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iMac Intel 27" EMC 2309 (Late 2009, Core 2 Duo 3.06 or 3.33 GHz) ID iMac10,1, EMC 2374 (Late 2009, Core i5 2.66 GHz or Core i7 2.8 GHz) ID iMac11,1

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CPU upgrade, from i5 to Xeon?

Looking at upgrading my pretty iMac for an upcoming game, I see that from i5 to i7 has been done. With the cost of the Xeon and the i7 being comparable, has anyone tried this?

Eg. Xeon x3470 instead of i7-870?

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Time to buy the new Mac Pro!

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THat's not your machine you have an iMac10,1 or iMac11,1. Some machines have been able to make the upgrade (that was a 11,3)… your's is not one of those models -Did you follow my link?

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Apparently not the one person who claims to have tried it says no.

Sell the old machine take that money and what you would have had to spend on a new CPU and buy a new one.

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