so in this video I'm going to show you
how to upgrade your memory on a 2017
27-inch iMac and save more than nine
hundred dollars doing it alright let's
get started hey guys how you doing so
we're not doing a regular vlog today
because I just got something pretty cool
in the mail you can see it behind me I
got the 2017 27 inch iMac fully spec it
has Intel i7 4.2 gigahertz quad core
processor it comes with the Radeon 580
graphics cards with eight gigabytes of
memory I also got the one terabyte SSD
now one thing I didn't get is the memory
upgrade what I did was I actually got
the base eight gigs the reason I did
that is if you try to purchase it
directly from the Mac store you have to
pay an extra one thousand of $400 but
I'm going to show you guys today how you
can do it for lessons five hundred
dollars which is like more than half the
price how did I do it I got these two
guys today what we're going to do is I'm
going to show you how to install the
memory
so you guys don't have to pay the full
price for your iMac memory upgrade
alright let's get into it
the first thing you're going to want to
do is unplug the power cable from the
back of the iMac just above the socket
you'll see a little button you're going
to need to press this down to pop open
the memory latch just above it in our
case I use a chopstick to pop it open if
you're like me you'll have two four
gigabyte cards pre-installed to remove
the cards you'll need to spread open the
sidearms just like this generally pull
up to four gigabyte memory cards one by
one here's how the cards look now we're
going to replace the memory cards with
four 16 gigabyte cards this will give us
a total of 64 gigabytes of ddr4 memory
I'll leave a link in the description
below in case you want to get these
specific memory cards as they have been
tested be careful some memory may not
work with iMac generally insert each 16
gigabyte memory card I start with a slot
furthest away from me
to make the installation a bit simpler
push the memory all the way down you'll
hear a little snap when it gets
properly when you're done push the
memory trade back down and make sure the
tray arms lock into place replace the
memory latch and finally reconnect the
power cable turn the PC on and go to the
about this max screen go to the memory
tab and there you go
you'll see the for 16 gigabytes of ddr4
memory and sold for a total of 64
gigabytes all less than $500 and there
you go all upgraded the reason I got
this new iMac is because I was editing
all our videos on a 2016 MacBook Pro 13
inch
there's fully expect as well just like
this iMac but it started slow down when
we started doing a lot of like the 4k
video as a follow up I'm going to
actually do a comparison of the 2016 13
inch MacBook Pro with a 2017 27-inch
iMac fully spec so stay tuned for the
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