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DrHPMW

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May 31, 2010
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As the title suggests...
Is there any possibilty of ordering a refurbished 21.5" iMac with either cores i5 or i7 custom built into it?

My thoughts why it would not be possible were along the lines of: hardware architecture disallowing this kind of hybridization to occur, as in the system was just never built for those processors.

I know this sounds like a stupid question, but it would help immensely if someone could tell me whether this is above is possible.

Cheers
 
Simply, no. 21.5" uses Core 2 Duo which is hugely different from iX CPUs, it uses LGA 775 while Nehalems use LGA 1156. Quad cores used in 27" are also too hot for 21.5"
 
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