I am planning to upgrade the puny 32GB NVMe SSD drive that comes with my 2019 iMac. I see there are Gen 3x4 and Gen 4x4 NVMe SSDs out there. Is there any benefit of upgrading to the latest Gen 4x4 on the 2019 iMac? Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated!
Hi there!
Any iMac with a 32GB SSD is paired with a large 1TB hard disk and is operated as part of a Fusion Drive. Is yours no longer operating as a Fusion Drive, or are you wanting to upgrade the storage?
If the former, I'd recommend you explore How to fix a split Fusion Drive - Apple Support.
If the latter, rather than opening the iMac, which was never designed to be opened by the end-user and doing so can cause damage to the iMac, why not use an external SSD? An external SSD as your startup disk can give your Mac additional performance for system responsiveness, apps, startup, and more. An SSD will make your Mac 10 to 40 times faster for storage, and in turn, make your entire Mac faster and more capable. To learn more, see Use an external SSD as your startup disk … - Apple Community.
Jack
I have a 2019 iMac and use an external NVME card in a TB enclosure and it is just as fast as the internal SSD.
Yep, 2TB external, TB3, OWC...
NVMe Upgrade 2019 iMac
