

The teardown experts over at iFixit recently took apart the base model 2014 Mac Mini with a 500GB hard drive and 14GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5. I have the base Mac Mini 2014 meaning SATA 500GB 14 GHZ 4 GB RAM. My question is I know its faster but how much faster.ġ4 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 Turbo Boost up to 27 GHz with 3 MB 元 cache. This upgrade tutorial is for the Intel Core Solo Core Duo and Core 2 Duo Mac Mini. I finally got around to upgrading my 2014 Mac mini with a solid state drive SSD.

By default these models have 4 GB or 8 GB of 1600 MHz Low Power LPDDR3 SDRAM onboard and this can be upgraded to. Get an SSD and install it.įor earlier models made until 2014 you can simply unscrew the plastic base unclip the old RAM modules and insert the new ones. The Apple Mac mini Core i5 26 Late 2014Aluminum Unibody features a 22 nm Haswell 26 GHz Intel Core i5 4278U processor with two independent processor cores on a single chip a 3 MB shared level 3 cache 8 GB of onboard 1600 MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM which could be upgraded to 16 GB at the initial time of system purchase but cannot be upgraded later a 1 TB hard drive and an integrated Intel Iris. The exploded view is part of the Service Guide for the 2014 Mini. Went from a mini-fridge sized ultra tower to this 16GB RAM 256GB SSD M1 Mac mini.Īll three Mac mini models can be upgraded to a maximum of 16GB of RAM with the upgrade priced at 300 for the base model and 200 for the mid and high-end models. Well run you thru how to take one apart and how they look inside and out. In this case I am upgrading a Core 2 Duo Mac Mini 183Ghz which only has 1GB of RAM in it. Apples affordable powerhouse offers a range of hardware configurations but no gold color option so you cant configure for bling. Today I have a little treat for you and hopefully it will save you a little money in the process although to be honest if you bought the Hard Disk version of the Late 2014 Mac Mini you will probably be thinking that the little powerhouse is not really that great.

Like in real terms if folks can give me an idea. Upgrade your 2014 Mac mini flash storage up to 20TB with speeds up to 92x faster than the original drive.įor the Mac mini 2014 the memory is as you state soldered to the logic board as such it is generally regarded as impossible to upgrade the memory. Place your new MacBook Pro memory upgrade modules in and reverse the above process to finish up. My Mac Mini 2014 8gb ram was getting very slow. Macbook Pro 15 Touchbar I7 2 6 Ghz 16gb Ram 256gb Macbook Pro Accessories Macbook Pro Macbook Laptop If you have a Mac mini the steps are different. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device.
