Save Thousands By Upgrading the New 27-inch iMac Yourself [Video]

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Posted July 18, 2017 at 2:49pm by Shalom Levytam

Snazzy Labs has posted a video demonstrating that you can upgrade the processor, RAM, and SSD of the new 27-inch iMac yourself and save thousands!

The 27" 5K iMac is a good computer for many; however, to users that want high-end specs, Apple charges way too much money. Snazzy Labs pulls apart a base model iMac, upgrades the CPU, SSD, and RAM; showing the world the best iMac that Apple doesn't sell! Get the world's best iMac configuration for $2,000 less than what Apple charges.

For the video, Snazzy Labs purchased a mid-grade iMac model with an i5 processor, 512GB SSD, and 8GB of RAM. The desktop was then updated with a i7-7700k CPU, 2TB Crucial SSD, and 64GB of RAM. Notably, since the video was posted it's been confirmed that this upgrade could have been done with the low-end model saving even more.

Interestingly, following the upgrade, the customized iMac benchmarked better than Apple's high-end model.

Take a look at the video below for more details...

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DBoy - July 21, 2017 at 8:21pm

I work at a repair shop. All the fans are exactly the same. There's only one fan and it doesn't matter what's specs there are

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NoGoodNick - July 18, 2017 at 5:28pm

Auto-correct error: that "additional" step.

NoGoodNick - July 18, 2017 at 5:26pm

I'm curios, does the low-end model utilize the same fan to help combat the more intensive heat from the faster processor? Or did they just not detail that Bessarabia step?