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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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iMac Intel 27" EMC 2309 CPU Replacement

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I'm using an iMac Intel 27" EMC 2309 with a Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 processor. Is it possible to upgrade that and with what processor? Can you give any links?

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Sorry to say there are no upgrade options for the CPU.

The Core 2 Duo systems use a different socket than the i series CPU'ed systems (Lynnfield/Nehalem) which was also introduced at the same time.

Instead of trying to alter the CPU how about upgrading the RAM. And how about either replacing the HD with a SSHD which will give you some performance improvement or if you'er game, replace the optical drive for a second drive carrier and put in a SSD, and make it the boot drive. Then your system should really sing!

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