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With the availability of Apple's new Mac Pro tomorrow, we thought it would be best to review general compatibility status of Intel's Socket 2011 motherboards and CPUs. The new Mac Pro will use Ivy Bridge - EP Xeon CPUs with 4, 6, 8 or 12 cores.
Sandy Bridge - E/EP
These CPUs have been natively recognized by the OS X kernel since 10.7.3. However CPU power management may not work with certain setups and operating system versions. This means no speedstep, sleep, etc... 4 core Socket 2011 CPUs like the i7-3820 have sleep/wake functionality in 10.9+
Here is a list of the Sandy Bridge - E/EP CPUs from the Buyer's Guide.
Intel Xeon E5 2609 (4 core)
Intel Xeon E5 2630 (6 core)
Intel Xeon E5 2640 (6 core)
Intel Xeon E5 2650 (8 core)
Intel Xeon E5 2690 (8 core)
Intel Core i7-3820 (4 core)
Intel Core i7-3930K (6 core)
Intel Core i7-3960X (6 core)
For specific installation and post-installation tips, check out the following guide:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks-desktop-guides/118831-gigabyte-ga-x79s-up5-mavericks-guide.html
Ivy Bridge - E/EP
Launched in September 2013, these CPUs are not working natively with OS X as of 10.9.1. Kernel support is expected to be added after launch of Mac Pro. General OS X support likely in early 2014.
NOTE: This info is subject to change. Special thanks to MacMan and eelhead for their X79 testing, and the enthusiastic Socket 2011 users on this forum. If you have anything to add regarding Socket 2011 CPUs, add it here!
Sandy Bridge - E/EP
These CPUs have been natively recognized by the OS X kernel since 10.7.3. However CPU power management may not work with certain setups and operating system versions. This means no speedstep, sleep, etc... 4 core Socket 2011 CPUs like the i7-3820 have sleep/wake functionality in 10.9+
Here is a list of the Sandy Bridge - E/EP CPUs from the Buyer's Guide.
Intel Xeon E5 2609 (4 core)
Intel Xeon E5 2630 (6 core)
Intel Xeon E5 2640 (6 core)
Intel Xeon E5 2650 (8 core)
Intel Xeon E5 2690 (8 core)
Intel Core i7-3820 (4 core)
Intel Core i7-3930K (6 core)
Intel Core i7-3960X (6 core)
For specific installation and post-installation tips, check out the following guide:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/mavericks-desktop-guides/118831-gigabyte-ga-x79s-up5-mavericks-guide.html
Ivy Bridge - E/EP
Launched in September 2013, these CPUs are not working natively with OS X as of 10.9.1. Kernel support is expected to be added after launch of Mac Pro. General OS X support likely in early 2014.
NOTE: This info is subject to change. Special thanks to MacMan and eelhead for their X79 testing, and the enthusiastic Socket 2011 users on this forum. If you have anything to add regarding Socket 2011 CPUs, add it here!