iMac 19,1 CPU upgrade?

[rychencop]

I have an iMac 19,1 with a 3.7Ghz i5 cpu and was curious what a reliable i7 cpu upgrade would be?
Thanks

 

[xraydoc]

I have an iMac 19,1 with a 3.7Ghz i5 cpu and was curious what a reliable i7 cpu upgrade would be?
Thanks

Are they not soldered in?

 

[Larvas]

As I can see people are upgrading to the I9-9900K the most, here you can find a thread of owners: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/567429/27”+iMac+5K+2019+CPU+upgradable+Or+soldered

Are they not soldered in?

No, the screen is the issue.

 

[rychencop]

Are they not soldered in?

Nope

 

[rychencop]

So through my own research it seems that an i9 9900k is the max that can be put into a 19,1. I plan to replace the fusion drive with an SSD this summer and I was thinking of just digging a bit deeper and swapping out the CPU. Now I just have to decide if it's worth the cost doing so. A quality 2TB SSD and an i9 would put me around $700. I typically keep my Macs for a long time, but I'm really looking forward to the next iMac "pro" or whatever it'll be called. Decisions!

 

[ssdaytona]

so what did you decide?

I'm in the same situation but I've done the nvme ssd upgrade and it was pretty straightforward.

I'm considering the i7-9700k vs the i9-9900k

 

[Nguyen Duc Hieu]

so what did you decide?

I'm in the same situation but I've done the nvme ssd upgrade and it was pretty straightforward.

I'm considering the i7-9700k vs the i9-9900k

And the purpose of your upgrading will be to serve your workload, or just to give you a reason to spend some money?