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Review on πŸ’Ώ OWC 16GB PC19200 DDR4 2400MHz SO-DIMM Memory: Perfect for Mid 2017 iMac 27" & Compatible PCs! by Rick Rogers

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Added RAM and NVMe Storage (to replace the Fusion Drive) for my 2017 iMac i5 3.4GHz

Over the years I have purchased various Apple Mac upgrade products for OWC Apple Mac and was always satisfied with quality and price . from these purchases. I also upgraded my storage: running macOS Catalina on a Micron 9300 MAX 6.4TB U.2 SSD via a Highpoint RocketStor 6661A Thunderbolt 3 to PCIe 3.0 X16 expansion enclosure and a StarTech.com U.2 to PCIe to x4 PCIe adapter for 2.5 inch U.2 NVMe SSD - SFF-8639 PCIe Adapter - U.2 SSD - PCIe SSD - U.2 Drive (PEX4SFF8639). Read/Write on this iMac is 2200 MB/s. fits in a basic M.2 NVME external enclosure. The U.2 is worth considering when a larger (and reliable) boot drive is needed. My iMac is like a brand new computer. Very large and previously corrupted photo libraries. Activity Monitor showed the app using all 64GB of RAM. Before the updates, my iMac couldn't run seemingly simple software properly - my system became unresponsive indefinitely (swirling rainbow) with my 1TB Fusion drive and 8GB of RAM.

Pros
  • Storage
Cons
  • Big and Bulky