![]() These machines are becoming fairly cheap now, and this will most likely be a great gift for anyone who wants to replace their old desktop. ![]() To make things easier, we are going to start with the common iMac, 21.5″ (A1311 or A1312 model body). So my Passmark scores might not be that completely accurate because these were tested on a wide range of machines that has different heatsink designs, voltage input and (most importantly) different dedicated RAM configurations, so just take it as a ballpark. Another thing on these GPUs is that they use laptop or mobile versions of the graphics card. But this post will mainly focus upon finding a good deal to buy or one to flip. Also you can supposedly upgrade the GPUs on these machines. You’ll get mixed results on upgrading the processors on the 27″ model, not sure about Core 2 Quad/Extreme or i5/i7 on the 21.5″. In addition to this, the late 2014 models introduced a 5K display. There are 2 distinguishable versions so far the ‘thick’ 2009 to 2011 units with the vent on top & DVD drive, then there is the 2012 & later that don’t have CD drives, thinner, and have the RAM door right below/behind the hinge. This page was made in November 2017, so prices should depreciate from 5% to 20%. CPU upgrading is a gamble – iMacs won’t just boot, specifically the i7-3770s working but i7-3770 wont for you, but to others… it can work just fine.RAM upgrading is a pain – some 2009 – 2012 iMacs are more picky & don’t boot from RAM.Installing a bigger HDD or SSD can make the fan run at 100% – MacFan Control to ‘fix it’. ![]() There’s a lot of tech garble on this, so skip down to ‘Pricing Guide’ if you’re just interested in iMac pricing only. ![]() I’ve had a few of these before and they are nice, luckily I’ve yet to come across a bad GPU model. This is in addition to the 21.5″ Guide, more information given on that one. Yeah yeah, here is the 27″ iMac pricing guide.
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