[lucienpalmer]

The ram isnt just faster, the whole internal bussing is faster too. And the 2008 macpro’s Have the old EFI, and can’t be upgraded without hacking. A 2010 or 2012 can run the latest operating system and be fully loaded to be pretty closer to a brand new Mac. My 2012 is upgraded to 12-core 3.45, and it scores higher than all the trash can macpro’s, except the very top one.

But if you are going to bother get a 2010 or 2012. You should get a 12-core model. The Ebay price has gone down since my post above from two years ago. You can get one for as low as $1k-1200, pretty well loaded.