I’ve messed a few up but I’ve been doing it for 35 years.
First, CPU upgrades are not near as effective as upgrading your RAM and hard drive. (much easier things to do). You learn by your mistakes, same as the rest of things in your life. In the case of computers it is usually best to learn from others mistakes. Also it is better to start with making simple repairs first and build up you confidence and experience.
How about telling us your exact machine and get some advice from experts before just jumping in the water? If you don’t know, the information is on the bottom of the stand.
iMacs. in general. do not make good lamp stands except for the 2004 G4 iMac.
UPDATE
You have this machine:
Apple iMac "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 20-Inch (Al) Specs
Identifiers: Mid-2007 - MA877LL - iMac7,1 - A1224 - 2133
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/...
Standard RAM:1 GBMaximum RAM:6 GB*
Details:1 GB of RAM is installed as a single SO-DIMM module.
RAM Type:PC2-5300 DDR2Min. RAM Speed:667 MHz
The highest CPU you can upgrade to that Apple produced is the:
- 2.8 GHz Intel X7900 Core 2 Extreme, 44W draw
- I would not advise trying to run High Sierra. It really needs 8 GB of RAM.
- El Capitan is a fine stable system.
2 comentarios
Can you tell us your exact system and what you currently have RAM & storage.
- de Dan
What I have is a 20" iMac 7,1 EMC 2133 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo Model A1224. It has 4GB of RAM and I will be adding 2 additional GB for the first step. The hard drive is the original 320GB WD, but the fan gave out (AHT Failure Code: 4MOT/1/40000003: HDD) and since I have to go in that deep to replace the fan, I thought I would go ahead and do the other upgrades at the same time. I have ordered the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSD (thanks there for good advice from @danj) and will keep the 320 WD as an external drive.
- de Christo66