iMac 5k RAM Upgrade

[Ben]

I'm looking at buying a 27" iMac in the summer (freelance graphic designer) which comes with 2x4GB RAM from the factory. The 16GB upgrade is an extra £160 when building on the Apple site. There is a total of 4 slots supporting 32GB, could I buy 2x8GB sticks from Crucial (£65) and add these in the two empty slots so there would be 24GB? I wasn't sure if the sticks all needed to be the same size.

 

[Al_G]

Yes, that's exactly what I did.

 

[Ben]

Awesome, exactly what I wanted to hear. I could buy 32GB for the price that Apple want for just 16GB. It seems simple enough to swap out too.

 

[Hugo-]

I did exactly this when I bought my iMac.
Very easy to do. Took 5 minutes.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Do they let you do this with the newer models? Don't they stop you doing that to the new macbooks so you have to but the memory from Apple? That's what I read when looking to spec a macbook pro earlier this year.
Hopefully it'll not be the case the the iMac but could be worth checking.

 

[N0ddie]

Do they let you do this with the newer models? Don't they stop you doing that to the new macbooks so you have to but the memory from Apple? That's what I read when looking to spec a macbook pro earlier this year.
Hopefully it'll not be the case the the iMac but could be worth checking.

On the latest 5K iMac you can upgrade the RAM yourself. I did it back when I got our 2011 model and it looks just as easy to do it to the new ones.

 

[Ben]

 

[Ben]

I just wanted to make sure I could mix the RAM sticks (as long as they're paired up).