iMac RAM upgrade

divuk83 · 3 Nov 2010 at 08:16

A few questions for the experts out there:

I have a early 2010 (April 2010, 27", i5, 4850) iMac and I'm looking a sticking a bit more RAM in. Is it posible to do this myself without voiding the apple warranty or shelling out for applecare? Also what kind speed of DDR3 will it be?

Cheers

Dave

Steedie · 3 Nov 2010 at 08:47

It couldn't be easier to do yourself mate, and it doesn't affect warranty. In fact Apple even have a guide how to do it on their site.

Link here
I know it's for the upto late 2009 models, but it's going to be the same

sheldore · 3 Nov 2010 at 09:11

It took me just over 5 mins to fit the memory. I added an extra 4gb. Very easy job.

divuk83 · 3 Nov 2010 at 09:29

Thanks all, I'm sure when I bought it the guy from apple was implying it was warranty voiding job, but then he did send my iMac to the wrong address! I will check what's in there already before ordering any just so I can be sure I'm getting the right kind.

Cheers

Dave

sheldore · 3 Nov 2010 at 09:53

is it the 2.66 I5 like mine ?

divuk83 · 3 Nov 2010 at 11:53

Yes, thats the one. I have just worked out its 1066mhz drr3 so I have ordered a pair of 2gb sticks to bump it up to 8gb.

Dave

LordSplodge · 3 Nov 2010 at 11:58

It's a user replaceable part (it shows you how to do it in the manuals that came with your iMac.

Oh and OS X is very good at memory management so 8GB is nice to have. I'd like 16GB for video editing but the price of 4GB SODIMMs is silly...