The RAM is the memory used to store programs while the system is running as it is the fastest memory your system has access to.<\/p>\n
The amount of that memory is key when having multiple programs opened at the same time to keep the machine smooth and responsive.
\nYou may also like to have dozen tabs open in your web browser for example. Well that needs a lot of RAM.<\/p>\n
RAM is a quick buffer to write\/read data (information) and your Mac is constantly reading and writing data.
\nWith a low amount of RAM, your Mac will have to use its storage device, what is called “swapping”, which is slower and sometimes way slower especially if your iMac still runs on an hard drive as its main storage device.
\nHard drives are mechanical spinning disk which a great for big storage capacity but pretty lame for quick access time to information (which means longer waits).<\/p>\n
Note that RAM won’t help when it comes to reduce loading times at start-up. That’s the job of the SSD…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Storage<\/h2>\n
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As we’ve explained earlier, when your Mac has to frequently use the storage because of a lack of RAM, your Mac will become slower.<\/p>\n
If your actual storage is a hard drive (also called hard disk), then your Mac will suffer serious delays.
\nHard drives are way too slow and have other drawbacks like power consumption, not being shock resistant and slow access times.
\nSSDs (using Flash memory) came up more recently and became the storage of choice for MacBooks since 2012. That technology finally became more affordable and reliable over time.
\nSince Apple was still selling you iMacs with hard drives even in 2019, we saw plenty of confused customers wondering why their new iMac was so slow after less than a year.
\nDon’t look any further, if your Mac has a hard disk, that is the reason.<\/p>\n
SSD upgrades will speed up boot times, program load up times and overall, the responsiveness of your machine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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UPGRADE COSTS<\/h2>\n
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iMac RAM Upgrade in Phuket<\/h2>\n
Pricing details for our RAM upgrades<\/em><\/p>\n [\/comrepair_section_heading][vc_column_text]MacBooks from 2012 till today have RAM chips soldered onto the motherboard. For MacMini and MacPro RAM upgrades, please contact us.<\/p>\n IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the ongoing shortage of RAM and NAND chips, price volatility has become very high; therefore, we can no longer predict part prices. As a result, the prices advertised on our website may be revised at any time and do not guarantee the final price customers will receive upon contacting us.<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1590319164118{background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}” el_class=”comrepair_section_heading decoration=`decor-1`”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”1955″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ image_id=”1918″][vc_empty_space height=”56″ el_class=”hidden-xs hidden-sm”][comrepair_section_heading decoration=”decor-1″ css=”.vc_custom_1590320772484{padding-top: 0px !important;}”]<\/p>\n [\/comrepair_section_heading][vc_column_text]For MacBooks, MacMini and older iMacs, please contact us.<\/p>\n The SSD upgrade service includes: IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the ongoing shortage of RAM and NAND chips, price volatility has become very high; therefore, we can no longer predict part prices. As a result, the prices advertised on our website may be revised at any time and do not guarantee the final price customers will receive upon contacting us.<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Your Intel iMac is feeling slow, unresponsive?
\nSo RAM upgrades are not available for these machines.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n \n#<\/th>\n Model<\/th>\n Price<\/th>\n Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n 1<\/td>\n 16GB RAM Kit (2 x 8GB RAM sticks)
\niMac Slim 21\u2033\u00a0 Late 2012
\niMac Slim 21″ Early 2013<\/td>\n2,400THB<\/td>\n Contrary to the 27″ where the RAM is easily accessible from the back of the iMac, on 21″ the display has to be carefully untaped from the case.
\nThen the motherboard (logic board) has to be dislodged from the case to access the RAM which is a risky job and more time consuming.
\nPutting the computer back together involves using an original Apple tape set.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 2<\/td>\n 32GB RAM Kit (4 x 8GB RAM sticks)
\niMac Slim 27\u2033 from 2012-2014<\/td>\n4,800THB<\/td>\n RAM can be installed on the spot, within 15 mins.
\nNo screen removal necessary. No labor cost involved.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 3<\/td>\n iMac Slim 21\u2033 Late 2014
\niMac Slim 21\u2033 Late 2015<\/td>\nUnavailable<\/td>\n RAM upgrade on these models is not possible.
