What is upgradable on my iMac Intel EMC 2389?
What components are upgradeable on my iMac Intel EMC 2389 that would be worth the time and cost?
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You currently have the middle level machine, the RAM is maxed out ar 16GB
Apple iMac "Core i3" 3.2 21.5-Inch (Mid-2010) Specs
Identifiers: Mid-2010 - MC509LL/A - iMac11,2 - A1311 - 2389
Maximum MacOS:X 10.13.x*
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/...
Taking it to the "Core i5" 3.6 will only give you a 15% increase in benchmark.
Your best best will be going to an SSD drive. You have a
Serial ATA (3 Gb/s) bus so you will need a drive that is backward compatible.
You will also need the OWC thermal sensor to prevent run away fan issues. Here are your options:
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"Worth" is subjective; what might be worthwhile for you may not be worthwhile for someone else.
In the realm of internal upgrades, if your iMac has a Core 2 Duo or Core i3 processor you can max it out to 16GB. If it has a Core i5 or i7, you can go up to 32GB.
For your hard drive, you can either install a larger capacity and/or faster hard drive, or if you really want a nice boost you can install an SSD.
If you can live without an optical drive, you can also replace it with a second internal drive (either SSD or HD).
Alternately, you can replace your optical drive with an internal blu-ray drive.
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There are three different processor versions of this machine, which one do you have?
https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup...
How much RAM do you have?
What is your storage situation?
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3.2 GHz Intel Core i3
16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
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I have a 1TB internal hard drive(original) with 400GB free space.
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Here's a listing of the possible configurations: iMac11,2
The best this series will support is a i5 3.6 GHz CPU with 16 GB of RAM.
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