Brought a 2011 Early Macbook to 2015
waqkant -
My Problem
Loose Screen Hinge
Not enough memory
Optical Drive Limited
Battery Life Nonexistent
Slow Hard Drive
CPU Temps were high
My Fix
Tightened Screen Hinge
Added 16gb Ram
Replaced Optical Drive with a Blu Ray Burner (UJ 267)
Replaced Battery
Added 256gb Samsung 850 EVO SSD
Replaced TIM on CPU Heatsink with Gelid GC Extreme
It went really well! The ifixit guides made things a lot easier and it made the entire process a breeze. It took about a good 6 hours to do everything mentioned, but it was totally worth it.
My Advice
Go slow and take time to be organized. I'm ruined hardware in the past because I was rushing or was forcing something to fit. Just go slow with whatever repair you are doing and visualize each step before you go ahead and do it.
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