Retina IMac DIY upgrade easy degree? IFixit, I'll let you know.

5K resolution + 17988 yuan of conscience pricing, Retina version of the imac, perhaps the most important Apple new products, not only a designer friend, perhaps home audio users (gamers or forget it) also echocardiography. But the Apple IMac and the PC have a lot of differences, such as want to upgrade their own hard disk, CPU will be very troublesome, the foreign dismantling of the great God "IFixit" the first time to bring the Retina IMac disassembly evaluation, let us see how easy it is to DIY ...

IFixit dismantling is the basic price of 17988 yuan, 3.5GHz Core i5 processor + AMD Radeon R9 m290x graphics + 8GB memory + 1 TB Fusion Drive. The back of the screen is designed with a separate memory backplane, Apple also gives the replacement of the memory method steps, see want to replace their own memory relatively simple. Standard is 8GB, for designers to buy their own memory upgrades more cost-effective.

Screen vendors for LG Display, the internal structure and the previous 27-inch version of the basic no difference, you can see the hard disk, CPU, radiator, motherboard are inside. Which hard disk and CPU can be relatively easy to remove the replacement, WiFi module, Bluetooth module is also OK, graphics cards, such as welding dead on the motherboard on the Don't think. However, to be able to take this step, we need to be more knowledgeable.

The dismantling staff joked that Apple would not waste an auspicious model, which again used A1419. On the back of the fuselage, there are red headphone connectors, orange SDXC slots, yellow four USB 3.0 connectors, green two Lightning Thunderbolt 2.0 connectors, and blue gigabit network interfaces.

The imac uses notebook memory to upgrade its memory as easily as previous models, and Apple also provides illustrations.

Like other IMac, using IFixit's screen-removal tools and plastic cards, the screen is easily detached from the mainframe, where the hand is stabilized and the double-sided tape is replaced when reinstalling the screen.

The 5K screen comes from LG, and the motherboard is like a long, thin piece of bamboo.

IFixit gives a 5-point uncoupling score, and 10 is the easiest to disassemble the repair score. 27-inch Retina 5K IMac easy to swap memory, can replace the hard disk and CPU, the parts of the basic modular, easy to remove. The disadvantage is that the screen glass and LCD are one, there is no magnet fixed glass, need to have skilled skills to remove double-sided tape, and paste new tape.