How to Upgrade a 2013 Mac Pro CPU and Reapply Thermal Paste?

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I own a 2013 Mac Pro and I intend to upgrade its CPU and do a thermal paste substitution procedure. Can you help me with how to do that?

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Of course! If you want to upgrade the CPU in your older 2013 Mac Pro and reapply thermal paste, grab yourself a new CPU like the E5 2667 v2, get some precision tool kits, antistatic protection, alcohol wipes, some thermal paste (preferably Arctic MX6), and a silicon mat or a way to keep your screws tidy. Begin by binding the break down the machine, take out the RAM and after that commence work on the fan and heat sink followed by the logic board. Remove the old thermal paste from the GPUs and CPU using alcohol wipes, S -reapply fresh thermal paste and put the components back in. Always be sure to use static precautionary measures so as not to hurt the parts. And once all has been put back together, check the Mac Pro to make sure it runs and starts properly.
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Just did mine two weeks ago! Macpro6,1 temps dropped from 70c to 43c (intensive vacuuming applied too!) and macpro5,1 (which i’ve never done before) went down from 108c!!!!! to 50c  geez that screaming at me when i ran dante via in it to route dante for main mac  performance was greatly improved and no more kernel panics (it was really going too hot)… now i know :)
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i found out something not on cpu upgrades on you tube, i did the upgrade as you showed. it wouldnt power up and i was upset until i found there  the outer case lock that keeps the macpro from powering up unless outer case in and locked/after i did that it powered up fine
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Just did this for mine.
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the little stand-off that got stuck and came out while removing the CPU is normal,, not sure apple thought that part through with how they chose to only use blue loctite on a stand-off that would have something else torqued to hell. when I repasted mine they all stayed in place but on both of my GPUs I had more than one come out. had to use a a tiny wrench to get them unstuck but I made sure to tighten them down and then go back and make sure the CPU stand-offs where tightened down also. im currently debating on swapping out the GPUs thermal pads now
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Hi, i'm looking to do this upgrade, can you please link a source to get the cpu ?
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