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Huk 16, 2011

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	I will be updating my iMac mc510ll/a, intel i3-550, ati hd5670 to i7-870, will let all of you know, ok! would appreciate any input from Jooyoung Park or anybody
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+	== Update ==
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+	So finally yesterday, I got my i7-870 processor and I was able to just swap the i3-550 in my iMac 27'' mid 2010, 11,3 to i7 was just like Renato said plug and play, thank you guys, I have successful upgrade on my iMac and I'm very please to report that the performance on my iMac has been unleashed, I'm talking about mostly about my video decoding tasks, this processor is a beast. Heres is the system in detailed after upgrade, also I used arctic silver as the heat transfer compound as advised.
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+	Hardware Overview:
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+	Model Name: iMac
+	Model Identifier: iMac11,3
+	Processor Name: Intel Core i7
+	Processor Speed: 2.93 GHz
+	Number of Processors: 1
+	Total Number of Cores: 4
+	L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
+	L3 Cache: 8 MB
+	Memory: 12 GB
+	Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
+	Boot ROM Version: IM112.0057.B00
+	SMC Version (system): 1.59f2

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Huk 7, 2011

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I will be updating my iMac mc510ll/a, intel i3-550, ati hd5670 to i7-870, will let all of you know, ok! would appreciate any input from Jooyoung Park or anybody

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