Building The Ultimate Mid 2011 iMac 21.5'! Upgrading 2011 iMac CPU and Hard Drive!

[techitout]

As many of you have questioned, I did not put a hard drive temp sensor in, but I use Mac Fan Controller and its a software that can read the built in sensor of the SSD, keeping the fan speeds under control.

[phantomphixer]

You showed all the work . But you didn't turn it on and show that it works???

[KGKolibri]

thanks for the video dude, i bought an 2011 21, 5" iMac with i5, 500gb hdd and 4gb ram. ordered 16gb ddr 3 ram, 500gb ssd and the i7 sandy bridge and wow it runs awesome !

[FunForAllification]

My ADD son did the same thing with every toy I ever bought him. None of them ever worked afterwards.

[NotroDan]

can u do some benchmarks? I’d love to see if this upgrade is worth it I’ve got the same iMac

[allanschmidt]

Anyone have any idea how much the cpu costs? trying to figure out if this makes financial sense for me.

[skunkproductionsMLA]

i7 2600S vs. i7 2600K vs. i7 2600 vs. i7 3770 vs. i7 3770K Please discuss which will work on a 21.5" 12, 1 2011 iMac. Thanks.

[alanabley]

Great video. Can my 2011 iMac be used as a second monitor with iPad 8th gen. Thanks.

[tmiller]

Can you upgrade the iOS completely to the top 10.14 or is the motherboard keeping you from being able to do that with the chipset

[rockydonet]

woo, upgrade CPU is far more complex than I think : ) SSD & RAM are easy upgrade.

[Sephiyroth]

Going to do one with a 2012 slim unibody, Ik what I’m doing with the adhesive and all that but I have to ask, where did you get your toolkit and how much is it?

[natem.]

Do u have the list of parts u upgraded? Max memory allowable, ssd, cpu, etc.

Bought 860 evo 1tb ssd, planning to upgrade to 32gb crucial memory and not sure of cpu that is compatible to this imac

[golf_echo_november]

Good job sir! Very interesting video I’ll try to upgrade my iMac....

[דודה-רג]

2.5 GHz Processor Type: Core i5 (I5-2400S) LGA 1155 (Socket H2) Did it have this set up for original processor?..this is from mid 2011 IMAC. (Order MC309LL/A Model A1311 (EMC 2428)) Thanks...

[megalospathi]

Hey, can you run like new mac os versions now...i.e. big sur that is coming up?

[liampaulmcguinness]

After the boot up did you need to re set the P Ram or do anything to get it to boot ??

[KimJeppesen]

Not really the Ultimate without gpu upgrade..

[noobfishing]

Nice video!!!! A tutorial would be great. I’m looking to do this exact thing to my 2011 iMac.

[Trackformers]

Is that the steongest CPU it will take? And how long did the whole process take? And does it all work?

[SuperMachead]

I noticed you didn’t install a hard drive temp sensor from OWC...do the fans fun constantly ?