How to Upgrade CPU Core i5 to Core i7 on iMac Intel 27" Retina 5k Display

Written By: Arty
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How to Upgrade CPU Core i5 to Core i7 on iMac Intel 27" Retina 5k Display

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

0

Time Required

1 - 2 hours

Introduction

Use this video guide to upgrade CPU Core i5 to Core i7 on your iMac 27" Retina 5K Display (Late 2014 & 2015).

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions.

Author

Arty

Member since: 27/10/19

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2 comments

The method you use to remove the screen is very dangerous but the guide is helpful.

PJVCC -

Good tutorial also useful to replace the SSD blade.
I would not change the processor and leave the creepy fusion drive, but
save the data, split the fusion drive, replace the SSD blade with a decent NVMe SSD (e.g. 512GB) to hold the OS and programs.
You may keep the HDD for your mass data or replace it with a SSD too.
The NVMe blade is however ways faster...

Laszlo Lebrun -