Mid 2011 i7 iMac Price

Conanius · 26 Nov 2016 at 09:08

I've been offered a Mid 2011 iMac 27" with the 3.4Ghz i7 CPU, 32GB RAM and a 500GB SSD in it for a little over £600.

I know this is an older model without a 4k/5k screen, but the CPU performance appears to be pretty reasonable - close to 2000 single thread score on passmark so I think it should be ok for a little while.

Is the price broadly in line with where it should be?

metachi · 26 Nov 2016 at 14:41

good price. but be aware the gpu failure on 2011 27".

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203787

looks like the programme has ended? if so... then it is a good idea to run smcFanControl on full speed.

shiver · 28 Nov 2016 at 10:17

Also, it has USB2 so you'd need a thunderbolt dock or adapter of some kind to get decent peripheral speeds

monkey_boy · 25 Dec 2016 at 21:11

Good price, go for it.