iMac i7 2.93Ghz, 120Gb SSD, 2Tb, 16Gb, 1Gb 5750....

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27" iMac i7 2.93Ghz, 120Gb SSD, 2Tb, 16Gb, 1Gb 5750....*NEW VID*

Well I finished my upgrade today with the 16Gb arriving. This thing is :eek:

If anyone wants to ask me anything, benchmark anything, video anything then please let me know and I will try my best. I struggled to get any information at this spec so I thought it might be useful.

It cost:

iMac i7 2010 with student discount (daughter at uni) = £1591
16Gb 1333MHz Ram = £270
Patriot Inferno 120Gb SSD = £176
Seagate LP 5900rpm 2Tb HDD = £76
Cabling for upgrade = £10

SOLD 4Gb that came with machine = -£60

Total = £2063

A lot of money but I have cause to use Parallels with Windows 7 (4Gb RAM dedicated to it), Photoshop CS5, Aperture 3, Office 2011 + usual extras such as email, internet and IM. With all that running its smooth and fast. I can also have warcraft running as well with those programs.

Here is xBench result:

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WOW at full detail and res:

 
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How easy was it fitting the SSD in to the iMac? Might chuck one in mine, but like to know how painless the process was before I do it, as these aren't as easy to upgrade as PC's/MacPro's.
 
How easy was it fitting the SSD in to the iMac? Might chuck one in mine, but like to know how painless the process was before I do it, as these aren't as easy to upgrade as PC's/MacPro's.

This. I would like an SSD and a bigger spinning HDD. Don't need 16GB RAM even with Motion 4 / Final Cut Pro working away... I'd like it but 8GB does it.

More cores is what I need but a 12 Core Mac Pro is still out of my budget. Soon my precious. Soon.
 
Quick video of my mac in action...


Spielbergs got no worries!
 
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The performance looks phenomenal, nice job.

I hadn't realised iMacs were so customisable. This has put me in the mood to start tinkering.
 
Just because I wanted low power and low noise. I don't need performance on that drive.
 
Thats a brave update Spit, I thought undoing my Mini to be hardcore to replace it with a faster mechanical one but that MR thread takes the biscuit.

Very sweet! :cool:
 
Thanks. It was pretty daunting but the hardest part was installing the sata cable for the ssd. I managed to do it without removing the motherboard and the socket was underneath, had to use a torch and pliers. If you have experience of building pcs then it should be ok. Everythings just so tightly packed in the iMac.
 
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