. Will it be as fast... or close enough? Thanks again!

[@ConstantGeekery]

@@PJ-ee5mc sounds like you got a good deal! Hope you enjoy the new beast 😁

[@timthesheriff]

Nice work!

[@MacSociety]

hey buddy... just did the deed.. purchased a fairly hardy 12 core dual d700 FirePro 64GB Memory 2TB SSD Mac Pro 2013. Should arrive Monday. Cost me a fair bit used... but 1/2 the price of a base Mac Pro 2019 which would take up more office space and offer more power than I really need for my small videos. I should and hope to be happy with my Mac Pro 2013. Says it comes with an Intel 2TB SSD so will be curious how that does.

[@ConstantGeekery]

That’s pretty exciting! A very healthy spec too! Will you share some benchmarks when it arrives?

[@MacSociety]

@@ConstantGeekery indeed I will. Although I have never done a benchmark video before but sure I will figure it out. I think I have Cinebench on my MBP so will explore it.

[@ConstantGeekery]

Looking forward to it! 😊

[@maxnguyen2875]

How much room did you have left after the heatsink? Would you be able to fit something a little thicker?

[@ConstantGeekery]

There’s probably a little more space.

[@Technocrat.]

Just curious, if you use a aftermarket ssd with an adapter, does performance suffer? Gues only way to find out is to buy a cheap 128gb ssd plus adapter and go, of course would have to be same speed ssd.

[@ConstantGeekery]

From what I’ve seen, NVMe SSDs on adapters give good speeds. The limitation is the PCIe 2.0 4x interface, so you won’t get the full performance of say a 970 EVO, but it will go as fast as the interface allows. You can’t do Internet restore with NVMe and you may also find Bootcamp to be less straightforward (still possible though).

[@antonioqueiros1988]

Many tks for this video, it’s really help me! Can you tell me the ssd you purchase? Tks again!

[@ConstantGeekery]

A gen4 Apple SSD. From a 2015 MacBook Pro I believe.

[@antonioqueiros1988]

@@ConstantGeekery tks

[@maxnguyen2875]

Have you had any issues with the 970 evo drive at all?? I just got a wd sn550 and it has sleep and boot issues.

[@ConstantGeekery]

I don’t use a 970 EVO inside my Mac - I have one in an external enclosure, but the drive in my Mac is an official generation 3 Apple SSD. I know others who use the 970 EVO (not the EVO Plus) in the Trashcan without issue.

[@macgamer1973]

Apple want you only use the 256 only for os, ext for apps and games

[@IAmZen_007]

Nice video. Q: can you put the SSD’s in Raid0 and then carbon copy your original copy onto this Raid0 and bootup?

[@ConstantGeekery]

EDIT: Leaving this comment in place, but the advice is wrong. Please read the full thread. === Interesting question. Obviously you would need something like the Amfeltec AngelShark carrier board... but I see no reason why you couldn't set up a software RAID 0 in Disk Utility and then use this to clone the system to.

[@IAmZen_007]

Constant Geekery I want to add a second SSD in mac mini, put in raid0 and startup from it ...

[@ConstantGeekery]

@@IAmZen_007 Having done a bit more research, Apple's guidance says this is not possible with the macOS Software RAID. I have also seen others who are documenting workarounds, but it looks like it may be tricky. Make sure you take backups if you try!

[@IAmZen_007]

Constant Geekery I also saw different workarounds but I never had the idea it worked 100% (for Catalina). I found 1 movie but my Russian is not that good 😀. Backups are not necessarily, I put all my data on a NAS.

[@williamcharles4008]

I use this machine to run my business. Which monitor do you use?

[@ConstantGeekery]

I’m a big fan of Dell Ultrasharp monitors. We have lots of them at my web studio in 27” and 25” sizes. I just got the 32” 4K version to use with the Mac Pro. They are good quality and colour accuracy is great out of the box.

[@OMAR-FOTO-Y-VIDEO]

Trash can ? Very expensive back then

[@kazakhconqueror8485]

Good day! I want to upgrade my 256gb ssd to 1Tb ADATA Gammix S11 Pro, M.2, PCIe 3.0, with adapter. Is it good? this ssd with heatsink. Mac version 10.13.6

[@ConstantGeekery]

I don't have any experience with this particular drive, so make sure you do your research on compatibility. As general advice, bear in mind that the 2013 Mac Pro is PCIe 2.0 x4, so you won't get anywhere near the published speeds. It will top out at around 1500MB/sec (which is plenty fast and a decent upgrade over the standard SSD), so I wouldn't spend more to get the best performing drive, as you won't see the benefit.

[@KR1275]

My MBP 2014 and Mac Pro 6.1 have different SSD-sockets.

[@NullStaticVoid]

only true if you have a non-retina 'classic unibody' MBP. Retina MBPs 2013-15 and trashcans use the same connector.

[@KR1275]

@@NullStaticVoid Later I found out they are the same indeed. The Mac Pro SSD only has a glued cover. Probably too hot in a MBP 2014?

[@kelvincheng9560]

Can you upload a link of the heatsink ?? thanks

[@ConstantGeekery]

I bought this one: amzn.to/3bO3Mp9

[@Composercleo]

Question, do you think it’s a good idea to buy a 2015 Macbook Pro with an OEM 1TB SSD? That way I could swap it with my 256GB Mac Pro SSD and give it to a family member or resell. My thoughts are getting a Macbook for under $500 versus SSD for $280-$350 and having a 256gb I can’t use

[@ConstantGeekery]

That's a pretty brilliant idea!

[@Composercleo]

@@ConstantGeekery Thank you for the confirmation, I’m gonna stay on the hunt!! Love your content always! Especially your M1 Mac Coverage!

[@ConstantGeekery]

@@Composercleo thank you!

[@Composercleo]

@@ConstantGeekery I continuously comeback to this video.. I found a macbook! Would you happen to have an affiliate link for the heat sink you used? Or know which one would be best?

[@ConstantGeekery]

@@Composercleo This is the one I bought: amzn.to/3anARtq

[@kingjez2903]

any m2 SSDs comaptible?

[@ConstantGeekery]

Yes, with an adapter - easily found on Amazon. You do lose restore from Internet functionality though.

[@lukather1]

What’s best set up for dual monitors ? 6,1 2013 ? Pls Use a docking station ? Or adaptors ?

[@ConstantGeekery]

Not sure I understand the question - the Mac Pro has six Thunderbolt ports and you can run a display off each of them.

[@macgamer1973]

I just Mac Pro 6,1 for 430. Checkout macsales

[@ConstantGeekery]

Enjoy! 😁