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Re:Maximizing your 24″ 2006 iMac with an eGPU, Yosemite, and... by zamadatix on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @03:04PM (#37933193)
Practically I think you end up with a couple genuine breaks:

- CPU/Motherboard/Memory

- GPU

- Storage

- Monitor

with PSU sometimes happening on one of those and case being an optional anytime upgrade. Eventually you'll need to replace everything over enough time but the nice thing is you don't need to immediately replace everything the moment the first component gets outdated.

The ultimate killer of this value is most people just don't upgrade components, it's too in the weeds for the average user.

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Re:Maximizing your 24″ 2006 iMac with an eGPU, Yosemite, and... by Night_Thastus on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @04:24PM (#37934304)
That's fair. Those are all mostly mutually exclusive.

Personally I wait until several generations have gone by (at minimum 4 intel, 2 Nvidia), so it's best to just replace almost everything. It's a lot of fun assembling a new machine.

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