Apple Mac Pro “Eight Core” 2.4 2010 Specs
Mac Pro – MC561LL/A – MacPro5,1 – A1289
About this Mac
The a1289 Mac Pro in 2010 had some differences from its predecessors but was certainly packed with more power to drive your work. The differences include its Turbo Boost capacity for 2.4 GHz to up to 2.66 GHz. Also there was the disappearance of the FireWire “400” ports but not a reduction in the overall number of FireWire ports as the two FireWire “400” ports were replaced by 2 more FireWire “800” ports, a similar exercise was carried out on the PCIe expansion slots as four PCI e 2.0 slots were now present as opposed to 2 PCIe and 2 PCIe 2.0 ports. The Mac Pro was still the most expensive of all products but its price was worth the quality of the machine.
2.4 GHZ Xeon E5620
6 GB
1 TBHard Drive
Plugged-in
Storage & Memory
The device was built with 1 TB Serial ATA (3 Gb/s) hard drive storage with a disk speed of 7200 RPM.
Screen Size and Resolution
The Mac Pro had a primary display support for up to 6 displays and a resolution support of 2560×1600 and also a 2nd display support of 1920×1200.
OS & Processor
The Mac Pro had Mac OS X 10.6.4 (10F2521) pre-installed on it. This was powered bydual 2.4 GHz Quad Core 45-nm Xeon E5620 (Westmere) processors with a dedicated 256k of level 2 cache for each core and 12 MB of “fully shared” level 3 cache per processor. The graphics processor is an ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory.
Memory & Architecture
The device was powered by6 GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM for its RAM. This is centered on a 64-bit architecture.
Upgradability
Although the Mac Pro came with 6 GB of RAM it could be upgraded up to an astounding 128 GB of RAM.
The Operating System of the Mac Pro can also be upgraded from its pre-installed Mac OS X 10.6.4 (10F2521) up to current MacOS X. This Mac Pro was also able to host Windows XP SP2 (32-Bit) and more recently Windows 8.1 (64-Bit).
This Mac Pro had the following dimensions of 511mm×206mm×475mm and a weight of 39.9 lbs (18.1 kg).
Inclusive Features
The Mac Pro includes the following features and ports:
- Standard AirPort Extreme 802.11a/b/g/n (Optional)
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
- 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports
- Four FireWire “800” ports
- Five USB 2.0 ports
- 18X DL “Super Drive”
- A Mini DisplayPort and a dual-link DVI port.
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Introduced:July 27, 2010 |
Discontinued:June 11, 2012 |
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Display Details |
Memory |
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Display Support |
Up to 6 displays |
Level 1 Cache |
32k/32k x8 |
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Resolution |
2560×1600 |
Level 2/Level 3 Cache |
256k (x8), 12 MB (x2) |
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Processor |
RAM Type |
PC3-8500 DDR3 ECC |
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Processors |
2 (8 Cores) |
Min. RAM Speed |
1066 MHz |
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Architecture |
64-Bit |
Standard RAM |
6GB |
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Speed |
2.4 GHz (Turbo Boost up to 2.66) |
Maximum RAM |
128 GB |
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Type |
Q. Core Xeon E5620 x2 |
RAM Slots |
8 |
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Processor Upgrade |
LGA 1366 Socket |
Motherboard RAM |
None |
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FPU |
Integrated |
Graphics |
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System Bus Speed |
5.86 GT/s |
Video Card |
Radeon HD 5770 |
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Cache Bus Speed |
2.4 GHz (Built-in) |
VRAM Type |
GDDR5 SDRAM |
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ROM/Firmware |
EFI |
Standard VRAM |
1 GB |
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EFI Architecture |
64-Bit |
Maximum VRAM |
1 GB |
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Storage |
Inclusive Features and Ports |
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Standard Storage |
1 TB HDD |
Standard Optical Drive |
18X DL “Super Drive” |
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Storage Speed |
7200 RPM |
Standard Ethernet |
Gigabit (x2) |
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Storage Dimensions |
3.5” (25.4 mm) |
Standard Modem |
None |
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Storage Interface |
Serial ATA (3 Gb/s) |
Standard Air Port |
802.11a/b/g/n (Optional) |
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Battery |
Standard Bluetooth |
2.1+ EDR |
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Type |
N/A |
USB Port 2.0 |
5 |
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Battery Life |
N/A |
FireWire Ports |
4 (800) |
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Description |
Keyboard |
Apple Aluminum KB |
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Case Type |
Tower |
Inclusive Input |
Magic Mouse |
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Form Factor |
Mac Pro |
Sound In |
2 |
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Apple Order No |
MC561LL/A |
Microphone |
None |
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Apple Subfamily |
Mid-2010 |
Headphone |
1 |
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Apple Model Number |
A1289 (EMC 2314-2) |
Sound Out |
2 |
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Model ID |
Mac Pro 5.1
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Power Adapter |
1 |
Identifier reference: MC561LL/A, A1289, EMC 2314-2, MacPro5,1. Use these together because one Apple identifier can sometimes cover multiple configurations.
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