I got my first mac and wonder what is the max ram capacity?

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I got my first mac and wonder what is the max ram capacity?

This is my first mac and I gotten it for school for my animation and visual effects. Since they like using tutorials that uses a lot of mac commands instead of windows so I am doing this so I can easily follow along. I gotten a Apple iMac MD063L from newegg it is coming with 8gb of ram and just wonder if it can go higher like what is the max it could do? I just want to make sure it can handle programs like Maya, adobe after effects but primarily Maya and related programs. When it comes to rendering a project.

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Posted on Mar 29, 2015 4:49 AM

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Mar 29, 2015 5:00 AM in response to Subzero664

That model number doesn't sound right. When you click the Apple menu, then About This Mac, what's the model name listed there? (Eg 21.5 inch, mid 2014)

GGenerally recent 27" models have a maximum of 32GB; the 21.5 inch models can go up to 16GB but RAM on the 2014 21.5" version cannot be expanded at all past the purchased amount.

Matt

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Mar 29, 2015 5:30 AM in response to Subzero664

That partial part number relates to 3 different refurbished 27" iMacs at NewEgg. All 3 can be upgraded to 32GB of ram. Only buy ram from either OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/ or Crucial http://www.crucial.com/ and avoid the bargain basement brands sold by other vendors. They're all mid 2011 models I believe.

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