Question

I have a Mac Pro 5.2 2012 which currently has both the GeForce and Radeon, 16 GB memory and 1TB normal HDD. I want to upgrade this Mac Pro to its max without over doing something, for example I read in some articles that upgrading it to 96GB memory will give the same result if having 128GB meaning the extra memory is kinda useless. I also read that the bluetooth needs to be changed to support things. So can anyone advise me with the best configurations for Harddrive, memory, GPUs, bluetooth and USB ports?

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Solution

"to its max" is extremely vague, especially as you didn't really tell us much about your existing configuration.

But here are some 'max' specs you can run on a 2012 Pro

  • Max RAM - 128GB in dual channel or 96GB in triple channel. ~$400 (but only if you have a dual CPU) - [OWC]
  • Max Graphics - Nvidia GTX Titan X or AMD RX 5700 - [macvidcards] $675 - $800
  • Max OS - generally High Sierra with NVidia or Mojave with AMD.
  • Max Drives - 7. Four in the regular bays, one above the optical & two on a PCI card - [Mac Pro PCIe SSD Hardware Options]
  • Max CPUs - dual 6-core Xeon 3.46GHz - [OWC] $1,379
  • Max Bluetooth/WiFi - [macvidcards] $175
  • Max USB - 4-port PCI USB 3 card - [innatek] $30 (but many of these type of card are incompatible with newer OSes 10.10+))
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