#OWC MEMORY IMAC 5K UPGRADE#
(For those who need a lot of memory, the 128GB upgrade does the trick.
The upgrade is perfect for those who use RAM-hungry applications. The company has released highly competitive memory upgrades for the new iMac. Apple has always had quality displays, but is it good enough for VFX. After about a month or so of 'making due' with 8 GB, I went ahead and purchased an additional 32 GB of RAM for OWC. More at The goal - see how well the new Apple iMac with Retina 5k Display conforms to system standards. Woodstock, IL MaOWC®, a leading zero emissions Mac and PC technology company announced today that they are now offering memory upgrades for the just announced 2019 27-inch iMac 5K.
Upgrades of the 27-inch iMac can be done by anyone, and require simply opening a small hatch on the back of the unplugged computer and inserting new DIMMs in the open or existing slots.Īfter completing the upgrade, you’ll be able to enjoy the sight of Activity Monitor showing 128 GB of physical memory and almost no memory pressure (see screenshot below). Over the summer I picked up a 5k iMac with 8GB of RAM. Here are the prices and links for the memory upgrades now available for the 27-inch Retina 5K iMac: The screenshot below shows a variety of utilities all showing one of the new iMacs fully loaded with RAM: (Various macOS and third-party utilities showing a 2019 iMac loaded with 128GB of RAM.)
At the completion of comprehensive compatibility testing, OWC is pleased to announce that the 2019 27-inch iMac Retina 5K is able to be user-upgraded to a mammoth 128GB of 2666 MHz DDR4 memory.