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Upgrade mid 2010 27 inch Apple iMac from a Core i3 3.2GHz (Dual core) to Core i7 2.93GHz (Quad core) processor. I used this guide for disassembly and reassembly. Also added a 3TB SATA drive and 32Gb of RAM to max out this system under Lion 10.7. Update: Removed the 3Tb SATA drive and replaced with 512Gb SSD and upgraded to Mountain Lion 10.8. If you upgrade or change the HD, you will need to buy HDDFanControl software to control the HDD fan which will run at full speed otherwise.
April 2013 - 1 year later: This system has been absolutely ROCK SOLID with no crashes, no kernel panics and no freezes!. April 2014 - 2 years later: now running OS X 10.9 Mavericks successfully with zero issues. System continues to be fast - but is starting to show its age compared to Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge and Haswell architectures! Newer apps are starting to creak at the seams & the beachball is now a fixture.
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April 2015 - 3 years later. Yosemite 10.10.3. Continuity works but Handoff does not (lacks built-in Bluetooth LE v4.0). Not as fast as my Haswell Macbook Pro or 2010 Xeon 12 proc Mac Pro, but still rock solid.
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With these simple mods, I have gained years of additional service out of this 'obsolete' machine!. May 2016 - 4 years later. Running El Capitan 10.11.5.
Only Handoff does not work (see above) but everything else is rock solid. New Notepad app rocks as does a stable version of Apple Mail (at last), and now that the abomination that was 'discoveryd' is dead and the tried and true 'mDNS-Responder' is back, networking is stellar once again. The system continues to amaze with its longevity. August 2016 - 4+ years later. Now running Sierra 10.12 Beta 2 with zero issues other than the usual beta bugs. November 2017 - It’s been 5 years since I did the upgrade and I still use this iMac in anger every day! Now running a OWC 1TB SSD and High Sierra 10.13 with APFS.
Machine has been absolutely flawless!. September 2018 - It’s been 6 years, yes SIX years!
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Since I did the upgrade and I still use this iMac in anger every day! Now running Mojave 10.14 with APFS, using Dosdude's Mojave Patcher. Please note - this 2010 iMac (11,3) built in video card is.NOT. Apcb m6 94v 0 driver. Metal compatible so video acceleration is DISABLED with Mojave which makes your iMac screen refresh sluggish, Photos to go black and other graphics anomalies but everything else is stellar.
Dark Mode makes the upgrade worth it. Ok a word of caution about doing this.
I installed an i7 in my 2010 27' i3 iMac and the system works, it reports the correct stats for the i7 but the cpu fan runs at high speed from boot. I've researched a number of forums and found no way to resolve this, I also know there are a number of people with the same problem. So either I screwed up my logic board or it just doesn't like the i7 processor. It's the correct processor that people have used the i7 870. I'm at a loss and don't want to pull it out because it just runs so much faster for video editing but using the machine as an audio workstation is now impossible because of the noise from the fan.
Also be extremely careful with the LCD screen. Just having your shirt brush against it leaves marks and you can't clean it. If you think gloves will solve this you are wrong.
DO NOT touch the lcd and be extremely careful with the connectors. If anyone has any ideas about the fan speed fix please let me know!
If you upgrade or change the Apple HD, you will need to buy HDDFanControl software to control the HDD fan which will run at full speed otherwise. I also use smcFanControl to monitor and control the other fans in the system. As with any modification, your mileage may vary. This is a 'Medium' difficulty mod and not recommended for novices to the hobby. I experienced none of the issues your have experienced.
I upgraded to Mountain Lion 10.8 when it was released to the Dev community with zero issues - currently at 10.8.2; I use this machine 'in anger' every day. I did these mods 5 months ago, and this system has been absolutely ROCK SOLID with no crashes, no kernel panics and no freezes!
If you do the CPU replacement and afterwards the optical drive fan and cpu fan are running at max speed (very loud) then you more than likely didn't plug in the CPU temp sensor. The guide here doesn't talk about it so you can easily forget it! The connector is on the other side of the board, which is different from all the other temperature connectors and not on the same side as the heatsink screws either. I did this and the computer ran with noisy fans. I used a fan control app to quiet it down, but it was still loud on startup until login. More importantly, the performance without the CPU temp sensor connected was terrible.
It was slower than the original i5 CPU. HD videos would stutter and benchmarks gave very low scores. Make sure you plug in the CPU temperature sensor after you put the heatsink on.