iMac 3.06 - July 2009 - Max Ram

deltrotter · Oct 24, 2011, 10:32 AM

Hi guys

I bought an iMac 24" 3.06 in July 2009 and I got it with 4gb of RAM. Doing a check on Crucial it says it can hold a max of 8gb (getting a quote for £40 for 2*4gb).

Question is, can it take more as I know sometimes the official max is not the real max? ie 16gb?

TIA

Cheers

Del

0020 Z0G3 IMAC 24"/3.06/SD
With the following configuration:
PROCESSOR3.06GHZ INTEL CORE 2 DUO
MEMORY4GB 1066MHZ DDR3 SDRAM-2X2GB
GRAPHICS ATI RADEON HD 4850 512MB
HARD DRIVE 1.0TB SERIAL ATA DRIVE

simsaladimbamba · Oct 24, 2011, 10:37 AM

8GB is the maximum.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl...009-specs.html

fhall1 · Oct 24, 2011, 10:55 AM

Yep....8GB is the official and unofficial max....but my machine (see sig) works great with 8GB, I can give my Parallels VM 4GB and still have 4GB for the host OS.

deltrotter · Oct 24, 2011, 11:19 AM

Great, thanks both

I will order that now.

Cheers

Del

deltrotter · Oct 29, 2011, 07:35 AM

Ram arrived this morning and installed.

Crikey - what a difference the extra 4gb makes! If had known this would have only cost £40 I would have done it a long time ago.

Many thanks again.

Cheers

Del

Oct 24, 2011, 10:32 AM	#1
deltrotter macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2004	iMac 3.06 - July 2009 - Max Ram Hi guys I bought an iMac 24" 3.06 in July 2009 and I got it with 4gb of RAM. Doing a check on Crucial it says it can hold a max of 8gb (getting a quote for £40 for 2*4gb). Question is, can it take more as I know sometimes the official max is not the real max? ie 16gb? TIA Cheers Del 0020 Z0G3 IMAC 24"/3.06/SD With the following configuration: PROCESSOR3.06GHZ INTEL CORE 2 DUO MEMORY4GB 1066MHZ DDR3 SDRAM-2X2GB GRAPHICS ATI RADEON HD 4850 512MB HARD DRIVE 1.0TB SERIAL ATA DRIVE
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Oct 24, 2011, 10:37 AM	#2
simsaladimbamba macrumors Core Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: in front of it	8GB is the maximum. http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl...009-specs.html __________________ This is not
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Oct 24, 2011, 10:55 AM	#3
fhall1 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY State	Yep....8GB is the official and unofficial max....but my machine (see sig) works great with 8GB, I can give my Parallels VM 4GB and still have 4GB for the host OS. __________________ 2012 2.3GHz i7 Mini, 16GB RAM; 2009 2.93 GHz C2D iMac, 8GB RAM, 640GB HD, GT120 1.83 GHz CD Mini, 2GB RAM, 200GB HD; 800 MHz 17" G4 iMac, 1GB RAM, 120GB HD 32GB White iPhone 4S, 32GB White iPad2
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deltrotter Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2004	Great, thanks both I will order that now. Cheers Del
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deltrotter Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2004	Ram arrived this morning and installed. Crikey - what a difference the extra 4gb makes! If had known this would have only cost £40 I would have done it a long time ago. Many thanks again. Cheers Del
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