\nRAM being soldered onto the motherboard like on MacBooks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 4<\/td>\n 16GB RAM Kit (2 x 8GB RAM sticks)
\niMac Slim 27\u2033 from 2015\/2017\/2019<\/td>\ncontact us
\nfor a quote<\/td>\nRAM can be installed on the spot, within 15 mins. No screen removal necessary. No labor cost involved.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/td>\n 32GB RAM Kit (4 x 8GB RAM sticks)
\niMac Slim 27\u2033 from 2015\/2017\/2019<\/td>\ncontact us
\nfor a quote<\/td>\nRAM can be installed on the spot, within 15 mins. No screen removal necessary. No labor cost involved.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/td>\n 16GB RAM Kit (2 x 8GB RAM sticks)
\niMac Slim 21\u2033 Mid-2017<\/td>\ncontact us
\nfor a quote<\/td>\nContrary to the 27″ where the RAM is easily accessible from the back of the iMac, on 21″ the display has to be carefully untaped from the case.
\nThen the motherboard (logic board) has to be dislodged from the case to access the RAM which is a risky job and more time consuming.
\nPutting the computer back together involves using an original Apple tape set.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 7<\/td>\n 16GB RAM Kit (2 x 8GB RAM sticks)
\niMac Slim 21\u2033 2019<\/td>\ncontact us
\nfor a quote<\/td>\nContrary to the 27″ where the RAM is easily accessible from the back of the iMac, on 21″ the display has to be carefully untaped from the case.
\nThen the motherboard (logic board) has to be dislodged from the case to access the RAM which is a risky job and more time consuming.
\nPutting the computer back together involves using an original Apple tape set.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nSSD (Flash drive) Upgrades<\/h2>\n
\n– The clone of replaced drive (if the drive allows it) so that all data can be transferred to the new drive.
\n– The latest macOS installation.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n \n#<\/th>\n Model<\/th>\n Price<\/th>\n Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n 1<\/td>\n 250GB SSD upgrade
\nFor iMac Slim 21″ model A1418
\nFor iMac slim 27″ model A1419<\/td>\n6,300THB<\/td>\n Your iMac will be upgraded with a 250GB Samsung EVO SSD SATA.
\nIn case the Samsung drive is not available, we’ll choose a different drive and will warn you.
\nIf the iMac supports it, we’ll prefer the NVMe drive version for performance benefits (add 500THB extra for the adapter).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 2<\/td>\n 500GB SSD upgrade
\nFor iMac Slim 21″ model A1418
\nFor iMac slim 27″ model A1419<\/td>\n7,700THB<\/td>\n Your iMac will be upgraded with a 500GB Samsung EVO SSD SATA.
\nIn case the Samsung drive is not available, we’ll choose a different drive and will warn you.
\nIf the iMac supports it, we’ll prefer the NVMe drive version for performance benefits (add 500THB extra for the adapter).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 3<\/td>\n 1TB SSD upgrade
\nFor iMac Slim 21″ model A1418
\nFor iMac slim 27″ model A1419<\/td>\n9,500THB<\/td>\n Your iMac will be upgraded with a 1TB Samsung EVO SSD SATA.
\nIn case the Samsung drive is not available, we’ll choose a different drive and will warn you.
\nIf the iMac supports it, we’ll prefer the NVMe drive version for performance benefits (add 500THB extra for the adapter).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 4<\/td>\n 2TB SSD upgrade
\nFor iMac Slim 21″ model A1418
\nFor iMac slim 27″ model A1419<\/td>\ncontact us
\nfor a quote<\/td>\nYour iMac will be upgraded with a 2TB Samsung EVO SSD SATA.
\nIn case the Samsung drive is not available, we’ll choose a different drive and will warn you.
\nIf the iMac supports it, we’ll prefer the NVMe drive version for performance benefits (add 500THB extra for the adapter).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 5<\/td>\n 4TB SSD upgrade
\nFor iMac Slim 21″ model A1418
\nFor iMac slim 27″ model A1419<\/td>\ncontact us
\nfor a quote<\/td>\nYour iMac will be upgraded with a 4TB Samsung EVO SSD SATA.
\nIn case the Samsung drive is not available, we’ll choose a different drive and will warn you.
\nIf the iMac supports it, we’ll prefer the NVMe drive version for performance benefits (add 500THB extra for the adapter).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nYou’re getting the “beach ball” continuously and you are considering replacing this desktop Mac for a newer model.
\nIt’s not over yet, the iMac can still have life into in it.
\nGet your iMac an SSD and some more extra RAM and you won’t recognise it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1951,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-77","service","type-service","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","service_category-imac","service_category-macbook","service_category-macmini","service_category-macpro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phuketmymac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/service\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phuketmymac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/service"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phuketmymac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/service"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phuketmymac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phuketmymac.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}