Upgrading the processor on a mid-2010 iMac

[wirelessness]

Assuming your i3 came with the 5670 GPU I don't really see the value of making this upgrade. It would be better to restore the i3 to stock...sell it and get an i7 w/ the 5750 1GB GPU. If you have that GPU then go for it I guess.....I'll watch!!!

 

[youds]

Those are bloomfields, they use an entirely different socket than lynnfield. If there would be any possible upgrade it'd have to be lynnfield.

So this one:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductID=1065486&source=froogle

Assuming your i3 came with the 5670 GPU I don't really see the value of making this upgrade. It would be better to restore the i3 to stock...sell it and get an i7 w/ the 5750 1GB GPU. If you have that GPU then go for it I guess.....I'll watch!!!

Hmm..so I do need to do a resale and get it as stock...?

 

[wirelessness]

I would think you would have better luck reselling it in stock condition w/ the Warranty intact.

Hey, maybe you can research upgrading the GPU instead.....?

 

[martinjwray]

You should be able to but nobody has tried it AFAIK so I can't guarantee that

I just did... £120 for the quad core i7-870 and £60 labour

My mac just doubled in speed !!

 

[adoumas]

I have the imac 27 mid 2010 with the I5-760 and the ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB and upgraded already with 16gb and a ssd.

I was thinking that the next upgrade will be an i7-870 and 32gb ram and is maxed out. right?

and for vga the maxed out is the hd 6970 5gb from 2011 imac?

 

[macmee]

I have the imac 27 mid 2010 with the I5-760 and the ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB and upgraded already with 16gb and a ssd.

I was thinking that the next upgrade will be an i7-870 and 32gb ram and is maxed out. right?

and for vga the maxed out is the hd 6970 5gb from 2011 imac?

I used to run that same imac with 32gb of ram, beyond that im not sure about the max gpu and cpu