If upgrading the RAM is making your eyes water then you may want to stop reading if you are thinking about upgrading the internal Flash Storage.

You cannot mix Registered and Unbuffered memory in the same system' So it you want 32gb of RAM in your Mac Pro then you need to buy 32gb and start from scratch. However the downside is that many Mac Pro 6,1 shipped with 4 modules making up the 16gb of memory so any thoughts of adding a single stick of 16gb RAM to double your memory are dead in the water, Crucial actually state 'Installation of 16GB modules requires all previous lower density modules to be removed. RAM Memory upgrades are available from 3rd parties, for example 16gb of memory from Crucial is around £100. One caveat is that it still remains far more costly than other alternatives either on an older Mac or a Windows PC. However over time more and more 3rd party manufacturers have found ways to allow owners of the Mac Pro 6.1 Late 2013 to upgrade parts. There's no disputing the power of the Mac Pro 6,1, especially when running software that has been optimised to take advantage of the power but being stuck with the factory options can be a pain as you consider a long term investment. Mac users were used to the nice aluminium tower which was easy to add extra memory, drives and 3rd party cards to - so the idea of hanging most of the peripherals off cables left many Pro Tools users cold and unimpressed - sticking to the 'better the devil you know' thinking of the older Mac Pro.Īll of the above concerns were true, when the Mac Pro 6,1 shipped in late 2013 you buyers were given the option of having the drive and memory installed before it shipped or live with what you've got. When the Mac Pro 6,1 'Trashcan' appeared on the market it was seen by many as a closed system and therefore some were not sure about its suitability as a Pro Tools computer.

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