2012 iMac 27, Should I Reinstall Thermal Paste? Upgrade SSD to SP A55 drive or stick with Apple 750gb drive?

[chupa45]

Should I leave well enough alone or should I swap out the thermal compound? Additionally I was told that I should upgrade my SSD to a more modern SP A55 Solid State Drive over the Apple 750gb SSD already in the machine as it will be faster (not actually sure this is true). This imac was purchased refurbished in the U.S. (which I am told refurbish means they could have just wiped it down with a cloth).

 

[pigoo3]

Should I leave well enough alone or should I swap out the thermal compound?

Are you experiencing any issues? Asking "out of the blue" if you should replace the thermal compound is unusual.

Additionally I was told that I should upgrade my SSD to a more modern SP A55 Solid State Drive over the Apple 750gb SSD already in the machine as it will be faster (not actually sure this is true).

Probably better to do some research first before replacing. But if you were looking for more internal storage...then that can be a different matter.

This imac was purchased refurbished in the U.S. (which I am told refurbish means they could have just wiped it down with a cloth).

If this was purchased refurbished from Apple this would not be the case. But if purchased from somewhere else...yes...there's really no set standard for what "refurbished" means exactly.

If you were to go ahead & replace the SSD...then you might as well replace the thermal paste while you're in there (assuming you have the tools & skills to do it carefully).

- Nick

 

[chupa45]

Are you experiencing any issues? Asking "out of the blue" if you should replace the thermal compound is unusual.



Probably better to do some research first before replacing. But if you were looking for more internal storage...then that can be a different matter.



If this was purchased refurbished from Apple this would not be the case. But if purchased from somewhere else...yes...there's really no set standard for what "refurbished" means exactly.

If you were to go ahead & replace the SSD...then you might as well replace the thermal paste while you're in there (assuming you have the tools & skills to do it carefully).

- Nick

No, no issues. Someone just suggested it somewhere. They said since its been 8 years it might be a good idea. Since this is a new to me computer I just want to preserve it to the best of my ability since I will be holding onto it for a very long time. It was refurbished from a company called Experimax fwiw. Thanks for your reply!

 

[chscag]

Should I leave well enough alone or should I swap out the thermal compound?

"If it ain't broke" Still applies. The machine is 8 years old and not getting any younger. Leave well enough alone and use it as long as you can without spending $$$ on it.

 

[chupa45]

"If it ain't broke" Still applies. The machine is 8 years old and not getting any younger. Leave well enough alone and use it as long as you can without spending $$$ on it.

Yeah sounds good to me! Thank-you!

 

[pigoo3]

Someone just suggested it somewhere. They said since its been 8 years it might be a good idea. Since this is a new to me computer I just want to preserve it to the best of my ability since I will be holding onto it for a very long time. It was refurbished from a company called Experimax fwiw. Thanks for your reply!

Apologies...I completely forgot you purchased this "refurbished"...thus you don't know it's history. Sounds like you must have gotten this recently...I think that was one detail that was missing from post #1 (how long you've had it).

- Nick

 

[chupa45]

Apologies...I completely forgot you purchased this "refurbished"...thus you don't know it's history. Sounds like you must have gotten this recently...I think that was one detail that was missing from post #1 (how long you've had it).

- Nick

Yeah I left out that detail. Yes this is new to me. Just purchased a week ago.