My iMac core i5 with 8gb ram and 1tb hdd is very slow, i think this upgrade will make it faster. My imac had 1tb hdd. I want to add another ssd of 256gb. Can i have both in my iMac and use ssd as startup. Recommend me ssd and if possible guide me about price as well. Thanks.
iMac 21.5", macOS 10.15
Good morning,
Mounting an SSD will speed up your Mac as ****, with no doubt.
On Amazon you can find cheapest SSD (Asenno, KingDiana and so on): for my personal iMac I will buy Corsair and Samsung, no issue and I've mounted many of them on MacBook and iMac.
For the guide you can refer on iFixit website: search iMac 2013 and then you should see all the reaper's guide, including switching to SSD.
If you want to keep the original 1 TB HD then you should mount your SSD replacing the DVD burner, always on Amazon there's several kits to do this.
Remember to install on SSD macOS and software, for collecting data the 1TB drive is perfect.
Best regards Marco
Good morning,
Mounting an SSD will speed up your Mac as ****, with no doubt.
On Amazon you can find cheapest SSD (Asenno, KingDiana and so on): for my personal iMac I will buy Corsair and Samsung, no issue and I've mounted many of them on MacBook and iMac.
For the guide you can refer on iFixit website: search iMac 2013 and then you should see all the reaper's guide, including switching to SSD.
If you want to keep the original 1 TB HD then you should mount your SSD replacing the DVD burner, always on Amazon there's several kits to do this.
Remember to install on SSD macOS and software, for collecting data the 1TB drive is perfect.
Best regards Marco
iFixit may be help with this issue.
Consider that SSD is on the back of the motherboard, so it's more simply to remove the hard drive and replace with a SSD.
If the Mac hasn't the Fusion Drive then you have to find another SATA port on logic board.
thanks for your reply. mine is 2013 slim model it hav no DVD burner. in this where and how I can add ssd? your help is appreciated. thanks
Adding ssd to iMac 2013
