#Best ssd for imac 2010 upgrade#
#Best ssd for imac 2010 series#

replacing the DVD drive with a second disk) bear in mind that the two SATA ports are of different speeds in the mid-2010 MBP.

#Best ssd for imac 2010 upgrade#

reason I am asking is because I own a HP Z420 Workstation and it can boot PCIe SSD, but not NVMe. OWC SSD Upgrade Kit for 2010 27-inch iMacs, OWC Mercury Electra 1.0TB 6G SSD, 18' SATA III 6Gbps Data Cable, SSD Power Cable, Installation Tools and iMac Screen Adhesive Tape Set.

One final point, if using a data-doubler or similar (i.e. 2 - HP Z420 - Unable to get into macOS Recovery Hello. And unless you're doing some heavy video editing or really disk-heavy work, I'd suggest the performance differences won't be noticed. Sure it was nice having ~400MB/s+ (not sure what speed it actually ran at) but I didn't do a lot of work that truly utilised the top-speed of the SSD, so the performance differences were pretty moot. For me, the top-end drive speed difference didn't mean all that much, because primarily I was after the low seek speeds. Max your iMac Intel 27' EMC 2374 (Late 2009) with 32 GB RAM.

iMac Intel 27' EMC 2374 (Late 2009) Memory Maxxer RAM Upgrade Kit. Upgrade the storage and improve boot time and read/write speed in your iMac Intel 21' and 27' Late 2009-Mid 2010 with this SSD upgrade bundle. I also found some vendors saying that (at the time) the Intel 330s were seeing less RAs than some other similarly priced brands I was looking at this may or may not be the case right now, and I was only able to compare a few brands. iMac Intel 21.5' and 27' (Late 2009-Mid 2010) SSD Upgrade Bundle. I found people saying they'd successfully used the Intels (and well most brands actually). Personally I looked around for info on the most reliable SSDs rather than the fastest. It worked for me, and it's TRIM compatible but you need to use TRIM Enabler or similar to turn it on. The performance difference (compared to stock 500GB HDD) was amazing.

#Best ssd for imac 2010 series#

When you get your next Mac, be sure to avoid mistakes that destroy your laptop so you don't send it to an early grave.I put an Intel 330 series SSD in my mid-2010 MBP. OWC SSD Upgrade Kit for 2010 27-inch iMacs, OWC Mercury Electra 1. But when your computer has so many small quirks that it's barely usable, you should cut your losses and look into a replacement machine that will perform much better.

I know someone who could replace the drive. Is it worth to upgrade the RAM with 8GB so i have 12GB RAM and replace the DVD-Drive with a SSD (I read that works) It would cost me around 150 (which is 170 ca.). Its just getting a bit slow in the last time. Little problems, like your charger not working unless it's in just the right spot, dead pixels on the display, stuck keys, and crackling speakers aren't necessarily signs that you need to replace your Mac. I have a 2010 21,5 inch iMac (with 4GB RAM and a 500GB HDD) which is reliably running. You can live with a few odd issues if they don't impact your ability to use it properly, but eventually, something big will go wrong and you'll have to decide whether to fix it or upgrade. An old computer is often a lot like an old car. And as discussed above, it doesn't make a lot of sense to pour hundreds of dollars into an old or even obsolete machine when you can get a new one that will last longer.īarring a major hardware catastrophe, a long list of small issues can quickly become a big problem too. In these cases, your computer is unusable until you get it fixed or replace it.