amyjo415 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Brian, where is your go to place for RAM? I have a late 2014 iMac I want to increase ram in. Apple has the instructions on their site as to how and seems pretty easy. But, am I best to go through them to purchase it? Or a 3rd party? Because of a very good deal I got when I purchased it, I am only running on base 8 GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Head to Crucial.com. Run their scanning tool, it will take you to a page with your options. You are looking for a 16GB Kit (two 8GB sticks). That should take you from 8GB to 24GB without removing existing RAM. Which iMac size do you have? It sounds like the 27” model. If it is, it’s pretty straightforward to upgrade your RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Apple RAM is insanely overpriced. I’ve used Crucial RAM in my computers since the 1990’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyjo415 Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 Perfect. It looks like mine is currently out of stock but I will keep an eye on their site. Are they fairly good about restocking quickly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 There has been a shortage of RAM, it always happens at this time of year. The materials that make the memory sticks become a little more scarce. Then they restock. What RAM did it link you to? Do you have the part number? Sometimes you can find it on Amazon, B&H, etc. In fact, I bought my Crucial RAM for my new iMac from B&H. It was $20 cheaper than Crucial had on their website. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyjo415 Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/imac-(retina-5k%2C-27-inch%2C-late-2014)-imac15%2C1/CT6313736 Above is what it is telling me I need. I find this on Amazon. Is this the same? https://tinyurl.com/ya7a23rx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 The one on Amazon isn’t the exact same model, but it should work fine. Buy the kit for $114 from Amazon. There are plenty of YouTube videos demonstrating the installation method. Just make sure your iMac is unplugged and you touch something close by that is metallic to ground yourself before handling the RAM. I noticed that my RAM cage in my iMac had a tendency to flop back into the computer. So be prepared for this, especially if you install it with the screen face down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyjo415 Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 I have now successfully added ram to my iMac without damaging my system. Thank you so much for your help! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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