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How much RAM are you going with on the new 2012 27-inch iMac?

How much RAM are you going with on the new 2012 27-inch iMac?

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How much RAM are you going with on the new 2012 27-inch iMac?

What do you think is the best RAM option to future-proof your new iMac?

Whether you're purchasing it directly from Apple or from a third-party, please vote in the poll.
 
Yep, same. I bought it with 8Gb from apple but already have the 32gb waiting to go in from crucial.
 
24GB.
I'll keep the standard 8GB and add 2x8GB from Crucial by myself.
Think that should be enough for a while and will save me some bucks.
 
arthurschiller said:
24GB.
I'll keep the standard 8GB and add 2x8GB from Crucial by myself.
Think that should be enough for a while and will save me some bucks.
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Exactly. 8gb runs ML just fine on my mid-2011 iMac, and I can buy Crucial ram for a whole lot less than what Apple wants to charge.
 
Bought with 8, but will be maxing it out to 32 on arrival.

Don't remotely need 32, but hey - RAM's cheap at the moment...
 
Who sells 1600Mhz RAM for the third-parties OWC doesn't have any online yet.

EDIT Just noticed that OWC and Crucial now have RAM available.
 
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Thought about only getting 8 gigs, but the idea of ungluing the screen and removing the motherboard to upgrade the ram..is a bit out of my comfort zone :|
 
lopexo said:
Thought about only getting 8 gigs, but the idea of ungluing the screen and removing the motherboard to upgrade the ram..is a bit out of my comfort zone :|
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Question's about the 27" - it has user-accessible slots, so no need to unstick anything. 🙂
 
I was going to buy 1x8gb card and add it to the 2 already there to make 16 then up to 24 if needed.

I did not think you coud do 2x4 and 1x8 but the chap from crucial said that's cool so I will go for that at a mere £29.99 delivered
 
Correct me if I'm wrong but by the ifixit tear down pics, the 21" iMac looks to only have 2 slots. Is it certain the 27" iMac has 4 slots?

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Arman said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but by the ifixit tear down pics, the 21" iMac looks to only have 2 slots. Is it certain the 27" iMac has 4 slots?
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Nevermind, got the answer here. Confirmed, the iMac 21.5 maxes memory out at 16GB only while the 27" has four slots up to 32GB.
 
I'm currently running fine with 4GB, so I went with 8GB. I won't be buying any additional RAM until I feel that I need it.
 
I right now have 12GB in my iMac 27"; so rounding up and make it 16GB would be enough for my little FCP and raw file processing. I don't (yet) have the need for 32GB in the Mac. Even more as I place my virtual machines now outside the Mac on a different hardware.
 
when i will upgrade my 27 inch 2010 iMac latter next year i will configure it to 16gb of ram as already have 8gb in my current iMac, i will also upgrade it a 2gb video card and a 3tb fusion drive, i can't be bothered to upgrade the cpu this time.
 
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