Upgrade CPU on iMac 27" 2017
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Last updated on Apr 17, 2023
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Introduction
Follow this video tutorial to upgrade your Core i5 to Core i7 processor on your iMac 27-inch Retina 5K 2017.
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Video Instructions
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions.
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What are all the CPUs that are compatable with this iMac?
Ottobunny - Reply Share
I found this:
***Can iMac 5k 2017 upgrade to i9 processor?
"In this case the best you could install would be a 4.2 GHz Core i7 (I7-7700K)"
grantdavis - Reply Share
Where can I get ahold of the right CPU? Do they come new from anyone? Interested in putting one in a 2017 iMac Retina 5K
Timothy Johnson - Reply Share
Just finished watching your video to familiarize myself with internals of my recently
purchased, refurbished, 2017, 27" iMac.
Great video, and easy to follow. With this video having been sped up, I'm curious as
to what the actually time it took to complete this modification, from start to finish?
Your answer would really be appreciated!
Thank You,
Jim Dasher
Spectrum Graphics
Seattle metro
E.: rii.jed@gmail.com
Jim Dasher - Reply Share
can the display be used as a video monitor for other computers?
Michael Birdlebough - Reply Share