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4GB RAM to 20GB?

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royslr21

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Feb 4, 2013
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hey everyone !
i have a question - i have 2011 mid imac 27' with 4GB x2 RAM SLOTS , so i still have 2 free slots
my question is if i i buy 2x 8GB RAM and adding it on the same imac it will be a problem? is imac 2011 runs only up to 4ram every slot?

tnx for the help !
 
GGJstudios

GGJstudios

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May 16, 2008
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royslr21 said:
hey everyone !
i have a question - i have 2011 mid imac 27' with 4GB x2 RAM SLOTS , so i still have 2 free slots
my question is if i i buy 2x 8GB RAM and adding it on the same imac it will be a problem?
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No problem at all.
 
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bflowers

macrumors 6502a
Jul 19, 2006
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Yes, it will seem faster, and have less (probably zero over a long period of time) page outs. That will completely ruin your argument for needing a new iMac :D
 
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TRAV9614

macrumors regular
Aug 27, 2012
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I am typing this on a 2011 27" 3.4 i7 iMac with 20gb of ram and it works fine.
 
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Kashsystems

macrumors 6502
Jul 23, 2012
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No problems running that exact same config right now. I had one of my ram sticks go bad so I put in my original 4 gigabytes.
 
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