I saw this was discussed a few years ago, but there was no clear yes or no, so I suppose here goes. I'd hate to necrothread.
I'm looking to upgrade a number of things on my iMac. I have 16 GB o of RAM lined up, and saving to get a larger SSD, but the main thing I wish to upgrade is the Processor. My model is the late 2009 21.5-inch aluminum (iMac10,1). It's running a dual core 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, and I was hoping for a few options that would be able to upgrade to quad. I've always been iffy on processors no matter how many times I've gotten it right on my own, and this is my first mac ever, purchased secondhand. I'd hate to somehow ruin it.
I happened to find a 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 on the same LGA775 socket set, and was hoping this would be compatible (Especially being under $40 new). It says that the bus speed is 1066 Mhz, with 8MB of L2 cache.
Meanwhile, my current setup is 3.06 GHz, 3MB of L2 cache, 1.07 GHz Bus speed.
So, yes the question: Would this be compatible? Or am I missing something?
EDIT: I also found a Q6700 @ 2.66 Ghz for just under $50, the rest of the stats are the same, would this be in the same boat per se?
I'm looking to upgrade a number of things on my iMac. I have 16 GB o of RAM lined up, and saving to get a larger SSD, but the main thing I wish to upgrade is the Processor. My model is the late 2009 21.5-inch aluminum (iMac10,1). It's running a dual core 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, and I was hoping for a few options that would be able to upgrade to quad. I've always been iffy on processors no matter how many times I've gotten it right on my own, and this is my first mac ever, purchased secondhand. I'd hate to somehow ruin it.
I happened to find a 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 on the same LGA775 socket set, and was hoping this would be compatible (Especially being under $40 new). It says that the bus speed is 1066 Mhz, with 8MB of L2 cache.
Meanwhile, my current setup is 3.06 GHz, 3MB of L2 cache, 1.07 GHz Bus speed.
So, yes the question: Would this be compatible? Or am I missing something?
EDIT: I also found a Q6700 @ 2.66 Ghz for just under $50, the rest of the stats are the same, would this be in the same boat per se?
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