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Hello,I want to upgrade my 21.5" iMac 2011.Can iMac 2011 upgrade cpu to i7 3770S or 3770 or 3770K.Have anyone success ? And can iMac upgrade RAM to 32 Gb? Sorry for my english language:)))
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Nope, can't upgrade the CPU or GPU. However it will accommodate 32GB of RAM. Use ONLY Crucial or OWC (www.macsales.com) RAM though, iMacs are very sensitive to RAM.
Sorry man, an Ivy Bridge CPU will never work with an iMac the of that generation, I have heard that people are successful in swapping out the old Sandy Bridge CPU for a more powerful one of the same generation, such as the i7-2600 or something similiar.
Put this into consideration before deciding if a cpu upgrade is worth the cost.
However by all means purchase a RAM upgrade as mentioned by rkaufmann above.🙂
21.5" iMac 2011 CPU and RAM upgrading
