An absurd upgrade in a 2008 Mac Pro (NVMe/USBc/10 Gb enet aka McFiver)

My old Mac Pro 2008, aka 3,1, is my favorite computer I've ever owned, as I have used it for a decade as my primary computer. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a single PCIe card that could do everything non-graphics related: SSD, USB-C, 10 Gigabit Ethernet? Well, turns out someone thought of that. MacFiver https://amzn.to/3EdoRNM Product Page https://www.sonnettech.com/product/mc... SSD I should have bought because the TeamGroup is bad: https://amzn.to/40Gs5Rg Mac Pro 2008 NVMe Guide https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/... Mac Pro aquantia OpenCore Fix https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/... Formatted XML https://gist.github.com/fuzzywalrus/1... NvmExpressDXe.efi https://github.com/MatthewPierson/Hac... 0:00 Intro 0:45 The MacFiver 3:30 OpenCore 6:05 Getting NVMe working on a Mac Pro 3,1 11:03 Setting up 10 GbE 13:32 Benchmarks and stuff 16:08 Review Rescuing a Mac Pro 2008    • Rescuing a Mac Pro 2008 and upgrading to m...   Running Sonoma on a Mac Pro 2008    • macOS 14 Sonoma on a 15 year old Mac (clas...   A $75 upgrade to the Mac Pro 2008    • Is it worth upgrading an ancient Mac Pro 2...   Also the Sonnet 4x4 Review!    • $1500 of SSDs in a Mac Pro.... with a Sonn...   MacSoundSolutions also made a thing about this    • Sonnet McFiver 10GbE FIXED!