Although, you could alway use it on your next Mac. A TB3 SSD would be much faster than the USB SSD, but a lot more expensive. There are other external options for your iMac that are faster, but probably not worth the investment. Not a big deal if this was just to get your by for a few years til your next Mac or until you got around to installing it internally. This could lead to slower speeds later on and shorter lifespan for the SSD.
Safepc offer Refurbished Apple MacBook Air 4,2/i5-2557M/4GB RAM/128GB SSD/13'/C (Mid-2011) in extremely good price. Memory Sockets : 4 slot(s) Maximum Memory : Supports up to 32GB Model id: iMac14,2. The biggest downside of using USB versus internal SATA besides the slightly lower speed is that there is no TRIM support for USB drives on MacOS. Choose your MacBook Air from Rose Gold, Silver, Gold, or Space Gray, and configure it the way you want. Overpriced when you can get a SATA SSD and enclosure for much cheaper, and have the flexibility to use that SATA SSD internally if you wanted. I wouldn't do something like the T5 unless you already had one sitting around. It is cheap, faster than your HDD, and gives you the option to one day swap it with the HDD. That is one good thing about just using a SATA SSD and a USB enclosure. Here’s how you do it.Click to expand.If you end up removing the internal HDD, you might as well just up a SATA SSD in it. Once you have the RAM in hand, it’s time to install. You can usually enter your model number and it will spit out the options without any fuss or nail-biting over compatibility. The easiest way to make sure you have the right stuff is to shop at a retailer that sells RAM specifically certified for Mac use.
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In the case of that 2011 iMac, it requires PC3-10600 unbuffered, nonparity 1333 MHz 204-pin DDR3 SDRAM. Note that you still need to follow Apple’s requirements for technical specifics of the RAM. To find out how much RAM your iMac will really support, a site like EveryMac that tracks this data is worth checking out. The model I most recently upgraded is a 2011 vintage 27-inch iMac and although Apple lists it as supporting a maximum of 16GB of RAM, in fact it will recognize and utilize 32GB. That could be great news if your iMac is currently equipped with the maximum amount of RAM and you’re hitting a performance ceiling. Apple publishes guidelines for the maximum amount of RAM each iMac model supports, however the company is known for being conservative and memory upgrade specialists have discovered many iMacs are actually capable of supporting twice the amount of RAM Apple suggests.
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