OWC Upgrades the Memory of Apple iMacs

As many no doubt know, Apple recently unleashed its newest iMac computers, and it looks like companies that make hardware for them, in this case OWC, have made their move as well.

As it is its custom, Apple recently updated its entire line of iMac computers, revealing systems that, among other things, feature Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs and the same company's Thunderbolt interface.

As always, they are all-in-one computers that pack as much performance as possible while sticking to a very thin form factor.

Still, there is only so much that one can cram inside those thin, 21.5/27 inch-wide machines, so the hardware needs to be especially high-end, even if more expensive.

3.4 GHz Core i7 processors were coupled with the AMD Radeon HD 6970M with 1GB GDDR5 (or the 512 MB 6750M).

Now, OWC reveals that it finished a line of memory devices, dubbed MaxRAM, that will let iMacs integrate up to 12 GB of random access memory.

There are three offers, with capacities of 8 GB, 12 GB and 16 GB, respectively, all of them working at a clock speed of 1,333 MHz.

The 8 GB one is made of two 4 GB modules and are available for $104.99, which is about 47% less than the $200 factory option.

The 12 GB offer is not a triple-channel DDR3 kit. Instead, it is achieved by adding the 8 GB above to the 4 GB already in an iMac.

Meanwhile, 16 GB are reached by using four 4 GB modules, replacing the two 2 GB modules in the process.

The 12 GB offer comes at the same price as the 8 GB one, although the cost of the two 2 GB modules will not be retracted, since they won't be removed.

As for the 16 GB kit, it costs $207.99, about 65% less than the $600.00 factory 27-inch iMac option (not available on the 21.5-inch system). All three RAM offers can be acquired for even less than these figures by means of trade-in rebates.