Which upgrade should I get?

avisch · Dec 30, 2012, 06:55 AM

i'm planning on buying the new 21" 2.9 ghz imac.
now, i only have enough money to upgrade on of the various specs (RAM, CPU or fusion drive).
which one is most important and are any of these possible to upgrade later on?
thanks

maflynn · Dec 30, 2012, 07:05 AM

I'd go with the fusion drive, the stock 8gb of ram is fine and the cost of the CPU upgrade outweighs the small benefit.

sounddesigner · Dec 30, 2012, 07:14 AM

None of them are easily upgradable later so if u think u might need more ram or something later on I would just say hold off till u can afford it as well I do think the fusion is the best upgrade for most users.

zedsdead · Dec 30, 2012, 08:16 AM

Fusion drive will give you the most benefit.

Dec 30, 2012, 06:55 AM	#1
avisch macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	Which upgrade should I get? i'm planning on buying the new 21" 2.9 ghz imac. now, i only have enough money to upgrade on of the various specs (RAM, CPU or fusion drive). which one is most important and are any of these possible to upgrade later on? thanks
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Dec 30, 2012, 08:16 AM	#4
zedsdead macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jun 2007	Fusion drive will give you the most benefit. __________________ iMac 27: 3.4 Core i7 Quad, 3tb Fusion, 24gb of RAM, 2gb NVIDIA 680mx Macbook Air 13": 2.13 Core2Duo, 256 Flash, 4 gigs of RAM, NVIDIA 320M iPad 3, iPhone 5, Apple TV, Final Cut X, Logic, Drobo 5D
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Dec 30, 2012, 07:05 AM	#2
maflynn Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Boston	I'd go with the fusion drive, the stock 8gb of ram is fine and the cost of the CPU upgrade outweighs the small benefit.
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Dec 30, 2012, 07:14 AM	#3
sounddesigner macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2012	None of them are easily upgradable later so if u think u might need more ram or something later on I would just say hold off till u can afford it as well I do think the fusion is the best upgrade for most users.
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