David Hanak The new iMac Pro has been on sale for a few weeks now, so it was only a matter of time before the folks at iFixit got their hands on it. The wait for details on what's inside is over, as yesterday iFixit released a detailed description of what's inside and how to get to it. You can find the original article with dozens of high-resolution images <a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1932/8043/files/200721_ODSTOUPENI_BEZ_UDANI_DUVODU__EN.pdf?v=1595428404" data-gt-href-en="https://en.notsofunnyany.com/">here</a>.
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Patrik Siwek iFixit chose the "base" model of the iMac Pro with a price tag of $4999 (139 crowns) for its spree, in which there is an 990-core Xeon W (8/3,2GHz), 4,2GB DDR32 ECC RAM, AMD Vega 4 and 56TB NVMe SSD. The de-construction of the new workstation is very similar to that of the classic 1K iMac. The main difference is the different architecture of the internal components, behind which there is a new cooling solution, which is definitely needed, as shown in the article below. Due to cooling, for example, the original box for quick replacement of the operating memory has disappeared. It's still replaceable, it just takes a little more work.
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Disassembling the iMac Pro showed that these are completely standard DIMM slots for DDR4 ECC RAM. In the basic configuration, there are four 8GB modules with a frequency of 2666MHz inside. You can equip the machine with your own set of ECC memory up to a maximum capacity of 128GB (4 x 32GB modules). If you decide to do so, you will lose the warranty, but it will cost you significantly less than if you had more operating memory installed from Apple, which wants an additional fee of almost 77 crowns for the maximum RAM configuration. Buying along the "own axis" will cost you roughly half.
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In addition to the operating memory, it seems that it is also possible to replace the installed SSD disks. Although it is a proprietary Apple design, they can be easily removed and replaced, so it is only a matter of time before a compatible solution appears on the market. The processor can also be replaced, but in this case it is a big unknown, as it is not standard Xeon W chips but for processors that Intel slightly modifies for Apple (mainly with regard to the maximum TDP). However, the socket for the processors should be standard, a possible problem may be the incompatibility of the standard sold processors with the motherboard at the firmware level.
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What, on the other hand, is not replaceable is the graphics chip. It is powered by the motherboard and there is no risk of a future upgrade in this case. So the graphics card will be with you for the entire life of this computer. On the iFixit website, there are really a lot of photos showing the contents of this computer in the smallest detail. If you are at least a little interested in computer hardware, I recommend you take a look at the article. The new iMac Pro looks really cool inside.
Source: iFixit
