IMac 27″ Late 2015 – what ram to buy

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I'm waiting for my iMac 27" late 2015 4.0ghz i7 to arrive and I'm looking to buy a 32gb kit to upgrade. I've been browsing for an hour and I can't find any specific buyer guides or websites that sell Mac compatible memory (in the EU).

According to Apple's RAM specs, I managed to find this: PCPartPicker.com

This is what the Apple specs say:

  • PC3-14900
  • Unbuffered
  • Nonparity
  • 204-pin
  • 1867MHz DDR3 SDRAM

Source: Install memory in an iMac

Best Answer

You will need two "16GB Kits" (four 8GB modules in total) to get the full 32GB. I have personally done this in my 2012 iMac 27"

iMac 32GB RAM Slots

The memory that I recommend is Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR3L - PN# CT2K8G3S186DM

I recommend Crucial because they are very reliable and they have a lifetime warranty. There are brands that are cheaper, but (IMO) it's simply not worth the cost savings. I have found that not only is the quality better (fewer failures with lifetime warranted memory versus non-lifetime warranted) the customer service has always been much "stronger" in terms of getting faulty memory replaced.