Late 2009 Imac Hybrid Drive

It is now july 2019 and i have this late 2009 imac.

Late 2009 imac hybrid drive.

Could i replace it with a seagate hybrid drive such as st2000dx001. It s way faster than before. 2 0tb 3g ssd 499 ddr3 1066mhz 8 0gb kit 2x4gb 99. I can t use it anymore because it is super super slow.

Macos high sierra version 10 13 6 imac 27 inch late 2009 processor. Ati radeon hd 4670 256. I have a late 2009 27 inch imac with fan speed problems after hdd replacement. Ddr3 1066mhz 16 gb kit 2x8gb 189 note.

The internal seagate 1tb hdd died. Booting from a solid state drive like the samsung t5 should give you a boost in performance especially if you are running an older imac with a 5 400 rpm hard drive. I added a seagate momentus xt 750gb hybrid drive to my 2009 imac to speed it up again and gain some additional drive space. I have an imac late 2009 with i7 2 8ghz.

I inherited a 2009 imac that had had very little use. 250gb 3g ssd 119. Typing this on my late 2009 imac that i just put the 4tb hybrid seagate into. I missed the seagate hdd recall and recently my hdd failed.

500gb 3g ssd 179. Shopped around and liked the looks price and reviews of owc s 2 0 tb sshd upgrade kit for this imac. 3 06 ghz intel core 2 duo memory. Imac 27 inch late 2009 i5 i7 only 32gb 4x8gb imac 21 5 inch late 2009 16gb 4x4gb imac 20 inch early mid 2009 8gb 2x4gb imac 24 inch.

1 0tb 3g ssd 259. But i am considering upgrading it. I replaced the failed 1 tb seagate barracuda hdd with a seagate hybrid drive superspeed stbd1000400 1tb 8gb ssd 5400 rpm 64mb cache sata 6 0gb s 2 5 internal hybrid hard drive. Since it took me some time to figure this all out i thought i d write a short blog post and leave a comment.

On top of booting from an. Still very functional by with only a 500gb hard drive which seemed huge in 2009 but by today s standards is relatively small. The imac feels like new again. 4 gb 1067 mhz ddr3 graphics.