Before I continue, I'd like to thank
@Cory5412 for re-integrating my 2017 Latest... thread with my 2013 thread, which I thought was lost until I accidentally rediscovered it a few days ago.
OK, so with that out of the way, let's discuss the iMac!
It's the Early 2009 20" model, with base 2.4 GHz Core2 Duo E8135 CPU. I'm not sure of RAM, but I suspect that it's either 2 or 4 GB (I'll have to boot it up and check).
Anyway, I'm thinking of ways I can upgrade it to be a bit more useful. However, being that it's at the extreme edge of what's considered usefully modern, I'm not expecting to gain much out of the effort, save perhaps for the experience gained in disassembly (I've never operated on any of these iMacs before; only with the G3 iMacs do I have any significant experience), and am aware that it's not a super cost effective machine to dump upgrades into, but I want to anyway "Because I Can."
That being said, I want to know if I can upgrade the CPU. I've read conflicting reports on exactly what's possible, so I'm not exactly clear on the matter.
Be that as it may, if it is possible, I'd like to upgrade it with a Core2 Quad of some kind (allegedly, the Core2 Extreme X9100, Core2 Quad Q9100, and Core2 Quad QX9300 are at least mechanically compatible, as are the C2D T9900 and E8435, the latter of which was apparently Apple's top-end BTO CPU option for this model), because I think that would offer the best performance.
Aside from that, I'll at least want to max out the RAM (8 GB, I believe), and upgrade the hard disk (I have a 1 TB drive that's seen minimal use, so I think I'll use that).
Soo... thoughts? Suggestions?? Comments???
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