Owc Diy Storage Upgrade Kit For Mac
Complete HDD Upgrade Kits for Apple iMac 2009 – 2017. Install up to a 10TB Hard Drive. Thanks to OWC's innovative drive upgrade kit, you can add up to a 10TB to your iMac.
OWC's iMac Drive Upgrade Kit is the only solution on the market to offer full compatibility with the digital thermal reporting in Apple's SMC. Unlike Prior Generations, Apple iMacs from late 2009 to current 2015 & later utilize digital reporting and even custom firmware for SMC drive temperature reporting.
OWC's Exclusive HDD Kits include our custom digital monitor that 'talks Apple SMC' and maintains proper temperature reporting and Apple Diagnostic compatibility allowing you to.
The first of those kits is the SSD Upgrade kit that comes with the OWC Express Enclosure. This can be used in two ways, one being installing the SSD into the enclosure connecting to your Mac and running something like Carbon Copy to Clone the OS to the SSD and then swapping the SSD into the machine.
The second use would be as an enclosure for the original iMac HDD, to get any data off the drive after a fresh install of macOS to the SSD. The memory upgrade kit is a standalone kit of memory made for the 2017 iMac, OWC sent over the 32GB option for this article.
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The MSRP of the 1TB OWC SSD Upgrade kit comes in at $329.99 backed by a five-year warranty: The Memory upgrade kit in the 32GB capacity comes in at $328.99 with a lifetime warranty. OpenCL didn't see much of an increase, we went from 48348 to 48737 with the 7700. I'm closing in on two months since I went through the steps of upgrading this iMac. The biggest performance gain has definitely come from the SSD, and if you are going to dive into tearing your iMac apart it's the easiest component to swap out. In fact, you can remove the screen and swap the drive without touching the power supply, mainboard or speakers. Is it worth it?
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Apple charges a nice $700 USD to go from the base HDD to a 1TB SSD, OWC charges $329 for the upgrade kit, you save roughly $350. As for the memory upgrade, the base model 8GB unit works just fine. However, it's the lowest amount of memory you will want and moving into a new macOS in a few short weeks it may be worth future proofing your iMac. That said, Apple charges $600 USD to move from the 8GB to the 32GB while you can add it to your OWC upgrade kit for another $329.99. For those that don't need 32GB, Apple does offer a 16GB upgrade for $200 while OWC charges $169.99, this makes a 16GB feasible to have done from the factory. Last was the processor upgrade, the base i5 7400 is an ample quad-core CPU, but for those that want the very best or are doing editing with multiple windows, the 7700 is a great upgrade. You can find the i7 7700 on sale for around $303 at the time of writing and Apple will include it for $300, but it will delay the build time for your iMac by a few weeks.