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I have an iMac 11,2 bought in 2010 and I've been very pleased with him, but now I need more mem space to run games and the adobe photoshop, that is a mem eater!
I have 2 x 2gb ddr3 1333 memory in the iMac as factory (dont know the brand on it... ) and want to go all the way to 16gb, is that possible? will it manage?
thank you!
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8), 3.06ghz proc i3 Core
16GB.
(76974)
16GB.
(76974)
THANK YOU !!
Your iMac will take 16Gb of ram. When purchasing you'd be wise to stick to a vendor that guarantees their ram will work in your Mac. OWC and Crucial are recommended.
Actually, up to 32 GBs of RAM will work in that model.
Purchase the 32 GB kit from OWC if you want to install the max.
| 32 GB (Actual) 16 GB (Apple) | |
| Memory Slots | 4 - 204-pin PC3-10600 (1333 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM |
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Here's the OWC link to the 32 GB of RAM max.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iMac/2010/DDR3_21.5_27
That's not correct. The 11,3 iMacs can use 32GB of ram. The OP clearly states that he has an 11,2 model, and they can only use a max of 16GB.
Sorry, that is not correct.
MacTracker reports that the 11,2 models can take the 32 GBs of RAM, as wwell.
If you don't believe it, contact OWC to confirm.
You don't give up easily do you? I'd suggest that you look at the OWC page that you linked to and select the 32GB upgrade, scroll to the bottom of the page and see which models of iMac that upgrade is compatible with. The 11,3 - 12,1 and 12,2.
As you said....if you don't believe it contact OWC to confirm.
Then MacTracker must be in error about this.
Bummer, as I already have 16 GBs in both my 2009 and 2010 iMacs and wanted to install, at least another 8 GBs of RAM into my 2010 model for a total of 24 GBs of RAM.
MacTracker has lumped the 11,2 and 11,3 together. A better source of information is EveryMac.com! They list 7 different models of mid 2010 iMacs, three 11,2 and four 11,3. MacTracker only differentiates between the 21.5" and 27" models and lumps them together.
What is the max possible memory in imac11,2
