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X99 Deluxe and 5960X installation

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Do you mind if I ask what the total cost for the build was? Just trying to see if its feasible for me, I really want to do it.

I noticed the CPU is at least $1600, motherboard $350, cooling I'm assuming $200? What else?
 
The costs you state are correct. In my case the additional parts were all salvage parts from previous builds - RAM, cooling bits, case, fans and PSU. So my direct and immediate out of pocket expenses for this machine were just the CPU and the Motherboard.
 
This build runs all day from about 7:00am to 11:00pm at night...and continuously means no sleep. The average(?) cpu temp at rest is about 37 to 38 degrees and peaks at 82 to 84 on geekbench. The room temp is always between 28 to 32 degrees or warmer (I live in Malaysia).
I must admit that I am very happy with this machine...but anxious to get Sierra up and running, although el Cap is great enough.

I noticed your geekbench says Mac Pro 5,1. Is that just because you've tricked it into thinking its a 5,1?

I have a 5,1 Mac Pro case & firmware, currently with dual Haswell 6 core processors @ 3.46GHZ that I'm wanting to upgrade.

Do you know if I would be able to use this case and system and other parts for the build and just get new processors, motherboard and other specs? Or did your build really not contain any actual 5,1 Mac Pro parts.
 
I noticed your geekbench says Mac Pro 5,1. Is that just because you've tricked it into thinking its a 5,1?

I have a 5,1 Mac Pro case & firmware, currently with dual Haswell 6 core processors @ 3.46GHZ that I'm wanting to upgrade.

Do you know if I would be able to use this case and system and other parts for the build and just get new processors, motherboard and other specs? Or did your build really not contain any actual 5,1 Mac Pro parts.
Mac Pro case with PC hardware is possible with some work if you are handy with tools.
See https://tonymacx86.com/categories/case-mods.111/
 
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