01-28-2009, 10:20 PM

Greetings! I want to speed up my computer. Below are current specs. What I want to know is what the maximum RAM I can add is and exactly what increments I should buy. Thank you so much in advance for your help.
Mark

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM51.0090.B00
SMC Version: 1.9f4
Serial Number: QP6342CKVUV

01-28-2009, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by Mark Hallett

Greetings! I want to speed up my computer. Below are current specs. What I want to know is what the maximum RAM I can add is and exactly what increments I should buy. Thank you so much in advance for your help.
Mark

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM51.0090.B00
SMC Version: 1.9f4
Serial Number: QP6342CKVUV

I would run a scan from Crucial and Macsales to see what your imac takes, I ran it on mine, but ordered the memory from newegg.

01-28-2009, 10:33 PM

Your iMac is upgradable to 3 GB of RAM. 4 GB can be installed, but your system will only recognize 3 GB. Since RAM is better in matched pairs, you could get 2x2 GB, that is two sticks of 2 GB each. If you want to save money, you could get 1 x 2 GB, and 1 x 1 GB. The type of RAM is 200-pin PC2-5300 (667 MHz) DDR2 SDRAM.

01-28-2009, 11:39 PM

Thanks. I'm looking at getting 2x2. Now what's confusing is that the items I'm seeing available say DIMM, and not SDRAM, which is what you suggested. Does that matter?

01-29-2009, 01:37 AM

You need SO-DIMMs