Max RAM Question

[maconservative]

Greetings...

Forgive me if this has been discussed before. I did a search but did not find a thread on this topic.

I have the base model 2011 21.5 iMac. (2.5GHz i5, 4 GB RAM, etc.)

In the Apple Store, this model is not upgradeable to 16 GB. The max configurable upgrade is 8 GB. In the System Profiler, it shows there are 4 memory slots. I assume I can upgrade the RAM myself to 16 GB (4GB x 4). Is my assumption correct or is there a limitation with the i5 chip that can only address a maximum of 8 GB?

Thanks in advance for any insight...

 

[MrCheeto]

I assume I can upgrade the RAM myself to 16 GB (4GB x 4). Is my assumption correct

Yes.

 

[mwfernandez80]

I was just about to make a post about this, but if anyone with the baseline 21.5 inch can verify that you can add your own 4gb DIMM's for a maximum of 16gb's that would be nice.

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[MrCheeto]

 

[SaSaSushi]

All iMac models since the late-2009 support up to 16GB of RAM and the mid-2010 and later 27-inch iMacs support up to 32GB.

For more information on adding RAM to your iMac, see here.

 

[Designer Dale]

According to Everymac.com, this system is upgradable to 16 GB ram. Unofficially, it can be boosted to 64 GB. Might be only 32, I forgot...

Dale

 

[maconservative]

Thanks for the helpful information.